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governs both phenomena ; but what that law is I do not profess to know. Solve one problem and you will solve the other. A fair-minded critic is bound to admit that the “joke” about “the ghosts of clothes” has lost much of its value. I must admit that I am pleased to have “spotted” this similarity, for it opens up a vista, and gives food for thought.
I shall now relate the incident which led me to think more about “the brown ornament that was not there,’ in the case of Mr. Pontifex, than I should have done had it been a single isolated experience.
Mr. Ernest Oaten is a well-known speaker in the Spiritualistic Movement, and he was staying in Bournemouth for the week-end. His ‘everyday things” were naturally left at home in Bristol. He called on one of the members of the local Society, and that gentleman rang me up on the telephone and asked if I would like to say a few words to Mr, Oaten, as I had been unable to go to hear him lecture at the Hall on the previous day. I replied that I should be very glad to do so, and Mr. Oaten came to the telephone. After a few words I said: “This is very funny! I cannot see you, but I can see your watch chain quite clearly.” He replied: “Will you describe it?” I did
governs both phenomena ; but what that law is I do not profess to know. Solve one problem and you will solve the other. A fair-minded critic is bound to admit that the “joke” about “the ghosts of clothes” has lost much of its value. I must admit that I am pleased to have “spotted” this similarity, for it opens up a vista, and gives food for thought.
I shall now relate the incident which led me to think more about “the brown ornament that was not there,’ in the case of Mr. Pontifex, than I should have done had it been a single isolated experience.
Mr. Ernest Oaten is a well-known speaker in the Spiritualistic Movement, and he was staying in Bournemouth for the week-end. His ‘everyday things” were naturally left at home in Bristol. He called on one of the members of the local Society, and that gentleman rang me up on the telephone and asked if I would like to say a few words to Mr, Oaten, as I had been unable to go to hear him lecture at the Hall on the previous day. I replied that I should be very glad to do so, and Mr. Oaten came to the telephone. After a few words I said: “This is very funny! I cannot see you, but I can see your watch chain quite clearly.” He replied: “Will you describe it?” I did
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