,,buchanan',s                           
,,journal ,,of ,,man4                   
,,vol4 ,i4         ,,may1 #ahhg4        
,,no4 #d4     ,,contents ,,of ,,journal 
,,of ,,man4     ,the ,prophetic         
,faculty3 ,war and ,peace   ,clearing   
away the ,fog   ,the ,danger of living  
among ,christians3 ,a ,question of peace
 or war   ,legislative ,quackery1       
,ignorance1 and ,blindness to the       
,future   ,evils that need ,attention   
,what is ,intellectual ,greatness       
,spiritual ,wonders--,slater's ,tests2  
,spirit ,pictures2 ,telegraphy2         
,music2 ,slate ,writing2 ,fire ,test    
,,miscellaneous                         
,,intelligence--,erratum2 ,co-operation2
 ,emancipation2     ,inventors2         
,important ,discovery2 ,saccharine2     
,sugar2 ,artificial     ,ivory2 ,paper  
,pianos2 ,social ,degeneracy2           
,prevention of ,cruelty2     ,value of  
,birds2 ,house ,plants2 ,largest        
,tunnel2 ,westward ,empire   ,structure 
of the ,brain   ,chapter ,,iii4 ,genesis

 of the ,brain   ,to the ,readers of the
 ,journal--,college of ,therapeutics    
,journal of ,man--,language of ,press   
and ,readers     ,,the ,,prophetic      
,,faculty3 ,,war ,,and ,,peace4   ,in   
our last issue1 the psychometric faculty
 of prophecy was illustrated by         
predictions of peace1 while generals1   
statesmen1 and editors were promising a 
gigantic war4 ,in this number the reader
 will find a grand prediction of war1   
while statesmen and states were         
anticipating peace1 and a southern      
statesman1 even upon the brink of war1  
offered to drink all the blood that     
would be shed4  ,the strength of the    
warlike spirit and prediction at the    
time psychometry was prophesying peace  
was conspicuous even as late as the     
ninth of ,march1 when the ,london       
correspondent of the ,sun wrote as      
follows3  ,an eminent ,russian general  
with whom ,i have talked believes the   
plan of ,russian attack on ,austria is  
fully developed4 ,galicia is to be the  

battleground between the two countries4 
,russia will enter the province without 
trouble1 as there is nothing to hinder  
her4 ,then she will make a dash to      
secure the important strategic railroad 
which runs parallel with the ,galician  
frontier1 and seek to drive the         
,austrians over the ,carpathians4  ,that
 ,galicia will witness the first        
fighting is generally admitted1 as also 
that the possession of the strategic    
railroad1 running as it does just at the
 rear of the ,austrian positions1 would 
be the most vital question4 ,it may be  
interesting to say that military men of 
whatever nationality look upon an early 
war as a certain thing4 ,they are not   
content to say they believe war is      
coming2 they are absolutely positive of 
it1 and each little officer has his own 
personal way of conclusively proving    
that this sort of peace cannot go on any
 longer4   ,meanwhile there are lots of 
straws floating about this week1 which  
indicate that international winds are   

still blowing toward war4 ,from ,russian
 ,poland there is reported an           
interruption in all kinds of business1  
owing to the war scare4 ,manufacturers  
refuse to accept orders from private    
persons1 and financial institutions have
 still further weakened business by     
reducing their credit to a minimum4 ,a  
letter from ,st4 ,petersburg tells of   
the tremendous enthusiasm of the troops 
at the review by the ,czar on last      
,saturday1 of the wild cheering for his 
imperial ,majesty1 of the loud and      
strident whistles audible above the roar
 of the cannon with which the officers  
command their men1 and of the general   
blending of barbaric fierceness and     
courage with modern discipline and      
fighting improvements4   ,in ,vienna the
 troops are hard at work practising with
 the ,numannlicher repeating rifle1 with
 which all have been provided4 ,the     
,sunday observance act1 usually         
rigorously enforced1 has been suspended1
 that the government orders for military

 supplies may be completed two weeks    
earlier than contracted for4   ,the     
business of the ,hotchkiss gun-making   
concern is shown to have increased one  
hundred per cent with the war scare1 and
 the eagerness to secure the stock1     
which now stands at thirty per cent     
premium1 shows a conviction among monied
 men4 ,the capital has been subscribed  
fifteen times over4  ,the persistent    
prediction of peace was speedily        
fulfilled4 ,march #ab my statement was  
sent to the press1 and ,march #bb       
,bismarck said to ,prince ,rudolph of   
,austria that peace is assured to       
,europe for #ahhg1 and newspaper        
correspondents announce that the war    
alarm is over4 ,mr4 ,frederick          
,harrison1 who is travelling on foot in 
,france1 writes that he has found no one
 who desires war1 and that the people   
are not even thinking of it4  ,what is  
the popular judgment1 or even the       
judgment of popular leaders worth upon  
any great question8 ,the masses of      

mankind have their judgments enmeshed   
and inwoven in a web of mechanical      
habituality1 compelling them to believe 
that what is and has been must continue 
to be in the future1 thus limiting their
 conceptions to the commonplace4 ,their 
leaders do not rise to nobler           
conceptions1 for if they did not        
sympathize with the popular1 commonplace
 conceptions and prejudices they would  
not be leaders4  ,we deem it safe to    
assert1 says ,mrs4 ,emma ,hardinge      
,britten in her most valuable and       
interesting ,history of ,modern         
,spiritualism1 from opinions formed upon
 an extensive and intimate knowledge of 
both ,north and ,south1 and a general   
understanding of the politics and       
parties in both sections1 that any      
settlement of the questions between them
 by the sword was never deliberately    
contemplated1 and that the outbreak1 no 
less than the magnitude and length of   
the mighty struggle1 was all1 humanly   
speaking1 forced on by the logic of     

events1 rather than through the         
preconcerted action of either section of
 the country4 ,we say this much to      
demonstrate the truly prophetic         
character of many of the visions and    
communications which circulated amongst 
the ,spiritualists prior to the opening 
of the war4  ,not only was it prophesied
 by the ,quaker ,joseph ,hoag thirty    
years in advance1 but more fully        
prophesied from the spirit world by the 
spirit of ,gen4 ,washington1 and again  
most eloquently predicted through the   
lips of ,mrs4 ,e4 ,hardinge ,britten in 
#ahfj4 ,yet who among all the leaders of
 the people knew anything of these      
warnings1 or was sufficiently           
enlightened to have paid them any       
respect8 ,the petition of #ae1jjj       
,spiritualists was treated with         
contemptuous ridicule by the ,american  
,senate1 and even the demonstrable      
invention of ,morse was subjected to    
ridicule in ,congress4 ,congressmen     
stand on no higher moral plane than the 

people who elect them1 and it is the    
moral faculties that elevate men into   
the atmosphere of pure truth4  ,but ah6 
could we have had a ,congress and ,state
 ,legislatures in #ahfj1 composed of men
 sufficiently elevated in sentiment to  
realize the state of the nation and the 
terrible necessity of preserving the    
peace by conciliatory statesmanship1    
that four years of bloody horror and    
devastation might have been spared4     
,will the time ever come when nations   
shall be guided by wisdom sufficient to 
avoid convulsions and calamities8 ,not  
until there is sufficient intelligence  
and wisdom to appreciate the science of 
man1 to understand the wondrous         
faculties of the human soul1 to follow  
their guidance1 and to listen to the    
wisdom of our ancestors as they speak to
 us from a higher world4  ,the          
prophecies to which ,i would call       
attention now1 came from the upper      
world1 and came unheeded and            
unproclaimed6 ,great truths are always  

buried in silence1 if possible1 when    
they first arrive4 ,it is probable that 
the grandest prophecies in their        
far-reaching scope will always come from
 such sources1 and the grandest seers   
will be inspired4 ,the grandest prophecy
 of the ultimate destiny and power of   
,anthropology came to me direct from an 
exalted source in the spirit world1 and 
no human hand had aught to do with its  
production4 ,but the human psychometric 
faculty has the same prophetic power in 
a more limited and more practical       
sphere4 ,we have no reason to affirm    
that the wonderful personal prophecies  
of ,cazotte on the brink of the ,french 
,revolution1 stated in the ,manual of   
,psychometry1 were at all dependent on  
spiritual agency4  ,the prophecy of our 
great ,american calamity1 which purports
 to have come from the spirit of ,gen4  
,washington1 appears in a book published
 by ,josiah ,brigham in #ahei1 of which 
few of my readers have any knowledge4   
,the messages were written by the hand  

of the famous medium1 ,joseph ,d4       
,stiles1 between #ahed and #aheg1 at the
 house of ,josiah ,brigham in ,quincy1  
,mass41 and were published at ,boston in
 #ahei1 in a large volume of #dei pages1
 entitled ,messages from the ,spirit of 
,john ,quincy ,adams4 ,the medium was in
 an unconscious trance1 and the         
handwriting was a fac-simile of that of 
,john ,quincy ,adams4 ,but other spirit 
communications are given1 and that which
 purports to come from ,washington was  
in a handwriting like his own1 though   
not of so bold and intellectual a style4
 ,i quote the portion of his message    
which relates to the war of secession1  
as follows3  ,the cities of ,sodom and  
,gomorrah1 when they had attained the   
summit of imperial wickedness and       
licentiousness1 as the ,bible informs   
us1 fell from their high estate by the  
visitation of natural penalties1 and the
 righteous judgments of an overruling   
,providence4 ,the fall of ,rome and     
other large cities proves to us that no 

individual or nation can disobey the    
irrepealable enactments of the ,infinite
 ,father1 and escape the fixed penalties
 attached to such transgression6  ,and  
can boasting1 sinful ,america indulge in
 the flattering1 delusive hope1 that the
 heavy judgments which fell upon those  
ancient cities will be averted from her1
 whose guilt is equal1 if not even      
greater than theirs8 ,does she think    
that ,cain-like1 she can escape the     
vigilant1 sleepless eye of that ,divine 
,parent1    ',whose voice is heard in   
the rolling thunders1   ,and whose might
 is seen in the forked lightnings1'  and
 that ,he will turn a deaf ear to the   
cry of 'mortal agony1' daily borne on   
the 'four winds of ,heaven' to ,his     
throne of justice1 from the almost      
broken hearts of ,his slavery-crushed   
children8  ,far from it2 ,america can no
 more expect mercy in her prosperous    
wickedness1 from the hand of ,deity1    
that can the most degraded child of     
earth expect to enjoy equal happiness   

and bliss with the more refined and     
exalted intelligences of heaven4 ,the   
,parent of all cares not for the unity  
or perpetuation of a family of ,states1 
where the prosperity or welfare of a    
single child of ,his is concerned4      
,god1 the eternal ,father1 has          
commissioned us1 ,his ministers of truth
 and justice1 to a great and important  
undertaking6 ,he has invested us with   
power and authority to influence and    
guide the actions of mankind1 and aid   
them in their struggles for right and   
truth4 ,he has bade us arm ourselves    
with the weapons of love and justice1   
and hasten to the rescue of our         
struggling brother man4 ,his call is    
imperative and binding1 and we must and 
,,will obey6  ,we are able to discern   
the period rapidly approximating when   
man will take up arms against his       
fellow-man1 and go forth to contend with
 the enemies of ,republican liberty1 and
 to assert at the point of the bayonet  
those rights of which so large a portion

 of their fellow-creatures are deprived4
 ,again will the soil of ,america be    
saturated with the blood of             
freedom-loving children1 and her noble  
monuments1 those sublime attestations of
 patriotic will and determination1 will 
tremble1 from base to summit1 with the  
heavy roar of artillery1 and the thunder
 of cannon4 ,the trials of that internal
 war will far exceed those of the war of
 the ,revolution1 while the cause       
contended for will equal1 if not excel1 
in sublimity and power1 that for which  
the children of '#gf fought4  ,but when 
the battle-smoke shall disappear1 and   
the cannon's fearful tones are heard no 
more1 then will mankind more fully      
realize the blessings outflowing from   
the mighty struggle in which they so    
valiantly contended6 ,no longer will    
their eyes meet with those bound in the 
chains of physical slavery1 or their    
ears listen to the heavy sobs of the    
oppressed child of ,god4 ,but o'er a    
land dedicated to the principles of     

impartial liberty the ,king of ,day will
 rise and set1 and hearts now oppressed 
with care and sorrow will rejoice in the
 blessings of uninterrupted freedom4    
,in this eventful revolution1 what the  
patriots of the past failed to          
accomplish their descendants will       
perform1 with the timely assistance of  
invisible powers4 ,by their sides the   
heavenly hosts will labor1 imparting    
courage and fortitude in each hour of   
despondency1 and urging them onward to a
 speedy and magnificent triumph4        
,deploring1 as we do1 the existence of  
slavery1 and the means to be employed to
 purge it from ,america1 yet our        
sympathies will culminate to the cause  
of right and justice1 and give strength 
to those who seek to set the captive    
free1 and crush the monster1 ,slavery4  
,the picture which ,i have presented is1
 indeed1 a hideous one4 ,you may think  
that ,i speak with too much assurance   
when ,i thus boldly prophesy the        
dissolution of the ,american            

