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Isis Unveiled: chapter III (The mirror of the soul)

"Professor Buchanan's Outlines of Lectures on the Neurological System of Anthropology, a work written so far back as 1854, contains suggestions that, if the sciolists would only heed them, would show how a bridge can be thrown across this dreadful abyss.   It is one of the bins in which the thought-seed of future harvests [...]

Isis Unveiled: chapter III (The mirror of the soul)

"One of the cleverest productions of Professor Tyndall's pen is his caustic essay upon Martineau and Materialism. At the same time it is one which in future years the author will doubtless be only too ready to trim of certain unpardonable grossnesses of expression.   For the moment, however, we will not deal with these, [...]

Isis Unveiled: chapter III (The mirror of the soul)

"The editor of the London Spiritualist, in answer to Dr. Gully's criticism of Mr. Tyndall's fire-mist theory, remarks that if the entire body of spiritualists are not roasting alive at Smithfield in the present century, it is to science alone that we are indebted for this crowning mercy.   Well, let us admit that the [...]

Isis Unveiled: chapter III (The mirror of the soul)

"In his oft-quoted work, Conflict between Religion and Science, Professor Draper shows a decided propensity to kick the beam of the scales of justice, and lay all such impediments to the progress of science at the door of the clergy alone. With all respect and admiration due to this eloquent writer and scientist, we must [...]