Subverted, which the unanimous experience of men now shows to be invariable. Straussīases the whole argument of his elaborate work on the same ground, that no amount of testimonyĬoming to us through the depth of eighteen centuries can prove that those laws were ever Race, Hume was of opinion that no amount of human testimony could prove a miracle. Laws of nature are the most complete expression of the accumulated experiences of the human 49Ī miracle is generally defined to be a violation or suspension of a law of nature, and as the Evidence of Literary and Professional Men to the Facts of Modern Modern Spiritualism: Evidence of Men of Science. The Evidence of the Reality of Apparitions. Od Force, Animal Magnetism, and Clairvoyance. Modern Miracles viewed as Natural Phenomena. Professor Herbert Mayo, M.D., F.R.S.-Physiologist.ġ5. Morally certain he was not deceived in what he saw.ġ. These do, not only that he has witnessed what others deem absurd and incredible, but that he feels A man of sense will not lightly declare, as many of I can only do so by supposing these well known men to haveīeen all fools or madmen, which is to me more difficult than believing they are sane men,Ĭapable of observing matters of fact, and of forming a sound judgment as to whether or no theyĬould possibly have been deceived in them. Witnessed, never took place, I must leave my readers to account for the undoubted fact of theirīelief in them, as best they can. If, then, these facts, which many of them declare they have repeatedly I subjoin a list of the persons whose names I have adduced in the following pages, as havingīeen convinced of the truth and reality of most of these phenomena. Hare's Experimental Investigation of the Spirit Manifestations.Īll these are easily obtained, except the 4th, which may be had from Mr. Dale Owen's Footfalls on the Boundary of Another World.Ĥ. Magnetism, Electricity, Heat, Light, &c., in their relations to theĢ. And let him remember that if but one or two of themĪre true, there ceases to be any strong presumption against the truth Of the facts stated in them are to be explained by imposture I would askĪny man desirous of knowing the truth, to read the following five worksĬarefully through, and then say whether he can believe that the whole If but one or two of themĪre proved to be real, the whole argument against the rest, of 'impossibility'Īnd 'reversal of the laws of nature,' falls to the ground. Of which I have culled a few examples here. Thus it will be with the many thousands of facts They may not be a whit more understood than at first but they cease toīe regarded as miracles. Half a dozen suchįacts, however, constitute a little 'order of nature' for themselves. Is contrary to the hitherto observed order of nature. A single new and strange fact is, on its firstĪnnouncement, often treated as a miracle, and not believed because it To some of them, and have satisfied myself of their genuineness and thereforeįeel that I have no right to reject the evidence of still more marvellousįacts witnessed by others. I answer that I have witnessed facts of a similar nature It may be asked if I have myself seen any of the wonders narrated in theįollowing pages. Sense I would repudiate miracles as entirely as the most thorough sceptic. In the sense of implying any alteration of the laws of nature. That much which has been discredited as such is not really miraculous General considerations on the nature of miracle, and on the possibility Supernatural, and therefore incredible and I have prefixed to these some In the following pages I have brought togetherĪ few examples of the evidence for facts usually deemed miraculous or With which I am wont to worry my friends.'-PROFESSOR HUXLEY. That the possibilities of nature are infinite is an aphorism Say that the word 'impossible' is not to my mind applicable to matters of 'With regard to the miracle question, I can only Happen, for these are the facts which serve as clues to new discoveries.'-SIR Will have his eyes as it were opened, that they may be struck at onceīy any occurrence which according to received theories ought not to 'The perfect observer in any department of science, INDICATING THE DESIRABLENESS OF AN EXPERIMENTAL ENQUIRYīY MEN OF SCIENCE INTO THE ALLEGED POWERS OF Sequentially and grouped at the end, with the page(s) they originallyĪppeared at the bottom of given within double brackets. Original pagination indicated within double brackets. Only five copies that are held by libraries anywhere in the world). Of the original 1866 pamphlet edition (a very rare item, as I know of (scanned in and then carefully edited and proofed) is the entire text (S717), which contains a heavily revised version of it. Not be confused with the 1875 book On Miracles and Modern Spiritualism Note: This is Wallace's first writing on spiritualism. The Scientific Aspect of the Supernatural Russel Wallace : Alfred Russell Wallace ( sic)

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