,confederacy1 and1 through it1 the      
destruction of that gigantic structure1 
human slavery6 ,but this knowledge was  
not the result of a moment's or an      
hour's gleaning1 but nearly half a      
century's existence in the seraph life4 
,i have carefully watched my country's  
rising progress1 and ,i am thoroughly   
convinced that it cannot always exist   
under the present ,federal              
,constitution1 and the pressure of that 
most terrible sin1 slavery6  ,had the   
people of this country been sufficiently
 enlightened to investigate these       
messages fairly1 they would have seen   
that there was sufficient evidence that 
this warning really came from           
,washington1 and the pulpit would have  
enforced its solemn truths4 ,but our    
destiny was fixed2 ,washington knew that
 his voice would not be heeded1 and that
 war could not be prevented4  ,again    
came the warning in #ahfj1 through the  
lips of a more intellectual medium1 more
 capable of expressing the bright       

thought of the higher world4 ,mrs4 ,e4  
,hardinge ,britten tells the story in   
her ,history of ,american ,spiritualism1
 pages #daf-dai4 ,she refers to the     
stupid and criminal action of the       
,legislature of ,alabama2 and a similar 
piece of brutality has been recommended 
by a committee in the ,pennsylvania     
,legislature recently4 ,the following is
 quoted from the ,history4   ,,the      
,,alabama ,,legislature ,,and ,,the     
,,spirits--,,prophecy ,,in ,,the        
,,alabama ,,legislative                 
,,halls--,,retribution4  ,sometime about
 the month of ,january1 #ahfj1 the      
,legislature of ,alabama passed a bill  
declaring that any person or persons    
giving public spiritual manifestations  
in ,alabama should be subject to a      
penalty of five hundred dollars4  ,we   
have given the substance1 though not the
 exact wording of this edict1 which was 
met by considerable opposition1 not only
 on the part of great numbers of        
,spiritualists resident in the ,state1  

but also by the governor himself1 who   
refused to give his sanction to the     
bill4  ,mr4 ,george ,redman1 the        
celebrated physical test medium1 had    
just passed through the ,south1 and     
remained long enough to create an       
immense interest throughout its length  
and breadth4  ,the author was already   
engaged to deliver a course of lectures 
in ,mobile1 and numerous invitations    
were sent to her from other parts of the
 ,state4  ,as ,mrs4 ,hardinge's visit   
was anticipated at the very time when   
the bill above named was in agitation1  
its friends in the ,legislature         
considered themselves much aggrieved by 
the governor's refusal to sanction its  
passage1 and deeming either that he was 
suspiciously favorable to the cause it  
was designed to destroy1 or that their  
own case would be aggravated by the     
advent of the expected lecturer1 they   
passed their bill over the governor's   
veto1 just twenty-four hours before the 
explosion anticipated on her arrival    

could take place4  ,on landing in       
,mobile1 ,mrs4 ,hardinge was greeted by 
a large and enthusiastic body of        
friends1 but found herself precluded1 by
 legislative wisdom1 from expounding the
 sublime truths of immortality in a city
 whose walls were placarded all over    
with bills announcing the arrival of    
,madame ,leon1 the celebrated seeress   
and business clairvoyant1 who would show
 the picture of your future husband1    
tell the successful numbers in          
lotteries1 and enable any despairing    
lover to secure the affections of his   
heart's idol1 etc4 ,side by side with   
these creditable but legalized          
exhibitions1 were flaming announcements 
of the humbug of ,spiritualism exposed  
by ,herr ,marvel1 with a long list of   
all the astonishing feats which this    
only genuine living wizard would display
 for the benefit of the pious ,state    
where angelic ministry might not be     
spoken of4  ,mrs4 ,hardinge passed      
through ,mobile1 leaving many warm      

hearts behind her1 who would fain have  
exchanged these profane caricatures for 
the glad tidings which beloved spirit   
friends were ready to dispense to the   
world4  ,in passing through the capital 
city1 ,montgomery1 a detention occurred 
of some hours1 in forming a railway     
connection en route for ,macon1         
,georgia1 when ,mrs4 ,hardinge and some 
friends travelling in her company1 were 
induced to while away the tedious time  
by visiting the ,state ,house4 ,the     
,legislature was not sitting that day1  
and one of the party1 a ,spiritualist1  
remarked that they were even then       
standing in the very chamber from which 
the recent obnoxious enactment against  
their faith had issued4  ,the day was   
warm1 soft1 and clear4 ,the sweet       
southern breeze stirred a few solitary  
pines which waved on the capitol hill1  
and the scene from the windows of the   
legislative hall was pleasant1 tranquil1
 and suggestive of calm but sluggish    
peace4  ,at that period--,january1      

#ahfj--not an ominous murmur1 not the   
faintest whisper1 even1 that the war    
spirit was abroad1 and the legions of   
death and ruin were lighting their      
brands and sharpening their relentless  
swords to be drenched in the life-blood 
of millions1 had made itself heard in   
the land4  ,the long cherished purposes 
of hate and fratricidal struggle were   
all shrouded in the depths of profound  
secrecy1 and the whole southern country 
might have been represented in the scene
 of stillness and tranquility that lay  
outstretched before the eyes of the     
watchers1 who stood in the ,state ,house
 of the capital city of ,alabama1 on    
that pleasant ,january afternoon4       
,there were present six persons besides 
the author1 namely3 ,mr4 and ,mrs4      
,adams1 of ,tioga ,county1              
,pennsylvania2 ,mrs4 ,waters and her    
son1 a ,scotch lady and gentleman from  
,aberdeen2 ,mr4 ,halford1 of ,new ,york 
,city2 and ,mr4 ,james1 of              
,philadelphia4 ,all but the mother and  

son from ,scotland were acquainted with 
the author1 and more or less sympathetic
 with her belief2 all are now living1   
and willing to testify to what follows4 
,suddenly ,mrs4 ,hardinge became        
entranced1 when the whole scene1 laying 
outstretched before her eyes1 appeared  
to become filled with long lines of     
glittering horse and foot soldiers1 who1
 in martial pomp and military           
discipline1 filed1 rank after rank and  
regiment after regiment1 through the    
streets of ,montgomery1 and then passed 
off into distance1 and were lost to     
view4  ,meantime the crash of military  
music seemed to thrill through the      
clairvoyant's ears1 at first merely     
marking the tramp of the vast bodies of 
infantry with a joyous rhythm1 but anon1
 as it died off in their receding march1
 wild1 agonizing shrieks commingled with
 its tones1 and the thundering roll of  
the drums seemed to be muffled by deep1 
low1 but heart-rending groans1 as of    
human sufferers in their last mortal    

agony4  ,at length all was still again2 
the last gleam of the muskets flashed in
 the sunlight and melted away in the dim
 horizon2 the last echo of the strangely
 mingled music and agony ceased1 and    
then1 over the whole radiant landscape1 
there stole an advancing army of clouds1
 like a march of tall gray columns1     
reaching from earth to the skies1 and   
filling the air with such a dense and   
hideous gloom that the whole scene      
became swallowed up in the thick1       
serried folds of mist4 ,in the midst of 
these cloudy legions1 the eye of the    
seeress could discern innumerable forms 
who seemed to shiver and bend1 as if in 
the whirl of a hidden tempest1 and      
flitted restlessly hither and thither1  
aimless and hopeless1 apparently driven 
by some invisible power from nothing to 
nowhere4  ,and these mystic shadows1    
flitting about in the thick grayness1   
were unbodied souls2 not like visitants 
from the bright summer land1 nor yet    
beings resembling the dark1 undeveloped 

dwellers on the threshold1 whom earthly 
crimes held bound near their former     
homes1 but they seemed as if they were  
misty emanations of unripe human bodies1
 scarcely conscious of their state1 yet 
living1 actual individualities1 once    
resident in mortal tenements1 but torn  
from their sheltering envelope too soon1
 or too suddenly1 to have acquired the  
strength and consistency of a fresh     
existence4 ,and yet the numbers of these
 restless phantoms were legion1 and     
their multitude seemed to be ever       
increasing1 when1 lo6 this weird        
phantasmagoria too passed away1 but not 
before the seeress had1 with entranced  
lips1 described to the listeners every  
feature of the scene she had witnessed4 
,then the influence seemed to deepen    
upon her1 and she pronounced words which
 the young ,scotchman1 ,mr4 ,waters1 a  
phonographic writer1 transcribed upon   
the spot to the following effect3       
,woe1 woe to thee1 ,alabama6      ,fair 
land of rest1 thy peace shall depart1   

thy glory be     shorn1 and the proud   
bigots1 tyrants1 and cowards1 who have  
driven ,god's angels back from thy      
cities1 even in this     chamber1 have  
sealed thy doom1 and their own together4
      ,woe to thee1 ,alabama6 ,ere five 
drear years have fled1 thou     shalt   
sit as a widow1 desolate4      ,the     
staff from thy husband's hand shall be  
broken1 the crown     plucked from his  
head1 the sceptre rent from his grasp4  
,thy sons shall be slain1 thy           
legislators mocked and bound     with   
the chains thou hast fastened on others4
      ,the blind ones1 who have         
proscribed the spirits of love and      
comfort from ministry in thy homes1     
shall be spirits     themselves1 and ere
 those five years be passed1 more       
spirits     than bodies shall wander in 
the streets of ,alabama1 homeless1      
restless1 and unripe1 torn from their   
earthly tenements1 and     unfit for    
their heavenly ones2 until thy          
grass-grown streets     and thy         

moss-covered dwellings shall be the     
haunts of legions     of unbodied souls1
 whom thy crimes shall have violently   
thrust     into eternity6  ,when this   
involuntary prophecy of evil import was 
read by the young scribe to the         
disenthralled medium1 her own horror and
 regret at its utterance far exceeded   
that of any of her aghast listeners1 not
 one of whom1 any more than herself1    
attached to it any other meaning than an
 impression produced by temporary       
excitement and the sphere of the unholy 
legislative chamber4  ,how deeply       
significant this fearful prophecy became
 during the ensuing five years1 all who 
were witnesses to its utterance1 and    
many others1 to whom it was communicated
 in that same year1 can bear witness of4
  ,swept into the red gulf of           
all-consuming war1 many of the unhappy  
gentlemen who had legislated against the
 spirits in ,alabama1 became1 during the
 ensuing five years1 spirits themselves1
 and have doubtless realized the        

inestimable privileges which the        
communion they so rashly denounced on   
earth was calculated to afford to the   
inhabitants of the spheres4  ,in other  
respects1 the fatal prophecy has been   
too literally fulfilled4 ,many a        
regiment of brave men have marched out  
of the city streets of ,alabama1 only to
 return as unbodied souls1 and to behold
 the streets grass-grown and deserted1  
and the thresholds which their mortal   
feet might never again cross1 overspread
 with the moss of corruption and decay4 
,alabama has truly sat as a widow1      
desolate4 ,her strength has been shorn1 
her beauty gone4 ,no ,state has sent    
forth a greater number of brave and     
devoted victims to the war than         
,alabama2 no ,southern ,state has       
suffered more fearfully4 ,may ,god and  
kind angels lift the war curse from her 
widowed head6  ,the following extract   
from a letter1 written by ,mr4 ,adams1  
one of the witnesses of the above scene1
 to the author1 in #ahfd1 from ,new     

,york1 during a temporary sojourn there1
 will carry its own comment on the      
fulfilment of the fatal prophecy3       
,now that my two poor boys are in daily 
danger of themselves     becoming       
'unbodied spirits1' ,emma1 ,i           
continually revert to     that terrible 
prophecy of yours uttered in the        
assembly     chamber at ,montgomery4    
,heaven knows ,i was then so little     
prepared to expect war or any reasonable
 fulfilment of the     doom1 that ,i    
could only look to see some great       
pestilence1     fire1 or other sweeping 
calamity falling on poor ,alabama4 ,last
     night1 when ,i read in the ,herald 
of the sweeping     extermination that  
had visited those two fine ,alabama     
regiments1 ,i could not help going to   
,mrs4 ,adams's desk1 where     she keeps
 the copy that young ,waters made us of 
your prophecy1     and reading it aloud 
to the whole company4      ,our friend  
,j4 ,b41 who was present1 insisted upon 
seeing the     date1 and when he saw    

that it was ,january1 #ahfj1 they were  
all     fairly aghast1 and said if ever 
there was genuine prophecy it     was   
contained in that paper4     ,,clearing 
,,away ,,the ,,fog4   ,an esteemed      
correspondent writes1 ,for several years
 ,i have been a reader of some of the   
treatises you have published in the     
interest of progressive thought1 and    
have found much to admire and reread2   
yet an occasional paragraph containing  
the formula of orthodox theology1 with  
its dogma of ,god and ,jesus1 interwoven
 into your sequences of argument1       
mystifies and perplexes my reason and   
judgment1 and ,i indulge in much        
speculation regarding your exact        
position1--whether ,christianity is to  
be vitalized and conserved by the       
discoverer of modern science1 or the    
,bible dogmas and traditions            
reinterpreted to coincide with          
scientific method4  ,i am not aware of  
having ever written anything that could 
make my position at all doubtful1 nor do

