Word: proofing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Psychic Research has little in common with religion. Science will find additional proof of telepathy if Psychic Research gathers more evidence. Science excludes spirit help in examining calls on the subconscious mind by other mind vibrations. All the criteria of dispassionate, inductive science are seen in Spiritism. Let Psychic Research stand to view in the clear, cold reason advocated by William James. Our religion is apart from it. We cannot drink our communion wine from a test tube...
...matter of published fact, Sir Oliver Lodge very plainly states that, to his mind, the scientific proof of survival is not yet complete; and almost every other scientific investigator of the subject has his own individual idea of just what is proven and what is not. It is far from fair to accept the adverse opinions of one such investigator to the exclusion of others equally if not more than equally able to judge the matter. In regard to the physical and other phenomena of psychical research it cannot be said too strongly, though it ought to be quite evident...
...conducting intercollegiate boxing. Mr. Connelly, the University boxing instructor, is thoroughly competent. He has been successful at Middlesex School. There is every assurance that Harvard would be ably represented. The zeal and skill of the men actively interested as shown in the annual Harvard tournament may be taken as proof that intercollegiate boxing would be supported by the students...
...Coffin has based all his arguments on statistics of games played by Yale, Princeton and University teams. Such proof is not conclusive, for at present these three colleges are not the best in the country. The records of other teams must be considered...
...spiritism. Professor G. Stanley Hall is President of Clark university and has devoted his life to the scientific study of the mind. Unlike so many who are antagonistic to spiritism, he does not rail against mediums and spirit-rappings in genera. but clearly shows that as yet no sound proof of the existence of an after-life through spirits has been demonstrated. Every one of the physical phenomena of spiritism has been reproduced, naturally, in daylight, by magicians and sleight-of-hand artists...