isis unveiled: chapter IV (a testimony)

"Now comes the explanation of the eminent scientist. "Gently pushed by little concordant impulsions of the hands laid upon it, the table begins to oscillate from right to left....At the moment when, after more or less delay, a nervous trepidation is established in the hands and the little individual impulsions of all the experimenters have [...]

isis unveiled: chapter IV (a testimony)

"Babinet, Royer, and Jobert De Lamballe, all three members of the Institute, particularly distinguished themselves in this struggle between skepticism and supernaturalism, and most assuredly have reaped no laurels.   The famous astronomer had imprudently risked himself on the battlefield of the phenomenon. He had explained scientifically manifestations. But, emboldened by the fond belief among [...]

isis unveiled: chapter IV (a testimony)

"These guerilla-skirmishes between the champions of the clergy and the materialistic Academy of Science, prove abundantly how little the latter has done toward uprooting blind fanaticism from the minds of even very educated persons.   Evidently science has neither completely conquered nor muzzled theology. She will master her only on that day when she will [...]