On such general grounds as these I
sincerely hope you will give your name to the memorial....--Yours very
faithfully,
A.R. WALLACE. TO PROF. BARRETT
_Rosehill, Dorking. December 9, 1877._
My dear Barrett,--I am always glad when a man I like and respect treats
me as a friend. I am advised by other friends also not to waste more
time on Dr. C. [Carpenter], and I do not think I shall answer him again,
except perhaps to keep him to certain points, as in my letter in the
last _Nature_. In a proof of his new edition of "Lectures" I see he
challenges me to produce a person who can detect by light or sensation
when an electro-magnet is made and unmade. The Association of
Spiritualists are going to experiment, as Dr. C. offers to pay L30 if it
succeeds. Should you have an opportunity of trying with any persons, and
can find one who sees or feels the influence strongly, it might be worth
while to send him to London, as nothing would tend to lower Dr. C. in
public estimation on this subject more than his being forced to
acknowledge that what he has for more than thirty years declared to be
purely subjective is after all an objective phenomenon.
I never had anything to do with showing or sending a medium to Huxley.
He must refer to his seance a few months ago with Mrs. Kane and Mrs.
Jencken (along with Carpenter and Tyndall), when ... nothing but raps
occurred....--Yours very faithfully,
ALFRED R.
Pages:
221
222
223
224
225
226
227
228
229
230
231
232
233
234
235
236
237
238
239
240
241
242
243
244
245