 ,i see how doubts could arise in any   
one who attends carefully to my         
language1 and does not indulge in       
drawing inferences therefrom which my   
language does not warrant4 ,upon this   
very question ,i have expressed myself  
fully in published lectures4 ,i have    
never manifested any sympathy with the  
theology of the churches1 have never    
failed to speak of it in terms of       
absolute denunciation1 and see no reason
 why any one should suspect me of       
leaning in that direction4  ,as to the  
recognition of ,god to which my         
correspondent objects1 ,i think science1
 as ,i understand it1 sanctions the idea
 that the basic power of the universe is
 spiritual and not material2 that spirit
 may evolve1 create1 and modify matter1 
but matter never originates spirit1     
though they have a continual            
interaction1 which it is the function of
 scientists to investigate1 in which    
investigation1 anthropology1 especially 
in its department of sarcognomy1 is a   

long step of progress4 ,my              
investigations have given me some       
additional evidence as to the ,divine   
existence beyond what has been recorded1
 but do not sanction the personal       
anthropological conceptions of ,deity1  
which bring the ,divine within the      
conceptions of narrow and superstitious 
minds4  ,having discarded the whole     
scheme of ,christian theology1 there is 
no reason why ,i should reject the      
fundamental principles of religion1     
which are at the basis of all religions1
 and which are sanctioned by the study  
of man's religious nature4 ,the spirit  
of the ,christian religion as it        
appeared among the founders of          
,christianity appears to me a more      
perfect expression of religion than ,i  
find in any other of the world's        
religions1 more spiritual1 devoted1     
loving1 and heroic1 more in accordance  
with the true religion which belongs to 
man's noblest faculties4  ,as for       
,jesus1 ,i think the general opinion of 

historians and scholars as to his       
historic existence is correct1 but      
whether the historic accounts are       
reliable or not ,i am entirely certain  
of his existence to-day as one of the   
most exalted beings in the spirit       
world1--the spirit of the ,teacher who  
appeared in ,palestine1 whose principles
 and purposes are the same advocated by 
myself1 and who like all the other      
exalted and ancient spirits is          
profoundly interested in human welfare  
and in the progress of spiritual        
science1 and reformation of the         
so-called ,christian ,church4 ,i have   
had sufficient psychometric perception  
at times to realize the present         
character of such beings as ,jesus1     
,moses1 ,st4 ,john1 ,john the ,baptist1 
,st4 ,peter1 ,confucius1 ,joan of ,arc1 
and ,gen4 ,washington1 as well as many  
other admirable beings whose influence  
falls like dews upon many sympathetic   
souls4  ,i realize most profoundly and  
sadly the absence from all the high     

places of society of those nobler       
qualities which ,i recognize in the     
higher world1 but ,i labor in the hope  
that when mankind have advanced into the
 light of anthropological science they  
shall become enlightened enough to      
sympathize with the supernal life in    
reverent love1 and to organize a social 
condition here which will bring even the
 lowest classes into so satisfactory a  
condition that philosophizers will no   
longer have to wrestle with the problem 
of evil and explain the great mystery   
that a universe so full of the marks of 
a grandly benevolent purpose should     
still be marred and dishonored by human 
misery and degradation4 ,it would be an 
unsolvable problem to-day did we not    
perceive through spiritual science the  
immense preponderance of good in the    
glorious plan of life of which this     
world shows only the beginning4  ,as an 
anthropologist1 ,i cannot but esteem and
 cherish the religious element of human 
nature4 ,sincere worship is simply the  

most exalted love1 and fills human life 
with nobility and benevolence2 let those
 who can1 worship the divine2 let those 
who shrink from the thought of the      
,infinite1 worship the most exalted     
beings they may conceive1 and let those 
who cannot quite reach the exalted      
beings of the spirit world1 worship     
their parents or children1 or conjugal  
companions1--for worship is but         
unlimited love1--and they who recoil    
from humanity may perhaps find something
 to adore in the beauty and grandeur of 
nature on this globe1 which every summer
 arrays in beauty1 and in the grandeur  
of stellar worlds4 ,from love and       
adoration come obedience1--which is the 
perfect life1 for it is not slavery1 but
 harmony and delight4  ,profound science
 does not take away religion1 as        
superficial or false science does1 but  
develops a far nobler1 holier1 and more 
beneficent religion than any churches   
comprehend4 ,it corresponds to that     
ideal religion which belongs to the     

higher realms of the spirit world1 and  
which has sometimes appeared on earth in
 inspired mortals1 and most often in    
women whose souls were devoted to love4 
,that this religious sentiment appeared 
in the time of ,jesus among inspired    
men1 ,i believe1 and their lives and    
sentiments have been to me an           
inspiration1 enabling me to believe in  
the practicability of that which        
philosophy teaches concerning the       
religious life1 which without those     
illustrious examples might have seemed  
an unattainable excellence in the       
present conditions of society4  ,i do   
not object to any worship of ,jesus and 
his illustrious associate reformers1 for
 true worship will lead to the imitation
 of their heroic lives4 ,they were not  
divine1 and were too heroically faithful
 to truth to put forth any such false   
claims1 nor could they in that dark age 
be profound in science1 or correct in   
all their opinions1 as they are now in a
 higher world4 ,as they were on earth ,i

 honor them2 as they are in heaven      
to-day ,i honor them far more4 ,they    
silently invite us to reach that higher 
plane of life on which their beneficent 
influence and inspiration may be felt4  
,fortunate are they reach that plane4   
,,the ,,danger ,,of ,,living ,,among    
,,christians4  ,a ,,question ,,of       
,,peace ,,or ,,war4   ,it is seldom that
 any of the great questions of the time 
are treated from an ethical standpoint4 
,old opinions and old usages furnish the
 standpoint for our press writers1 our  
politicians1 and our clergy4 ,the       
question of national defence has been   
under discussion for years1 and ,samuel 
,j4 ,tilden1 who was regarded by        
millions as the ablest of our statesmen1
 gave his whole mental power to urging  
its consideration upon the ,american    
people2 but if this question has ever   
been seriously discussed from the       
ethical standpoint it has escaped my    
notice4 ,the nearest approach to the    
ethical view was the suggestion of the  

,boston ,herald that in putting on the  
full armor of national defence the      
effect might be to stimulate the haughty
 and warlike impulses of our people1 and
 thus increase the danger of war1 while 
a defenceless seacoast would tend to    
inspire prudence and moderation in our  
national government4  ,there is a great 
deal of truth in this view4 ,we have a  
score of prominent politicians whose    
sentiments on international questions   
are too much like those of a bully in   
private life1 and they have a dangerous 
amount of influence in public affairs4  
,turning aside from these popular       
discussions1 the ,,journal ,,of ,,man   
maintains the ethical standpoint for the
 consideration of such subjects2 and its
 first suggestion would be1 ,why should 
the people--of this country spend       
#abj1jjj1jjj as a preparation for       
slaughtering our brethren the ,christian
 population of ,europe1 the only people 
from whom any danger can be             
apprehended--our brethren in            

civilization and ,christianity1 our     
brethren too by the ties of blood8  ,do 
they not all maintain the ,christian    
religion 7at least nominally7 by all the
 power of their governments and public  
opinion8 ,would not our good people in  
visiting them or they in visiting us be 
invited to participate in the communion 
service which commemorates the martyred 
,teacher of the law of love8 ,are they  
not our brethren1 the neighbors to whom 
the command applies1 ,love thy neighbor 
as thyself8 ,is this our ,christian     
love1 to spend a hundred and twenty     
millions for the assassination of our   
beloved brethren--avowedly for that     
purpose8 ,it is needless to object to   
the word assassination1--wholesale      
murder by armies is substantially the   
same thing as separate murders by each  
individual of the army4  ,but1 it is    
urged1 we are in danger of invasion1 and
 the bombardment of our cities4 ,does   
any one seriously believe that a        
powerful nation intent on peace--the    

strongest power in the world1 the friend
 of all mankind1 ready to submit any    
international question to               
arbitration--would be in danger of an   
unjust1 lawless1 causeless assault from 
the ,christian nations of ,europe1 who  
have so much to lose and nothing to gain
 by war1 and who have already1 in their 
groaning1 tax-burdened people1 a        
sufficient reminder of the folly and    
criminality of war8 ,they have not money
 for another war1 which would bring on  
the dangers of bankruptcy and the revolt
 of the oppressed masses4  ,it must be  
that this is seriously apprehended1 or  
else that it is feared that the arrogant
 and bullying temper of our own people  
or our politicians may originate and    
exasperate international irritation to  
the insane extreme of war4  ,what a     
horrible theory is this6 ,is all the    
civilization1 statesmanship1 and        
,christianity of the leading nations of 
the earth incapable of withholding them 
from such gigantic crimes8 ,is          

,christendom the only dangerous portion 
of the world1 where an honorable and    
peaceful nation cannot exist in safety8 
,the heathen nations are not a source of
 danger4 ,if ,christendom were          
annihilated to-morrow1 there would be no
 occasion to speak of defending our     
coasts or building up a powerful navy4  
,it is apparent1 then--it is            
confessed--that it is very dangerous to 
live among these ,christian nations1 or 
in other words1 it is very dangerous to 
live among ,christians1 as they are     
called6 ,but do our statesmen or our    
clergy suggest this view8 ,do they      
recoil from war or inspire the people   
with thoughts of peace8 ,never6 ,one of 
the conspicuous clergymen of ,england   
was the fiercest advocate of war with   
,russia4 ,the fundamental principle of  
the ,christianity of ,jesus is dead in  
the so-called ,christian church1 except 
in that little fragment1 the church of  
the ,quakers1 who1 for their fidelity to
 the fundamental principle1 were        

scourged and hanged in ,boston by the   
pious predecessors of our present       
churches1 until they were forbidden by  
the unsanctified monarch1 ,charles ,,ii4
 ,has the old spirit died out8 ,look at 
the hostility to ,theodore ,parker--to  
spiritual investigation1 even4 ,see the 
scornful and hostile attitude of the    
descendant of ,cotton ,mather1 ,col4    
,higginson4  ,it may be a shocking      
proposition to say that it is dangerous 
to live among ,christians1 but it is a  
sober reality1 to which ,i invite the   
attention of clergymen and moralists who
 wish to live up to their profession1   
and who have enough of the ethical      
faculty to realize the central principle
 of true ,christianity4  ,if our        
statesmanship1 religion1 and education  
cannot protect us against such horrors1 
may we not justly say it is a false     
statesmanship1 a false religion1 and a  
false education8 ,indeed1 our whole     
fabric of opinion and morals is         
fundamentally false1 and the ,,journal  

,,of ,,man goes to record as an         
indictment at the bar of heaven against 
the polished barbarism of modern        
society1 against which we hear only a   
feeble and almost inaudible protest4    
,boston has a highly respectable and    
immensely perfunctory ,peace ,society1  
amply endowed with names and numbers1 of
 which our late postmaster was the      
president1 and whose presidency was     
vastly more inefficient than his        
postmastership4  ,a peace society might 
possibly be established in ,boston1 if  
its best people could be roused1 but the
 society that we have is little better  
than a piece of ornamental nomenclature4
 ,when there is anything to be done it  
understands how not to do it4 ,when ,mr4
 ,gladstone had performed the most      
glorious act of his life in the         
preservation of the peace of ,europe    
against the fierce opposition of the    
turbulent element in ,england1 an act   
which will make the brightest jewel in  
his crown of honor1 there was an        

opportunity of sustaining him by        
,american sympathy4 ,the voice of       
,americans1 if they cared aught for     
peace1 should have been heard in ,europe
 in commanding tones1--the voice of the 
people1 the voice of ,legislatures1 the 
voice of the ,federal government4 ,an   
effort was made by half a dozen or less 
of enlightened gentlemen in ,boston to  
have a fitting response emanate from    
this city4 ,dr4 ,miner and ,hon4        
,stephen ,m4 ,allen realized its        
importance when ,i first suggested it1  
but on that occasion the ,peace ,society
 was a lifeless corpse4 ,the society    
might have been waked up if ,mr4        
,lowell1 then returning from ,england1  
could have been induced to co-operate4  
,he was approached on the subject1 but  
would not respond1--he only said that he
 desired rest6 ,alas for the hollowness 
of ,american religion and philanthropy6 
,there is a nobler religion than that of
 ,american churches1 a nobler           
statesmanship than that of ,mr4 ,tilden 

7which is a good specimen of the popular
 sort71 a nobler education than that of 
our ,american schools and colleges--an  
education1 a statesmanship1 and a       
religion which will wash the blood from 
the sword1 bury the sword in the earth1 
and proclaim the fraternity of man in   
all the nations of the earth4  ,ah6 when
 shall the demand for the supremacy of  
the moral law be anything more than the 
voice of one crying in the wilderness8  
,is it not possible to have a protest   
against the barbarism of war from men of
 influence1 who have sufficient mental  
power and strength of character to      
command the attention of the nation8    
,when ,elihu ,burritt and ,robert ,dale 
,owen were alive ,i thought it might be 
possible1 but it was not attempted4 ,is 
it possible now8 ,is all the genius and 
energy of the ,american people bound in 
fidelity to the ,moloch of war8 ,i do   
not believe it1 and would invite        
correspondence from those who share this
 belief and wish to co-operate in such a

 movement4  ,we have to-day a practical 
subject of discussion3 ,shall we1 the   
people of the ,united ,states1 tax      
ourselves #abj1jjj1jjj at once and an   
unknown amount hereafter1 to place      
ourselves upon a par with the homicidal 
nations of ,europe1 and sanction by our 
example the infernalism in which they   
have lived from ,caesar to the          
,napoleonic period1 or shall we endeavor
 to introduce a true civilization1 lay  
aside the weapons of homicide1 and urge 
by our powerful mediation the           
disarmament of ,europe1 relieving the   
oppressed millions from accumulating war
 debts1 and from that infernalism of the
 soul which makes the duel still an     
established institution in ,france and  
even in ,german universities8 ,shall we 
move onward toward humane civilization1 
or cling to a surviving barbarism8  ,the
 measure now proposed is an abandonment 
of ,divine law1 and a practical pledge  
of this country to the infernalism of   
war4 ,it is a declaration that we do not

 believe peace attainable at all1 and   
that we indorse and seek to renew       
forever the blood-stained history of the
 past4  ,is there not among our         
politicians who sustained the ,blair    
,education bill some one whose voice may
 be heard in behalf of peace8 ,is ,col4 
,ingersoll too much of a pessimist to   
believe that ,american moral power will 
be sufficient in time to calm the       
world's agitation8 ,let him espouse this
 cause1 and he will find it more        
practical by far than riding down the   
ghosts of an effete theology4 ,let      
,henry ,george turn his attention to    
this question1 and he will find in it   
even more than in the question of       
sovereignty over the land2 for every    
acre on the globe1 if confiscated       
to-day1 would pay but a portion of the  
boundless cost of war4 ,the blood alone 
that has incarnadined all lands is worth
 vastly more than the dead soil into    
which it has been poured4 ,let ,dr4     
,mc,glynn1 who has already entered on   

