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sound between two or more given points con- nected by that system, I made use of Teles- thesia in order to perceive that he was a tall, dark man, and conveyed that information to him by means of the instrument installed in my hall, «@ the Exchange, and he, by means of a similar instrument affixed to the writing- table in his study, was enabled to hear what I said and to reply that my statement was correct.”
Probably the above method would be more in accordance with the desires of a few; but it would be rather tedious to most people.
I must also plead guilty to using a somewhat unorthodox mode of speech, to treating the pronouns rather disrespectfully, and to the frequent though unavoidable use of them.
In order to avoid using such a phrase as “My spirit went to London while I remained in Bournemouth,” which is a somewhat too definite statement, and also makes the “spirit ” which is the vea/ “I,” appear to be secondary to the body—I have decided to use “I” in inverted commas to denote that part of my consciousness, or “being,” which appears to function at a distance from the body, and to use “Me” with a capital M and in inverted commas to denote the body which remains at home,
sound between two or more given points con- nected by that system, I made use of Teles- thesia in order to perceive that he was a tall, dark man, and conveyed that information to him by means of the instrument installed in my hall, «@ the Exchange, and he, by means of a similar instrument affixed to the writing- table in his study, was enabled to hear what I said and to reply that my statement was correct.”
Probably the above method would be more in accordance with the desires of a few; but it would be rather tedious to most people.
I must also plead guilty to using a somewhat unorthodox mode of speech, to treating the pronouns rather disrespectfully, and to the frequent though unavoidable use of them.
In order to avoid using such a phrase as “My spirit went to London while I remained in Bournemouth,” which is a somewhat too definite statement, and also makes the “spirit ” which is the vea/ “I,” appear to be secondary to the body—I have decided to use “I” in inverted commas to denote that part of my consciousness, or “being,” which appears to function at a distance from the body, and to use “Me” with a capital M and in inverted commas to denote the body which remains at home,
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