the perilous path of the reformer1 look 
at this question in the light of        
religion and philanthropy1 and he will  
find it more worthy of his attention    
than any other practicable reform1 for  
it is practicable now and here to roll  
back the warlike policy from its        
approach to our national government4    
,are not such questions as these worthy 
of the profound attention of such men as
 ,rev4 ,dr4 ,miner1 ,rev4 ,m4 ,j4       
,savage1 ,rev4 ,j4 ,k4 ,applebee1 and   
,rev4 ,w4 ,h4 ,thomas of ,chicago8 ,they
 are not theological dilettanti1 but    
earnest thinkers4 ,should not every     
,universalist and every ,quaker realize 
that it is time for them to stir when   
our nation's destiny is under           
discussion1 and that their voices should
 be heard at ,washington8  ,the         
proposition is made and sustained by the
 influence of ,mr4 ,tilden1 to place    
this country in the list of mail-clad   
warrior nations1 and it is rather a     
fascinating proposition to those who    

entertain pessimistic ideas of man1 and 
believe that all nations are ready to   
slay and rob when they have a good      
opportunity4  ,capt4 ,f4 ,v4 ,greene1   
late of the ,u4 ,s4 engineering corps1  
appears as the advocate of ,american    
fortifications1 and at the              
,massachusetts ,reform ,club he         
presented his views substantially as    
follows3 ,the ,united ,states have      
#c1jjj miles of ,atlantic and ,gulf     
coast1 #b1bjj on the lakes1 and #a1bjj  
on the ,pacific1 and have cities on     
these coasts aggregating a wealth of    
#f1jjj1jjj1jjj--;all exposed to a       
hostile fleet1 which could in a short   
time destroy everything within          
cannon-shot from the water1 and drive   
five millions of people from their city 
homes4 ,the fortification board         
estimates #abj1jjj1jjj as the sum       
necessary to supply cannon and forts for
 protection1 which is but two per cent  
upon the amount of property protected4  
,this is a very satisfactory statement  

of the case from the average standpoint1
 which is not the ethical4 ,but in the  
first place ,i consider it morally sure 
that this country will never have a     
foreign war if it models its national   
policy on the ,divine law2 and secondly1
 whenever war is foreseen as probable in
 consequence of an intolerable spirit of
 aggression and the refusal of the      
hostile party to submit to arbitration1 
a sufficient number of cannon can be    
cast and placed on floating batteries or
 behind iron walls to protect every     
endangered point4 ,it would be necessary
 only to know that our foundries were   
adequate to the task2 and the fact that 
such an armament was preparing would be 
a sufficient warning to avert a hostile 
movement4 ,yet the costly steel cannon1 
which require such enormous             
appropriations to prepare for their     
manufacture on a large scale1 are not   
absolutely necessary4 ,it has been shown
 by recent experiments that dynamite    
shells of #aej pounds can be thrown two 

miles and a quarter by air pressure or  
steam pressure from light1 slender-built
 cannon1 or steel tubes of unusual      
length1 which may be enlarged to compete
 with the most formidable artillery4 ,a 
single steel-clad vessel of the ,monitor
 type with such an armament could       
destroy a squadron4  ,but let           
arbitration be known as our fixed       
national policy--let us secure also the 
co-operation of other nations pledged to
 the arbitration policy1 and war would  
be almost an impossibility4  ,capt4     
,greene's exposition of the necessity of
 coast defence was clear and forcible1  
but his concluding remarks gave a       
glimpse of peaceful purposes4 ,he       
supplemented his speech by remarking    
that the ,united ,states will probably  
be called on before long to be the      
arbitrator between the nations of       
,europe4 ,the latter cannot stand the   
financial strain much longer1 and inside
 of twenty years we shall probably be   
the equal in population and wealth of   

any two1 if not three1 nations of       
,europe1 and to us will be referred all 
their disputes for settlement4 ,when we 
become the referees of the world we must
 have the force behind us1 so that when 
we give a decision we shall be able to  
enforce it2 and this can only be        
adequately effected by a perfect system 
of coast defences4  ,commander ,burke of
 the ,u4,s4 ,navy1 who followed ,capt4  
,greene thought that if the ,irish      
question be settled satisfactorily1     
there will be no danger of a war with   
,england unless we desire war4 ,he had  
been advised that the ,english people1  
,great ,britain and her colonies1 look  
to the ,americans to assist them in case
 of war with any foreign powers1 and    
there is a strong sentiment of          
friendship for the ,american people for 
that reason1 if for no other4 ,he       
believed that the use of high           
explosives1 by which war could be       
rendered more dangerous1 would result in
 reducing the probability of war4       

,certainly if the ,united ,states would 
lead in a pacific policy1 ,great        
,britain1 under ,gladstone1 would unite 
in the movement1 and arbitration would  
ere long become the policy of the world1
 and would not long be the established  
policy before disarmament would follow  
and the sword be buried forever4        
,,legislative ,,quackery1 ,,ignorance1  
,,and ,,blindness ,,to ,,the ,,future4  
,in ,iowa1 by the management of a       
medical clique1 a law has been juggled  
through the ,legislature1 under which   
the founders of ,christianity would have
 been criminals1 and prolonged          
imprisonment might have been as         
effective as crucifixion4 ,that any     
class of men could have been mean enough
 and shameless enough to ask for such a 
law is a sad commentary on the          
demoralizing influence of medical       
schools1 from which they derived their  
inspiration2 and that any legislative   
body could have yielded to the demand is
 another illustration of the well known 

corruption of political life4  ,the     
,iowa papers state that ,mrs4 ,post1 of 
,mc,gregor1 ,iowa1 has been twice       
arrested1 convicted1 and fined fifty    
dollars and costs for praying with the  
sick and curing them4 ,european tyranny 
is eclipsed in ,iowa4 ,the old world is 
freer than the new1 if the medical      
clique are allowed to rule4 ,g4 ,milner 
,stephen performs his miraculous cures  
in ,london with honor1 and ,dorothea    
,trudell had her house of cure by prayer
 in ,switzerland1 which has been made   
famous in religious literature4 ,all    
over ,europe the people enjoy a freedom 
in the choice of their physicians which 
has been prohibited in ,iowa4  ,the     
,legislature of ,maine which adjourned  
,march #ag was induced1 by the newspaper
 comments on two bogus institutions     
which had been chartered some years ago1
 to depart from their settled policy and
 pass a law prepared by the medical     
clique1 but not quite as stringent as   
that of ,iowa4 ,gov4 ,bodwell1 however1 

vetoed the bill1 pointing out its       
objectionable features1 and the ,senate1
 which had passed it unanimously1 after 
being enlightened by the governor       
rejected it by a nearly two thirds      
majority1 showing how thoughtlessly a   
great deal of our legislation is        
effected4  ,under the laws which the    
colleges and their clique seek to       
establish1 ,priessnitz could never have 
introduced hydropathy1 ,pasteur could   
not have inoculated for hydrophobia     
without danger of imprisonment1 and the 
great ,american ,medical ,reformation1  
which abolished the lancet and mercurial
 practice1 and which is now represented 
by seven colleges1 would have been      
strangled at its birth1 for its         
primitive origin was outside of college 
authority4 ,there are other great ideas1
 great discoveries1 great reforms1 not  
yet strong enough to be embodied in     
colleges1 which medical legislation is  
designed to suppress1 to enforce a      
creedal uniformity4  ,another piece of  

legislative quackery is revealed in the 
action of ,congress as stated in the    
following paragraph concerning a new    
bureau4  ,one of the acts of the        
retiring ,congress has not been noted so
 far1 but1 though not a large item in   
itself1 it is the entering wedge of     
subsequent legislation which will be of 
the highest importance to the country4  
,it is the item in the legislative      
appropriation bill which allows of the  
expenditure of #aj1jjj by the bureau of 
labor for the collection of statistics  
of and relating to marriage and divorce 
in the several states and territories1  
and in the ,district of ,columbia4 ,this
 gives the opportunity1 which has       
heretofore not existed1 to obtain       
reasonably accurate statistics of what  
is going on as concerns the integrity of
 the family throughout the whole        
country4 ,this will be a department     
under ,col4 ,wright1 in the work of the 
bureau of labor1 and is one of the      
results of persistent work which the    

,national ,divorce ,league has done1    
under the direction of its secretary1   
,rev4 ,s4 ,w4 ,dike4 ,col4 ,wright has  
already formulated plans which are      
likely to make this new branch of the   
labor bureau the channel for one of the 
most valuable reports which have yet    
come from his hands4 ,it will be the    
gathering of facts whose study will     
suggest wise legislation in the future4 
,it may not be absolutely               
unconstitutional for ,congress to       
collect such statistics1 but it is      
contrary to the spirit of the           
constitution4 ,congress has nothing     
whatever to do with such social         
questions1 which are exclusively matters
 of state legislation4 ,it has allowed  
itself to be made a cat's paw by the    
,national ,divorce ,league for its      
retrogressive policy4 ,the welfare of   
society is deeply concerned in breaking 
up all unhappy1 discordant marriages1   
which are simply nurseries of misery and
 crime4 ,every generous sentiment should

 prompt us to go to the relief of the   
large number of women who suffer in     
secret from tyranny and brutality1 while
 from poverty1 timidity1 helplessness1  
and a dread of publicity or censure1    
they endure their wrongs in silence1 and
 continue to bear children cursed from  
their conception with intemperance and  
brutality4 ,and when they seek to       
escape1 a barbarian law comes in to give
 the brutal husband the ownership of    
their offspring2 and thus they are bound
 fast as galley slaves in their unhappy 
position4  ,the ,legislature of         
,massachusetts had the opportunity of   
redressing this wrong at their present  
session2 but1 like other masculine      
legislatures in the past1 they were deaf
 to the voice of mercy1 and the press   
quietly reports 7,march #ah7 that       
,inexpedient was reported by the ,house 
judiciary committee on equalizing the   
respective rights of husband and wife in
 relation to their minor children1 and  
on equalizing their interest in each    

other's property4  ,the ladies who are  
so active in behalf of woman suffrage   
might have taken more interest in this  
vital question1 which was so easily     
disposed of4 ,a great wrong remains     
unredressed4  ,the barbarous policy of  
the church of ,rome1 which has been     
finally abolished even in ,catholic     
,france1 where divorce is now permitted1
 our clerical bigots would revive in    
this country1 as if it were the business
 of the state to encourage or compel the
 propagation of the worthless and       
criminal classes6  ,it is not the       
interest of the state to encourage human
 multiplication at all1 for it is       
already too powerful and progressive4   
,it is the public interest to check all 
propagation but that of good citizens1  
and to protect all women from enforced  
maternity1 whether enforced under legal 
powers or by the arts of seduction and  
libertinism4  ,prostitution1 in the     
light of political economy1 is far less 
of an evil than the enforced maternity  

of wretched and discordant families1    
which becomes the fountain of an endless
 flow of crime1 while prostitution shows
 its evils only in the parties          
immediately concerned1 and effectually  
purifies society in time by arresting   
the propagation of its most worthless   
members4 ,in the same manner it may be  
said that some epidemics are an         
advantage to society1 by cutting off the
 feeble and worthless constitutions so  
as to leave a better race4 ,any one who 
recollects the history of the ,jukes    
family1 and the number of criminals     
infesting society who were descendants  
of one depraved pair1 will not believe  
that such a propagation of crime should 
be permitted4 ,the worthless class      
should not be allowed to marry1 and the 
criminals whom the state finds it       
necessary to confine in the penitentiary
 should be permanently deprived of the  
power of parentage4  ,few ever reflect  
upon the necessary consequences of the  
growth of population4 ,the great wars1  

famines1 and pestilences as in the past 
will not be able to keep down           
population1 and where it has free course
 under favorable circumstances it       
doubles in twenty-five or thirty years4 
,in two centuries more we shall begin to
 feel a terrible pressure1 and that     
pressure will be aggravated by the      
exhaustion of coal mines1 of petroleum1 
of gas1 and of forests4 ,in ,great      
,britain alone #abj1jjj1jjj tons of coal
 are annually mined4  ,it may be safely 
assumed that one thousand to the square 
mile is about the limit of population of
 the world1 a limit at which population 
must be arrested4 ,massachusetts is     
already within less than a century of   
its utmost possible limit4 ,it has at   
this time about #bej to the square mile1
 and at the ,american rate of growth it 
would reach its utmost limit by the year
 #aiej1 and begin to realize the crush  
and crisis of a crowded population1     
which must either cease to grow or      
encounter the horrors of famine and     

social convulsions arising from the     
struggle for life1 or the calamities    
arising from unfortunate seasons which  
in ,china and ,india have in our own    
time hurried millions into their graves4
  ,if ,massachusetts is within sixty    
years of this collision with destiny1   
other countries are still nearer the    
dead line of the coming century4 ,italy 
is parallel with ,massachusetts and     
,rhode ,island1 but ,great ,britain and 
,ireland are considerably further       
advanced4 ,british ,india and the       
,netherlands are still further advanced1
 and half a century1 if they had the    
,american ratio of growth1 would bring  
them to their limit1 while ,belgium's   
progress would be arrested in thirty    
years4  ,a wise statesmanship would not 
seek to hurry mankind on to this great  
crisis1 the results of which have never 
been foreseen or provided for1 but would
 realize that the greater the amount of 
inferior and demoralized population the 
more terrible must that crisis be when  

it comes--a crisis which can be safely  
borne only by elevating the entire      
population to a higher condition than   
any nation has ever heretofore attained4
  ,calculate as we may1 the crisis must 
come1 as certainly as death comes to    
each individual2 and whether our social 
system can bear the strain of such      
conditions is beyond human ken4 ,look   
even two centuries ahead1 and what do we
 see8 ,at that time the prolific energy 
of the people of this republic1 if      
continued as it has been in the past1   
will give us more than twice the        
estimated population of the entire globe
 at present--more than three thousand   
millions4  ,it is possible that our vast
 territory 7including ,alaska7 of three 
million1 six hundred thousand square    
miles may1 with the greatly improved    
agriculture of the future1 maintain such
 a population1 especially if relieved by
 overflow to the north and south4  ,if  
the evil elements at work to-day        
predominate in our population1 which    

retrogressive legislation would promote1
 it will be a time of calamity and      
social convulsions2 but if the          
benevolent and enlightening influences  
now at work predominate 7as we may      
hope71 two centuries hence will bring us
 to a consummation of prosperity1       
enlightenment1 and happiness1 of which  
the pessimistic and sceptical thinkers  
of to-day have no conception4 ,a        
thorough comprehension of the science of
 man will lead us in the path of        
enlightened progress4     ,,evils ,,that
 ,,need ,,attention4   ,the public mind 
has been greatly stirred upon the       
subject of monopolies and legislative   
abuses2 but there are some glaring      
evils1 which a short statute might      
suppress1 that are flourishing          
unchecked4  ,speculative dealers in the 
necessaries of life have learned how to 
build colossal fortunes by extortion    
from the entire nation1 and the nation  
submits quietly because gambling        
competition is the fashion4 ,the late   

,charles ,partridge endeavored to show  
up these evils and have them suppressed4
 ,we need another ,partridge to complete
 the work he undertook4  ,a despatch to 
the ,boston ,herald1 ,march #e1 shows   
how the game has been played in ,chicago
 on the pork market3  ',phil ,armour    
must have been getting ready for this   
break for three months1' said a member  
of the board of trade to-day4 ',since   
,september last he has visited nearly   
every large city in the country4 ,he    
knows from observation where all the    
pork is located1 and1 having cornered   
it1 his southern trip was a scheme to   
throw his enemies off the scent1 and    
enable his brokers to quietly strengthen
 the corner4 ,his profits and           
,plankinton's cannot be less than       
#c1jjj1jjj4'  ,but if ,armour and his   
old ,milwaukee side partner have made   
money1 so have hundreds of others here4 
,a messenger boy in the board of trade  
drew #ajj from a savings bank on ,monday
 last at #aa o'clock and margined #ajj  

barrels of pork4 ,to-day the lad        
deposited #a1jjj1 and has #cjj for      
speculation next week4  ,those poor     
snorts who are expecting to have pork   
to-day to make their settlement1 paid   
#ba4 ,anything less was scouted4 ',you  
will have to pay #be next ,saturday     
night1' was all the comfort afforded4   
,an advance of #b cents a bushel in     
wheat was also scored by the bulls      
to-day4 ,the explanation is that the    
several big wheat syndicates encouraged 
by the action of pork have made an      
alliance4 ,the talk at the hotels       
to-night is that ,armour has started in 
to buy wheat4  ,we have laws that forbid
 boycotting1 and they are enforced in   
,new ,york and ,new ,haven by two recent
 decisions4 ,financial extortion is an  
equal crime1 and needs a law for its    
suppression4 ,why is the metropolitan   
press silent8 ,have the syndicates too  
much influence8 ,will editors who read  
these lines speak out8  ,in the last    
,north ,american ,review1 ,james ,f4    

,hudson1 in an essay on ,modern         
,feudalism1 says3--  ,the conquest of   
all departments of industry by the power
 of combination has just begun4 ,but the
 mere beginning has imposed             
unwarrantable taxes on the fuel1 light1 
and food of the masses4 ,it has built up
 vast fortunes for the combining        
classes1 drawn from the slender means of
 millions4 ,it has added an immense     
stimulant to the process1 already too   
active1 of making the rich richer and   
the poor poorer4 ,the tendency in this  
direction is shown by the arguments with
 which the press has teemed for the past
 two months1 that the process of        
combination is a necessary feature of   
industrial growth1 and that the         
competition which fixes the profits of  
every ordinary trader1 investor or      
mechanic1 must be abolished for the     
benefit of great corporations1 while    
kept in full force against the masses of
 producers and consumers1 between whom  
the barriers of these combinations are  

interposed4     ,,what ,,is             
,,intellectual ,,greatness8   ,a large  
amount of that which the world calls    
greatness is nothing more than vigorous 
and brilliant commonplace4 ,taine1 who  
is the most splendid writer upon        
,bonaparte1 ascribes to him intellectual
 greatness1 but it was greatness on a   
common plane--the plane of animal life4 
,he had a grand comprehension of        
physical and social forces1 of          
everything upon the selfish plane1 for  
he was absolutely selfish1 but of       
nothing that belongs to the higher life 
of man1 to the civilization of coming   
centuries4 ,to him ,fulton was a        
visionary and so was ,gall4 ,it was not 
in his intellectual range to see the    
steamships that change the world's      
commerce1 and the cerebral discoveries  
that are destined to revolutionize all  
philosophy4  ,the pulpit orator1        
,beecher1 who has just passed away1 was 
estimated by many as intellectually     
great2 but ,mr4 ,beecher never took the 

position of independence that any great 
thinker must have occupied4 ,he never   
moved beyond the sphere of popularity4  
,he never led men but where they were   
already disposed to go4 ,upon the great 
question of the return of the spirit1   
one of the most important and           
fundamental of all religious questions1 
,mr4 ,beecher was silent4 ,that silence 
was infidelity to truth1 for ,mr4       
,beecher was not ignorant of the truth  
he concealed4 ,nor was he faithful to   
any true ideal of religion4 ,with his   
princely salary he accomplished less    
than other men1 living upon a salary he 
would have scorned4 ,he lived for       
self--he spent thousands of dollars on  
finger rings1 and a hundred thousand on 
a fancy farm1 but little if anything to 
make the world better4  ,the ,boston    
,herald estimates very fairly his       
intellectual status1 saying3 ,he spoke  
easily4 ,his stories were well told1 his
 points well put4 ,he invested people   
with a new atmosphere1 but he did not   

set them to thinking1 and can hardly be 
called a thinker himself4 ,much as he   
has done to forward the vital interests 
of humanity1 he has contributed nothing 
to the vital thinking of his generation4
 ,the secret of his power is the        
wonderful combination of animalism1 with
 a certain bright way of stating the    
thoughts which are more or less in the  
minds of all men4 ,few preachers have   
lived with their eyes and ears more open
 to the world1 and few have better      
understood the art of putting things4   
,mr4 ,beecher knew supremely well two   
persons--himself and the man next to    
him4 ,in interesting the man next to him
 he interested the multitude4 ,he had in
 a great degree the same qualities which
 made ,norman ,mc,leod the foremost     
preacher of his day in the ,scotch      
pulpit4 ,such a man lives too much on   
the surface to exhaust himself4 ,he has 
only to keep within the sphere of       
commonplace to interest people as long  
as he lives4444 ,mr4 ,beecher lived on  

the surface of things4 ,he never got far
 below the surface4 ,if he ever was     
profound it was only for a moment at a  
time4444 ,his work was to illustrate the
 ideas which were operative in the world
 at the time1 not to originate or       
formulate them4  ,this is a just        
estimate4 ,brilliant commonplace is not 
greatness1 but the man who is thoroughly
 commonplace in his conceptions1 who    
expresses well and forcibly what his    
hearers think1 is the one to win        
applause and popularity4 ,had ,beecher  
been a great thinker1 a church of       
moderate size would have held his       
followers4 ,but he was not and thinkers 
knew it4 ,the ,rev4 ,george ,l4 ,perin1 
of the ,shawmut ,universalist ,church1  
,boston1 said of ,beecher1 ,as we have  
tried to analyze the influence of his   
address we have said to ourselves1      
',there was nothing new in that1 for ,i 
have thought the same thing a thousand  
times myself2' and yet at the same time 
everything seemed new1 and we have gone 

away thinking better of ourselves       
because he taught us to see what we were
 able to think but had not been able to 
express4 ,he had the remarkable faculty 
of dressing up the things that everybody
 was thinking1 and making us see that   
they were worth thinking4 ,and there was
 something contagious about his         
wonderful faith in human nature4 ,he    
believed in the divinity of man and made
 others believe in it4 ,in other words1 
he added much to the sentiment of his   
hearer1 but little to his thought4 ,this
 was greatness of character and personal
 power1 but not intellectual greatness4 
,beecher was a great man1 but not a     
great thinker4 ,the great thinker       
overwhelms his hearers with new and     
strange thought4 ,the multitude1 fixed  
in habit1 reject it all4 ,clear and     
dispassionate thinkers feel that they   
cannot reject it1 but it is too new even
 to them to elicit their enthusiasm4    
,they sympathize with him only so far as
 they had previously cherished similar  

thoughts4  ,hence we see it is ordained 
that the teacher of great truths must   
struggle against great opposition2 and  
in proportion to his resistance by his  
contemporaries is the grandeur of his   
reception by posterity2 in proportion to
 the power arrayed against him is the   
remoteness of the century in which that 
power shall be extinct and his triumph  
complete4     ,,spiritual ,,wonders4    
,,slater',s ,,wonderful ,,spiritual     
,,tests 7described by a ,brooklyn       
newspaper correspondent74--,i have      
something to say to that gentlemen with 
the black hair and high forehead1 he    
continued1 turning to another part of   
the house2 you have a business          
engagement to-morrow morning at #aj     
o'clock with two men4 ,i see you go up a
 flight of steps into a room where there
 are two desks4 ,in the second drawer of
 one of these are the papers of the     
transaction which you had in your hand  
to-day4 ,you are going to invest #d1jjj4
 ,is that all so8  ,perfectly1 said the 

man1 in amazement4  ,well1 now1 these   
two men are sharpers1 and if you want to
 save that #d1jjj keep out of that      
bargain4 ,legal advice is good1 but mine
 is better4  ,i believe it1 said the    
man1 emphatically4 ,his name was ,c4 ,g4
 ,bulmer1 and he lives at #bbi ,macon   
,street1 ,brooklyn4 ,your correspondent 
has since verified the accuracy of the  
test4  ,and don't you suffer with your  
limbs8 he inquired of a lady just in    
front of him4  ,well1 not now2 ,i used  
to2 ,i feel it now4  ,well1 ,i am going 
to show you that ,i know all about your 
limbs4 ,the pain is here1 he continued1 
touching the calf of his leg4 ,you have 
a peculiar feeling of drowsiness and    
then sharp pains run through you1 right 
there4 ,is it true8  ,yes1 sir4  ,i'll  
tell you something else4 ,you missed    
what your sister called a big chance    
when you were seventeen years old1 and  
she said you were a great fool to let it
 go by4 ,is that so8  ,it is1 said the  
lady reddening4  ,there's a man in the  

hall1 he continued1 pacing restlessly up
 and down with clasped hands4 ,he has   
been sitting here and saying to him     
self1 ',well1 this is all mind-reading4 
,now1 if he will tell me something that 
is going to happen ,i may believe       
something in ,spiritualism4' ,he has    
been rather scoffing me4 ,now1 ,i want  
to know if this is true4 ,i am talking  
to you1 pointing his long1 thin finger  
at a gray-haired man who sat on his     
left4 ,all correct8 ,the man bowed his  
head4 ,well1 ,i tell you1 that one      
,christmas day1 he continued1 so        
solemnly that a hush fell on the        
audience--,i don't think the spirits    
ought to tell these things1 but ,i am   
forced to say that one ,christmas day a 
member of your family will die4 ,a      
startled look passed over his face1 and 
a shiver ran through the audience at the
 uncanny message4 ,the man's name could 
not be learned1 but on the succeeding   
,sunday your correspondent heard two    
women get up in the audience and admit  

that the young ,spiritualist was        
correct4   ,,spirit ,,pictures4--,henry 
,rogers1 a slate writing and prescribing
 medium of established reputation1      
recently located at #fhc ,tremont       
,street1 ,boston1 has wonderful powers  
in the production of spirit pictures of 
the departed4 ,his most recent success  
is certainly a fine work of art1        
resembling a crayon portrait of a young 
lady4 ,his previous pictures are        
entitled to a high rank as works of art4
 ,they are purely spirit productions1 no
 human hand being concerned4 ,san       
,francisco has similar productions under
 the mediumship of ,fred ,evans1 but the
 pictures have not the artistic merit of
 those produced by ,rogers1 whose       
beautiful pictures1 however1 require    
many sittings for their production2     
while those of ,duguid of ,glasgow1 and 
,mrs4 ,de ,bar of ,new ,york1 are       
produced in a few minutes and are also  
highly artistic4 ,one of the very finest
 works of art at ,san ,francisco is the 

portrait of ,mrs4 ,watson1 made by a    
medium1 ,mr4 ,briggs4  ,our highest     
productions in art1 music1 poetry1      
philosophy1 and medicine1 are destined  
yet to come from the co-operation of the
 spirit world4 ,we have no music at     
present superior to that of the medium  
,jesse ,shepard4   ,,spirit             
,,telegraphy4--,in #ahhe we were        
informed of the success of spirits at   
,cleveland1 ,ohio1 in communicating     
messages by the telegraphic method in   
rapping1 in which our millionaire       
friend1 ,mr4 ,j4 ,h4 ,wade1 has taken   
much interest4 ,a little apparatus has  
been constructed1 with which the spirits
 give their communications in great     
variety4 ,i have repeatedly stated that 
the diagnoses and prescriptions of      
deceased physicians have always proved  
in my experience more reliable than     
those of the living4 ,this has been     
verified at ,cleveland4 ,the late ,dr4  
,wells of ,brooklyn has been giving     
diagnoses and prescriptions through the 

telegraph4 ,one of these published in   
the ,plain ,dealer exhibits the most    
profound and accurate medical knowledge4
 ,the full account of these telegraphic 
developments in the ,cleveland ,plain   
,dealer ,i expected to republish1 but my
 space was already occupied4 ,it may be 
found in the ,banner of ,light of ,april
 #i4 ,but we shall have other reports   
hereafter4   ,,spiritual ,,music4--,maud
 ,cook1 a little blind girl nine years  
of age1 at ,manchester1 ,tenn41 is an   
inspired musical wonder1--a performer   
and composer4 ,she is said to equal     
,blind ,tom1 and the local newspapers   
speak of her in the most enthusiastic   
terms4 ,she needs a judicious and       
wealthy friend to bring her before the  
public in the best manner4   ,,slate    
,,writing4--,dr4 ,d4 ,j4 ,stansbury1 of 
,san ,francisco1 is very successful in  
obtaining spiritual writing in public as
 well as in private4 ,the ,golden ,gate 
says3--  ,there came upon the slates at 
,dr4 ,stansbury's public seance1 last   

,sunday evening1 the following message  
from ,judge ,wm4 ,r4 ,thompson1 father  
of ,h4 ,m4 ,thompson1 of this city3     
',the essential principles of primitive 
,christianity and the precepts of       
,modern ,spiritualism are essentially   
one and the same1 which1 if practised1  
would lead to the highest standard of   
morality and be the means of grace by   
which all might be saved4'   ,,the      
,,fire ,,test4--,at the great spiritual 
convention held at ,cincinnati for      
several days at the end of ,march1 7the 
spiritual anniversary7 the report       
states1--  ,mrs4 ,isa ,wilson ,porter1  
under control of an ,oriental spirit1   
held her bared hands and arms in the    
flames of a large coal oil lamp4 ,she   
also heated lamp chimneys and handled   
them as readily as she would in their   
normal condition1 and made several      
gentlemen cringe and some ladies screech
 by slightly touching them with the hot 
glass4 ,the test was made under         
supervision of a committee of doctors   

and well known physicians1 who reported 
at the conclusion that previous to its  
commencement they examined the lady's   
hands and arms1 and that they were in   
their natural condition1 and that her   
pulse beat was seventy4 ,while the test 
was in progress the pulse indicated     
forty4 ,after its conclusion the pulse  
beat was sixty-five2 the arms and hands 
were a little red1 but unscorched1 and  
the hair upon them not even singed4     
,this incident seems weak in the        
description after witnessing the fact of
 tender flesh and blood held in such a  
flame for several minutes4              
,,miscellaneous ,,intelligence4         
,,erratum4--,in the ,april number1 the  
view of the upper surface of the brain1 
by mistake of the printer1 was turned   
upside down--see page #bi4 ,the         
engraving on page #ca must be referred  
to1 to illustrate the description in    
this number4   ,,co-,,operation is      
making great progress4 ,a colony similar
 to that at ,topolobampo is to be       

established on #c1jjj acres at ,puget   
,sound4 ,manufacturers are beginning to 
adopt the principle of giving a share of
 profits to their employees1 but space  
forbids details4 ,topolobampo has #djj  
busy colonists1 and is not ready yet for
 any more4   ,,emancipation4--,brazil   
has about a million of slaves4          
,emancipation is proceeding slowly4 ,it 
may be thirty years before slavery shall
 be entirely extinguished4              
,,inventors4--,a correspondent remarks  
very justly that ,inventors have rescued
 the race from primitive barbarism4     
,they have transformed the primeval     
curse into a blessing4 ,true saviors    
they1 whose every gift has multiplied   
itself a thousand-fold by opening new   
fields of industry1 and scattering      
luxuries even among the poorest4 ,to the
 inventor1 and not to the statesman1    
politician1 or warrior1 do we owe our   
present prosperity4   ,,important       
,,discovery4--,tests were recently made 
at ,louisville of a new and not         

expensive process for hardening and     
tempering steel1 by which hardness and  
elasticity are carried forward in       
combination4 ,a drill made of the new   
steel penetrated in forty minutes a     
steel safe-plate warranted to resist any
 burglar drill for twelve hours4 ,a     
penknife tempered by the process cut the
 stem of a steel key readily1 and with  
the same blade the inventor shaved the  
hairs on his arm4 ,the inventor is a    
young blacksmith4 ,he has also a new    
process for converting iron into steel4 
,,saccharine4--,this new substance said 
to be #bjj times as sweet as sugar is   
manufactured from coal tar4 ,it was     
discovered about six years ago in the   
laboratory of the ,johns ,hopkins       
,university in ,baltimore1 by ,prof4    
,remsen and a student named ,fahlberg1  
who has since taken out patents upon it4
 ,it is greatly superior to sugar1 as it
 is free from fermentation and          
decomposition4 ,a small quantity added  
to starch or glucose will make a        

compound equal to sugar in sweetness4   
,it is a valuable antiseptic and has    
valuable medical properties4   ,,sugar  
has been discovered to have great value 
as an addition to mortar1 as it has a   
solvent action on lime4 ,an ,english    
builder wrote an important letter to the
 authorities of ,charleston1 ,s4 ,c41 on
 this subject1 after that city had      
suffered from the earthquake4           
,,artificial ,,ivory4--,we shall no     
longer need the elephant for ivory4     
,compounds of a celluloid character1    
made from cotton waste1 can now be made 
hard as ivory1 or flexible or soft as we
 wish4 ,white and transparent1 or       
brilliantly colored1 it can be handled  
like wood cut and carved1 or applied as 
a varnish4 ,an artificial ivory of      
creamy whiteness and great hardness is  
now made from good potatoes washed in   
diluted sulphuric acid1 and then boiled 
in the same solution until they become  
solid and dense4 ,they are then washed  
free of the acid and slowly dried4 ,this

 ivory can be dyed and turned1 and made 
useful in many ways4   ,,paper          
,,pianos4--,pianos have lately been made
 from paper in ,germany1 instead of     
wood1 with great improvement in the     
tone4   ,,social ,,degeneracy ,,of ,,the
 ,,wealthy4--,the ,boston ,herald says3 
,the spirit of the age is censorious4   
,there is no doubt of that1 or that with
 every new day the tendency toward      
pessimism increases4 ,but even taking   
these facts into consideration1 there is
 no denying that the young man about    
town of the nineteenth century is a blot
 upon our boasted modern civilization4  
,his is not a pleasant figure to        
contemplate1 though it is one that we   
all see very often and know very        
well--clothed irreproachably in the most
 expensive raiment that ,london tailors 
and unlimited credit can supply4 ,he    
lives lazily and luxuriously on his     
father's money and his wife's1 and1     
being after his natural term of days    
laid away in a tomb at ,mt4 ,auburn1    

ends his existence without making any   
more impression upon the world's history
 than a falling rose leaf1 or an ,august
 cricket's faintest chirp4              
,,prevention ,,of ,,cruelty4--,in       
,congress1 ,feb4 #ad1 ,mr4 ,collins1 for
 the judiciary committee1 has given a   
favorable report on the bill and        
memorial of the ,massachusetts ,society 
for the ,prevention of ,cruelty to      
,animals1 asking the passage of a law to
 protect dumb animals in the various    
territories from unnecessary cruelty4   
,in the report ,mr4 ,collins says3 ,this
 body occupies the foremost place among 
the organizations of men and women who  
in our time have done so much to repress
 and punish human cruelty1 abuse1 and   
neglect in dealing with dumb animals4   
,in all the ,states1 we believe1 laws   
now exist to prevent and punish         
unnecessary exposure1 neglect1 or cruel 
treatment of beasts of burden and other 
animals4 ,to bring the federal          
legislation into co-operation and       

harmony with the laws of the ,states on 
the subject1 and provide a uniform rule 
for the ,district of ,columbia and the  
,territories1 your committee recommend  
the passage of the bill4   ,,value ,,of 
,,birds4--,maurice ,thompson contends   
that the failure of orchards in this    
country is largely or mainly due to the 
war upon birds4 ,the mocking bird he    
considers the most valuable of all4 ,no 
,scuppernong vine1 he says1 should be   
without its mocking bird to defend it4  
,let ladies think of this who patronize 
cruelty by wearing birds' plumage on    
their bonnets4   ,,house ,,plants4--,dr4
 ,j4 ,m4 ,anders has decided after eight
 years' investigation that house plants 
are very sanitary agents1 and even      
thinks that they help to ward off       
consumption and other diseases4   ,,the 
,,largest ,,tunnel ,,in ,,the ,,world   
has been completed at ,schemnitz in     
,hungary4 ,it was begun in #aghb1 and is
 ten and a quarter miles long1 nine feet
 ten inches high1 and five feet three   

inches wide1 costing nearly #e1jjj1jjj4 
,its purpose is to drain the water of   
the ,schemnitz mines1 which is worth    
#ge1jjj a year4   ,,westward ,,the      
,,star ,,of ,,empire1 ,,etc4--,the ,fall
 ,river 7,mass417 iron works1 which have
 been in operation for fifty years1 have
 shut down permanently and all the hands
 have been discharged4 ,it was found    
impossible to compete with western works
 that are situated near the base of     
natural gas and iron supplies4          
,,structure ,,of ,,the ,,brain4         
7,continued from page #cb47             
,nevertheless1 in men and animals killed
 in full health there is very little    
serum in any part of the brain1 the     
blood requiring all the space there is  
for fluids2 and as the blood distends   
one part of the brain more than another 
in consequence of local excitement1 the 
other portions of the brain1 which are  
in a passive state1 are compressed and  
deprived of their full supply of blood1 
so that they are of less nourished and  

their development declines4  ,thus do we
 hold our destiny in our own hands4 ,if 
we will cultivate the faculties which   
are most in need of cultivation1 their  
organs1 receiving more blood1 will grow 
faster than any other portions of the   
brain1 while the organs that are kept in
 check and deprived of activity will    
gradually decline in power and size1 so 
that the character will become          
essentially changed4 ,it is in the power
 of every individual who has the        
necessary determination to change       
essentially his own nature for better or
 worse1 as well as to modify and enlarge
 his capacities1 changing the structure 
of his brain2 and this should encourage 
every young man and woman to make for   
themselves a noble destiny4 ,moreover1  
it is still more practicable to         
accomplish this by means of education1  
with all proper appliances for the      
young2 and this should encourage        
philanthropists to struggle for that    
social regeneration which is so clearly 

possible for all the world1 as ,i have  
shown in ,the ,new ,education4 ,the     
study of the anatomy of the brain and   
the innumerable experiments ,i have made
 on the brain1 showing how completely   
the brain of the impressible can be     
revolutionized in its action in a few   
minutes1 make it very apparent that     
society as a whole is responsible for   
the continued existence of criminals1   
paupers1 and lunatics2 for there should 
not be one1 and would not be1 if mankind
 could be aroused from their criminal   
apathy and ignorance to the performance 
of our duty in education4 ,but alas6 the
 light shineth in darkness and the      
darkness comprehendeth it not4  ,the    
study of the brain continually leads us 
into grand philanthropic conceptions by 
showing the splendid possibilities of   
humanity1--showing how near we are to a 
nobler social state from which we are   
debarred by ignorance1 by moral apathy1 
by ignorant self sufficiency1 by        
intolerant bigotry1 and by selfish      

animality1--qualities which1 alas6      
pervade all ranks to-day4  ,but         
returning from this digression to our   
study of the interior of the brain3 the 
great ventricles of which we have       
considered the position1 and which are  
called lateral ventricles1 are          
interesting for another reason1 that    
they are the central region around which
 the cerebrum is developed1 as it folds 
over upon itself in its early growth1   
and consequently must be borne in mind  
as its centre when we are studying its  
comparative development in different    
heads4 ,the basilar organs lie below the
 ventricles and the coronal organs      
above4  ,if we have inserted a finger   
under the corpus callosum1 the fibres of
 which are above our finger1 we may feel
 below1 the structure which may be      
called the bottom of the ventricle1 and 
which is likewise the base or trunk of  
the superincumbent parts from which they
 spring1 as a tree from its stump4      
,this structure is one mass1 called     

anteriorly the corpus striatum1 or      
striated body1 and posteriorly the optic
 thalamus or bed of the optic nerve1    
though the optic nerve has its principal
 origin in another part1 called the     
optic lobes4 ,the thalamus and corpus   
striatum are called together1 the great 
inferior ganglion of the brain4 ,they   
are masses of gray substance1 with white
 fibres from below passing through them1
 and white fibres originating in them to
 ascend and spread1 so that their entire
 masses of fibres1 ascending and        
spreading out like a fan1 constitute an 
extensive structure which folds together
 toward the median line somewhat like a 
nervous sac1 inclosing the cavity of the
 ventricle and sending its              
representative fibres across the median 
line1--which are called the corpus      
callosum4 ,this will be more fully      
explained when we consider the genesis  
of the brain as it grows in the unborn  
infant4  ,as the reader now understands 
the principal parts around the          

ventricles1 let him look lower down to  
complete the survey and understand the  
plan of the brain1 though not its       
anatomical minutiae4 ,the optic thalamus
 is indicated in the engraving1 but the 
corpus striatum1 being more exterior and
 anterior1 does not appear4 ,practically
 they may be regarded as one body4      
,where the thalami come together and    
touch or unite on the median line1 the  
junction is called a commissure         
7commiss4 med47 and the space between   
them where they do not touch is called  
the third ventricle 7ventric4 ,,iii71   
which1 like the lateral ventricles1 may 
also hold a little serum4 ,it is        
unnecessary to consider the small parts 
above the thalami1 the choroid plexus of
 blood vessels1 the fornix or strip of  
nerve membrane1 and the septum lucidum  
or delicate fibres under the corpus     
callosum4  ,beginning at the bottom of  
the figure1 we observe the medulla      
oblongata rising from the spinal cord to
 reach the cerebrum4 ,behind this we see

 the cerebellum divided on the median   
line1 and thus presenting where it is   
divided the appearance called arbor     
vitae1 from its resemblance to the leaf 
of that evergreen4  ,as the fibres of   
the medulla oblongata ascend they pass  
between the cerebellum and the pons     
,varolii 7bridge of ,varolius7 mingling 
with its substance4 ,the pons or bridge 
7for if the brain were laid on its upper
 surface the pons would appear like a   
bridge over the river represented by the
 medulla oblongata7 is the commissure or
 connecting body of the cerebellum1 as  
the corpus callosum is of the cerebrum4 
,when the head is held erect the fibres 
of the pons arch forward from the       
interior of the cerebellum on one side  
across the median line to the other     
side1 so that a straight line through   
from the right to the left ear would    
pierce its lower portion4 ,it looks     
toward the front1 corresponding with the
 upper jaw1 just below the nostrils1    
through which region it may be reached  

for experiment4  ,my experiments upon   
the brain of man show that the pons on  
each side of the median line is the     
commanding head of the respiratory      
impulse1 and in marking the organ of    
respiration on my busts1 it is located  
around the mouth from the nose to the   
chin4 ,when this region 7especially its 
lower portion7 is prominent it indicates
 active respiration and a forcible      
voice4 ,hence there is a great contrast 
in the vocal power of two such heads as 
are shown in the adjoining figure4 ,this
 discovery has been verified by the     
pathological researches of ,dr4 ,j4 ,b4 
,coste1 published at ,paris1 #aheg4     
,illustration  ,following the line of   
the ascending fibres1 after passing     
through the pons they continue expanding
 and plunge into the thalamus and corpus
 striatum4 ,their first appearance above
 the pons 7marked in the engraving by   
the word ,pedunc47 is usually called the
 crura or thighs of the brain4 ,the     
right crus1 running through the         

thalamus1 expands by successive         
additions into the right hemisphere1 and
 the left crus into the left hemisphere1
 of the cerebrum1 and the two           
hemispheres unite together on the median
 line by the corpus callosum4  ,there is
 very little space for the crura 7plural
 of crus7 between the pons and the      
thalamus1 but if we look at the         
posterior surface of the ascending      
fibres or crura we see a larger surface1
 on which we find a quadruple elevation 
called the corpora quadrigemina 7the    
four twins74 ,this is an important      
intermediate structure between the      
cerebrum and the cerebellum1 and in     
fishes is the largest part of the brain1
 but in man is the smallest portion1 as 
will be explained hereafter1 and is the 
origin of the optic nerve1 as well as a 
commanding head for the spinal system1  
from which convulsions may be produced4 
,the quadrigemina are distinguished also
 as the location of the pineal gland1   
which rests upon them1 to which we may  

ascribe important psychic functions4    
,the engraving shows the fibres         
connecting the quadrigemina with the    
cerebellum1 and a channel under them    
7aqueduct of ,sylvius7 connecting the   
ventricles of the cerebrum with those of
 the spinal cord4 ,what is called the   
fourth ventricle is the small space     
between the medulla oblongata and the   
cerebellum4 ,at this spot the posterior 
surface of the medulla oblongata1 as it 
gives origin to the pneumogastric nerve1
 which conveys the sensations of the    
lungs1 becomes the immediate source of  
the respiratory impulse on which        
breathing depends1 and hence is of the  
greatest importance to life4 ,a very    
slight injury at this spot with a lancet
 or point of a knife would be fatal4 ,it
 is recognized by converging fibres     
which look like a pen1 and are therefore
 called the calamus scriptorius1 or     
writer's pen4  ,if the reader has not   
fully mastered the intricacy of the     
brain structure1 he will find his       

difficulties removed by studying two    
more skilful dissections4 ,the following
 engraving presents the appearances when
 we cut through the middle of the brain 
horizontally and reveal the bottom of   
the ventricles1 in which we see the     
great ganglion1 or optic thalamus and   
corpus striatum1 and the three          
localities at which the hemispheres are 
connected by fibres on the median line1 
called anterior1 middle1 and posterior  
commissures4 ,these commissures are of  
no importance in our study2 they assist 
the corpus callosum in maintaining a    
close connection between the right and  
left hemispheres4  ,illustration        
,behind the thalami we see the          
quadrigemina1 the posterior pair of     
which is labelled testes1 and resting   
upon them we have the pineal gland1 a   
centre of spiritual influx4 ,behind the 
thalami1 the posterior lobes are cut    
away that we may look down to the       
cerebellum1 and the middle of the       
cerebellum is also removed so that we   

may see the back of the medulla         
oblongata and its fibres1 called        
restiform bodies1 which give origin to  
the cerebellum4 ,the fibres from the    
cerebellum to the quadrigemina are      
shown1 and the space at the back of the 
medulla1 called the fourth ventricle4   
,as the fibres of the medulla pass up   
through the pons to the great inferior  
ganglion1 and the fibres of the corpus  
striatum pass outward and upward to form
 the cerebrum1 this procession of the   
fibres is shown in the annexed          
engraving1 in which we see the restiform
 bodies passing up to form the          
cerebellum1 and the remainder of the    
medulla fibres passing through the pons1
 and then1 under the name crus cerebri  
or thigh of the cerebrum1 passing       
through the thalamus and striatum to    
expand in the left hemisphere of the    
cerebrum4 ,we see the quadrigemina on   
the back of the ascending fibres and    
their connection by fibres with the     
cerebellum behind1 as they connect with 

the thalami in front4 ,this is as       
complete a statement of the structure of
 the brain as is necessary1 and further 
anatomical details would only embarrass 
the memory4  ,illustration  ,the        
engraving above represents not an actual
 dissection1 but the plan of the fibres 
as understood by the anatomist4 ,the    
intricacy of the cerebral structure is  
so great that it would require a vast   
number of skilful dissections and       
engravings to make a correct portrait4  
,fortunately1 this is not necessary for 
the general reader1 who requires only to
 understand the position of the organs  
in the head1 and the direction of their 
growth1 which is in all cases directly  
outward from the central region or      
ventricles1 so as to cause a prominence 
of the cranium--not a bump1 but a       
general fulness of contour4 ,bumps      
belong to the growth of bone--not that  
of the brain4  ,let us next consider the
 genesis of the brain1 which will give  
us a more perfect understanding of its  

structure1 by showing its origin1 the   
correct method of estimating its        
development4     ,,chapter              
,,iii4--,,genesis ,,of ,,the ,,brain    
,beginning of the brain--,its           
correspondence to the animal     kingdom
 and the law of evolution--,inadequacy  
of physical     causes in               
evolution--,the ,divine influence and   
its human     analogy--,probability of  
influx--,possible experimental          
proof--,potentiality of the microscopic 
germinal element and     its invisible  
life--,is it a complete microcosm8--,the
 cosmic     teaching of                 
,sarcognomy--,the fish form of the      
brain--,the triple     form of the      
brain--,decline of the middle           
brain--,brains of the     codfish1      
flounder1 and roach--,embryo of twelve  
weeks--,lowest     type of the          
brain--,measurement of the embryo       
brain--,structure     of the            
convolutions--,unfolding of the         
brain--,forms of     twenty-one weeks   

and seven months--,anatomy shows the    
central     region--,its                
importance--,neglect of prior           
authors--,errors of     the             
phrenological school explained--,misled 
by ,mr4 ,combe into a     false system  
of measurement--,how ,i was led to      
detect the     error--,form of the      
animal head and form of the noble       
character--,line of the                 
ventricles--,coronal and basilar        
development--,its illustration in two   
heads and in the entire     animal      
kingdom---,dulness of human             
observers--,anatomy shows the           
central region--,circular character of  
cerebral     development--,accuracy of a
 true cerebral science1 and errors      
of the ,gallian system4   ,the brain    
begins in a human being in embryonic    
life1 as it begins in the animal        
kingdom1 void of the convolutions which 
are seen in its maturity1--beginning as 
a small outgrowth from the medulla      
oblongata1 which after the second month 

extends into three small sacs of nervous
 membrane inclosing cavities1 making a  
triple brain1 such as exists in fishes1 
which are the lowest type of vertebrated
 animals1--animals that have a spinal   
column or backbone4  ,from this         
condition1 the fishy condition of the   
nervous system of the embryo human being
 at the end of the second month1 there  
is a regular growth which develops in   
the embryo the forms characteristic of  
higher orders of animals in regular     
succession1--fishes1 reptiles1 birds1   
and quadrupeds or mammalia1 monkeys1 and
 man4  ,this is the same order of       
succession which geologists assign to   
the development of the animal kingdom1  
the higher species coming in after the  
lower2 and if every human being1 instead
 of developing at once1 according to the
 human type1 is compelled to pass       
through this regular gradation of       
development1 is it not apparent that the
 lower forms are absolutely necessary as
 a basis for the higher1 and that the   

higher forms cannot arrive except by    
building up and giving additional       
development to the lower8 ,in other     
words1 the present status of humanity   
above the animal kingdom was attained   
not by a sudden burst of creative power1
 making a distinct and isolated being1  
but by the gradual and consecutive      
influx1 which evolved new faculties and 
organs1--a process called evolution4    
,how slow or how rapid this process may 
have been1 science has not yet          
determined2 but it would require        
incalculable millions of years if       
nothing but the common exciting effects 
of environment and necessity have been  
operative in evolution2 and science has 
utterly failed to discover any power    
which could carry on development so     
effectively as to produce an entire     
transformation of species1 and overcome 
the vast differences between the oyster 
and the bird1 the fish and the elephant4
  ,but as such transmutations of the    
nervous system do virtually occur in man

 before birth1 we cannot say that they  
are impossible1 for that which occurs in
 the womb under the influence of        
parental love may also occur in the womb
 of nature under the influence of       
,divine love2 for love is the creative  
power1 and as the maternal influx may   
determine the noble development of      
humanity or the ignoble development of  
monsters and animalized beings1 it is   
obvious that the formative stage of all 
beings is a plasmic condition in which  
the most subtle or spiritual influences 
may totally change their destiny and    
development4  ,that such an influx may  
come to exalt or to modify the animal   
type is by no means unreasonable1 for   
human beings in vast numbers are liable 
to such influences from the unseen1     
which exert a controlling influence1 and
 many animals are as accessible to      
invisible influences as man1 while their
 embryos are vastly more so than the    
parents4 ,if then we recognize the      
spiritual being in man1 and the same    

spiritual being disembodied as a        
potential existence1--if1 moreover1 we  
recognize the illimitable and           
incomprehensible psychical power behind 
the universe1 of which man is one       
expression1 we cannot fail to see that  
the embryonic development of animals    
from a lower to a higher form is        
entirely possible and probable2 and in  
the absence of any other practicable    
method of evolution to higher types we  
are compelled to adopt this as the most 
rational4  ,what is difficult or utterly
 impossible when we rely on physical    
causes alone1 becomes facile enough when
 we introduce the spiritual1 and argue  
from what we see in the spiritual       
genesis of every human being to the     
analogous processes of nature on the    
largest scale4  ,if a false and brutal  
superstition did not stand in the way1  
clothed in pharisaical assumption and   
political power1 experiments might be   
made on human beings and animals        
sufficient to settle most positively all

 doubt as to transmutation of species by
 the semi-creative power from the       
invisible world1 combined with visible  
agencies4  ,indeed1 the entire          
difficulty vanishes from the mind of a  
philosopher when he refers to the fact  
that the potentiality of all being      
resides in a microscopic germinal       
element containing within itself an     
invisible spiritual energy1 which       
determines for all time a continual     
succession of animals of certain forms  
and characteristics which human power   
has never been able to change4  ,why is 
it that a simple speck of protoplasm    
void of visible organization--a mere    
jelly to hold the invisible life        
power--carries within itself in that    
invisible spiritual element the destiny 
of myriads of animal beings1 and        
according to the nature of that         
invisible spiritual element it may      
develop into a ,humboldt or an oyster1  
an elephant1 a humming-bird1 or a       
serpent8     ,to the ,readers of the    

,journal of ,man4   ,the establishment  
of a new ,journal is a hazardous and    
expensive undertaking4 ,every reader of 
this volume receives what has cost more 
than he pays for it1 and in addition    
receives the product of months of       
editorial1 and many years of scientific1
 labor4 ,may ,i not therefore ask his   
aid in relieving me of this burden by   
increasing the circulation of the       
,journal among his friends8  ,the       
establishment of the ,journal was a     
duty4 ,there was no other way           
effectively to reach the people with its
 new sphere of knowledge4 ,buckle has   
well said in his ,history of            
,civilization1 that ,no great political 
improvement1 no great reform1 either    
legislative or executive1 has ever been 
originated in any country by its ruling 
class4 ,the first suggestors of such    
steps have invariably been bold and able
 thinkers1 who discern the abuse1       
denounce it1 and point out the remedy4  
,this is equally true in science1       

philanthropy1 and religion4 ,when the   
advance of knowledge and enlightenment  
of conscience render reform or          
revolution necessary1 the ruling powers 
of college1 church1 government1 capital1
 and the press1 present a solid combined
 resistance which the teachers of novel 
truth cannot overcome without an appeal 
to the people4 ,the grandly             
revolutionary science of ,anthropology1 
which offers in one department          
7,psychometry7 the dawn of a new        
civilization1 and in other departments  
an entire revolution in social1 ethical1
 educational1 and medical philosophy1   
has experienced the same fate as all    
other great scientific and philanthropic
 innovations1 in being compelled to     
sustain itself against the mountain mass
 of established error by the power of   
truth alone4 ,the investigator whose    
life is devoted to the evolution of the 
truth cannot become its propagandist4 ,a
 whole century would be necessary to the
 full development of these sciences to  

which ,i can give but a portion of one  
life4 ,upon those to whom these truths  
are given1 who can intuitively perceive 
their value1 rests the task of          
sustaining and diffusing the truth4     
,the circulation of the ,journal is     
necessarily limited to the sphere of    
liberal minds and advanced thinkers1 but
 among these it has had a more warm and 
enthusiastic reception than was ever    
before given to any periodical4 ,there  
must be in the ,united ,states twenty or
 thirty thousand of the class who would 
warmly appreciate the ,journal1 but they
 are scattered so widely it will be     
years before half of them can be reached
 without the active co-operation of my  
readers1 which ,i most earnestly        
request4  ,prospectuses and specimen    
numbers will be furnished to those who  
will use them1 and those who have       
liberal friends not in their own        
vicinity may confer a favor by sending  
their names that a prospectus or        
specimen may be sent them4 ,a liberal   

commission will be allowed to those who 
canvas for subscribers4   ,enlargement  
of the ,journal4  ,the requests of      
readers for the enlargement of the      
,journal are already coming in4 ,it is a
 great disappointment to the editor to  
be compelled each month to exclude so   
much of interesting matter1 important to
 human welfare1 which would be          
gratifying to its readers4 ,the second  
volume therefore will be enlarged to #fd
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,,notice4--,unanswerable ,logic3        
,spiritual discourses through the       
mediumship of ,thomas ,gales ,forster1  
published by ,colby and ,rich2 #a4ej4   
,this is an able and scholarly          
discussion of spiritual science4 ,the   
style would not suggest mediumship as   
their source1 but rather study and      
research4 ,there are several passages   
the ,journal would like to quote when   
space permits4 ,mr4 ,forster should be  

remembered with gratitude as an able and
 fearless pioneer in the diffusion of   
noble truths4   ,college of             
,therapeutics4  ,the large amount of    
scientific and therapeutic knowledge    
developed by recent discoveries1 but not
 yet admitted into the slow-moving      
medical colleges1 renders it important  
to all young men of liberal minds--to   
all who aim at the highest rank in their
 profession--to all who are strictly    
conscientious and faithful in the       
discharge of their duties to patients   
under their care1 to have an institution
 in which their education can be        
completed by a preliminary or a         
post-graduate course of instruction4    
,the amount of practically useful       
knowledge of the healing art which is   
absolutely excluded from the curriculum 
of old style medical colleges is greater
 than all they teach--not greater than  
the adjunct sciences and learning of a  
medical course which burden the mind to 
the exclusion of much useful therapeutic

 knowledge1 but greater than all the    
curative resources embodied in their    
instruction4  ,the most important of    
these therapeutic resources which have  
sometimes been partially applied by     
untrained persons are now presented in  
the ,college of ,therapeutics1 in which 
is taught not the knowledge which is now
 represented by the degree of ,m4 ,d41  
but a more profound knowledge which     
gives its pupils immense advantages over
 the common graduate in medicine4       
,therapeutic ,sarcognomy1 a science     
often demonstrated and endorsed by able 
physicians1 gives the anatomy not of the
 physical structure1 but of the vital   
forces of the body and soul as located  
in every portion of the constitution--a 
science vastly more important than      
physical anatomy1 as the anatomy of life
 is more important than the anatomy of  
death4 ,sarcognomy is the true basis of 
medical practice1 while anatomy is the  
basis only of operative surgery and     
obstetrics4  ,indeed1 every magnetic or 

electric practitioner ought to attend   
such a course of instruction to become  
entirely skilful in the correct         
treatment of disease4  ,in addition to  
the above instruction1 special attention
 will be given to the science and art of
 ,psychometry--the most important       
addition in modern times to the practice
 of medicine1 as it gives the physician 
the most perfect diagnosis of disease   
that is attainable1 and the power of    
extending his practice successfully to  
patients at any distance4 ,the methods  
of treatment used by spiritual mediums  
and mind cure practitioners will also be
 philosophically explained4  ,the course
 of instruction will begin on ,monday1  
the #b;d of ,may1 and continue six      
weeks4 ,the fee for attendance on the   
course will be #be4 ,to students who    
have attended heretofore the fee will be
 #ae4 ,for further information address  
the president1          ,,joseph ,,rodes
 ,,buchanan1 ,m4 ,d4                 #f 
,,james ,,st41 ,,boston4  ,the          

sentiments of those who have attended   
these courses of instruction during the 
last eight years were concisely         
expressed in the following statement1   
which was unanimously signed and        
presented to ,dr4 ,buchanan by those    
attending his course in ,boston1 of     
which we present only the concluding    
resolution4  ,resolved1 ,that           
,therapeutic ,sarcognomy is a system of 
science of the highest importance1 alike
 to the magnetic healer1 to the         
electro-therapeutist1 and to the medical
 practitioner1--giving great advantages 
to those who thoroughly understand it1  
and destined to carry the fame of its   
discoverer to the remotest future ages4 
,dr4 ,k4 ,,meyenberg1 who is the ,boston
 agent for ,oxygen ,treatment1 is a most
 honorable1 modest1 and unselfish       
gentleman1 whose superior natural powers
 as a magnetic healer have been         
demonstrated during eighteen years'     
practice in ,washington ,city4 ,some of 
his cures have been truly marvelous4 ,he

 has recently located in ,boston as a   
magnetic physician4                     
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,r4 ,,buchanan1      ,,author ,,of      
,,system ,,of ,,anthropology1 ,,the     
,,new ,,education1 ,,manual ,,of        
,,psychometry1 ,,and ,,therapeutic      
,,sarcognomy4 ,,professor ,,of          
,,physiology ,,and ,,institutes ,,of    
,,medicine ,,in ,,four ,,medical        
,,colleges     ,,successively ,,from    
#ahde ,,to #ahha2 ,,and ,,dean ,,of     
,,the ,,faculty ,,of ,,the              
,,parent ,,school ,,of ,,american       
,,eclecticism ,,at ,,cincinnati4        
,,language ,,of ,,the ,,press4  ,the    
reception of this ,,journal by the      
press1 when first issued from #ahdi to  
#ahef was as unique as its own          
character4 ,the following quotations    
show the reputation of the ,,journal    
thirty to thirty-seven years ago4       

,buchanan's ,,journal ,,of ,,man4       
,perhaps no journal published in the    
world is so far in advance of the       
age4--,plain ,dealer1 ,cleveland4  ,his 
method is strictly scientific2 he       
proceeds on the sure ground of          
observation and experiment2 he admits no
 phenomena as reality which he has not  
thoroughly tested1 and is evidently more
 desirous to arrive at a correct        
understanding of nature than to         
establish a system4444 ,we rejoice that 
they are in the hands of one who is so  
well qualified as the editor of the     
,,journal to do them justice1 both by   
his indomitable spirit of research1 his 
cautious analysis of facts1 and his     
power of exact and vigorous             
expression4--,new ,york ,tribune4  ,this
 sterling publication is always welcome 
to our table4 ,many of its articles     
evince marked ability and striking      
originality4--,national ,era1           
,washington ,city4  ,it is truly        
refreshing to take up this monthly4444  

,when we drop anchor and sit down to    
commune with philosophy as taught by    
,buchanan1 the fogs and mists of the day
 clear up4--,capital ,city ,fact4  ,this
 work is a pioneer in the progress of   
science4--,louisville ,democrat4  ,after
 a thorough perusal of its pages1 we    
unhesitatingly pronounce it one of the  
ablest publications in                  
,america4--,brandon ,post4  ,to hear    
these subjects discussed by ordinary    
men1 and then to read ,buchanan1 there  
is as much difference as in listening to
 a novice performing on a piano1 and    
then to a ,chevalier ,gluck or a        
,thalberg4--,democrat ,transcript4  ,no 
person of common discernment who has    
read ,dr4 ,buchanan's writings or       
conversed with him in relation to the   
topics which they treat1 can have failed
 to recognize in him one of the very    
foremost thinkers of the day4 ,he is    
certainly one of the most charming and  
instructive men to whom anybody with a  
thirst for high speculation ever        

listened4--,louisville ,journal 7edited 
by ,,prentice and ,,shipman74  ,hand    
pointing right ,the recent issue of the 
,,journal in ,boston was immediately    
hailed with the same appreciative       
cordiality by the press1 and by private 
correspondents4  ,dr4 ,buchanan's name  
has been so intimately associated with  
the foremost moral1 social1 and         
political reforms which have agitated   
the public mind for the last half       
century that the mention of it in       
connection with the foregoing           
publication under the old-time name will
 doubtless draw to it an extensive      
patronage4--,hall's ,journal of ,health1
 ,new ,york4  ,it is a real pleasure to 
be able to turn to such a journal after1
 as a matter of courtesy1 skimming over 
so much trash as is thrown broadcast4444
 ,he seems determined to reverse this   
order and use words that will not only  
express his ideas1 but1 at the same     
time1 sink them in so they will         
stay4--,nonconformist4  ,this ,,journal 

reaches our table as richly laden with  
thought as ever4 ,when we read it in the
 days of our boyhood it was at least    
thirty-one years ahead of its           
time4--,new ,thought4  ,it was at that  
time one of the most original scientific
 journals of the day1 advancing ideas   
that had not then been heard            
of4--,hartford ,times4  ,for this work  
we know of no one so well adapted as    
,dr4 ,buchanan4 ,he stands at the head  
of the thinkers of this nation1 and has 
given to the topics with which he       
regales his readers his best            
thoughts4--,golden ,gate1 ,san          
,francisco4  ,this publication is unique
 in its aims1 and by pursuing almost    
untrodden mental paths1 leads the reader
 into new and heretofore unexplored     
fields of thought4--,herald ,times1     
,gouverneur1 ,n4 ,y4  ,we have read with
 interest the varied contents of the    
present number1 and feel eager for      
more4--,the ,new ,age4  ,all will be    
profited by the candid and able         

presentation of the various topics by   
the distinguished anthropologist        
editor4--,spiritual ,offering4  ,the    
complete volume will be worth twelve    
times the cost to progressive           
people4--,medical ,liberator4           
,undoubtedly this will be a journal of  
rare merit1 and much looked for by all  
thinking minds1 as its editor has       
established a reputation in new         
scientific researches1 not attained by  
any man on this continent or any        
other4--,eastern ,star4  ,several years 
ago1 the ,advance1 in an article on     
pyschometry1 expressed the opinion that 
,dr4 ,buchanan was the greatest         
discoverer of this age1 if not of any   
age of the world4 ,we regard the        
publication of such a journal as an     
event of the century1 greater than      
political changes4 ,prof4 ,buchanan by  
his discoveries has laid the foundation 
for the revolution of                   
science4--,worthington ,advance1        
,minnesota4  ,it is designed to occupy  

the highest realm of knowledge          
attainable by man1 hence will not       
attract those who have no aspiration    
toward such knowledge4 ,no brief notice 
would convey a good idea of the worth of
 this magazine4--,richmond 7,mo47       
,democrat4  ,it is so full of valuable  
matter that to the thoughtful man it is 
a mine of gold4--,deutsche ,zeitung1    
,charleston1 ,s4 ,c4  ,his monthly is   
one of rare merits1 as is everything    
that comes from the pen of this advanced
 thinker4444,we never read an article   
from the pen of this world-renowned     
thinker1 but that we feel we are in the 
presence of one whose shoes' latchet we 
are unworthy to unloose4--,rostrum1     
,vineland1 ,n4 ,j4  ,we are more than   
pleased to know that ,prof4 ,buchanan at
 his age of life has taken upon himself 
such a broad1 deep1 beneficent task as  
publishing the ,,journal ,,of ,,man4 ,we
 welcome it as a harbinger of knowledge 
that will send its light away down the  
corridors of time as a beacon of the    

nineteenth century4444,we believe that  
its future pages are destined to contain
 the vortex of questions1 socially and  
morally1 which are whirling through the 
human mind1 and their solution1 in a    
manner that will command the profound   
respect of philosophers1 scientists1    
professors1 doctors1 philanthropists1   
and all grades and classes of           
thinkers4444,every word is interesting  
and profitable to the human             
family4--,eastern ,star1 ,maine4  ,the  
article on the ,phrenological doctrines 
of ,gall1 their past and present status1
 is grand and masterly1 and whets the   
appetite for what is promised in        
continuation4 ,we hope our readers will 
give attention to this one article2 it  
is worth the whole price of the         
magazine4--,medium and ,daybreak1       
,london1 ,england4   ,,the ,,language   
,,of ,,the ,,readers ,,of ,,this        
,,journal has expressed in every variety
 of style their generous and profound   
appreciation4 ,one of its most          

enlightened and distinguished friends   
said that language could not fully      
express his pleasure1 and in addition to
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to pay for the first number1 which he   
considered was alone worth the          
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distinguished friend writes3 ,it is a   
leader1 and leads in the right          
direction4 ,another whose celebrity     
fills ,england and ,america writes3 ,i  
follow your noble work ever with deep   
interest4  ,the following quotations    
show the general drift of expression3   
,it is a feast of good food for the     
soul4--,a4 ,c4 ,d4 ,the ,journal is a   
literary feast of which ,i am more than 
proud to be a partaker4--,w4 ,s4 ,your  
,moral ,education is one of the very    
best books ever written1 and one of the 
greatest as well4 ,your ,journal charms 
me4 ,you are leading the leaders2 lead  
on4--,e4 ,e4 ,c4 ,i am much pleased with
 its resurrected body1 so bright and    
attractive4--,,dr4 ,c4 ,w4 ,as a reader 

of the ,journal more than thirty years  
ago who got his first weak conceptions  
of the marvellous facts in man's        
spiritual nature1 from ,dr4 ,buchanan's 
scientific discoveries1 ,i hail the     
reappearance of the ,journal4--,d4 ,s4  
,f4 ,praying that your life may be      
prolonged to complete the work you have 
planned1 and fully accomplish the       
mission appointed you by high ,heaven1  
the elevation of the race to a higher   
spiritual plane4--,,dr4 ,e4 ,d4 ,your   
,new ,education1 a work destined to play
 a mighty role in this world of social  
redemption1--we quote from it and       
delight in it all the time4--,m4 ,h4    
,the truths that you so ably set forth  
have been felt and known by me for the  
last six or seven years1 because ,i am  
unfortunately a victim of that one-sided
 education1 called literary1 which      
dwarfs instead of developing true and   
noble manhood4--,l4 ,i4 ,g4 of ,new     
,mexico4 ,the ,,journal ,,of ,,man      
should startle the advanced medical man 

with transports of joy4--,,dr4 ,d4 ,e4  
,e4 ,i read it with great pleasure1 as  
,i do everything ,i can meet that comes 
from your pen4--,h4 ,t4 ,l4 ,if ,i were 
younger ,i should place myself under    
your tuition4--,w4 ,b4 ,when ,i have    
read your thoughts ,i have felt         
elevated1 and have wanted to grasp you  
in body as ,i do spiritually4--,l4 ,m4  
,b4 ,i trust that you will be held in   
the form years yet to come to carry out 
the important work4--,j4 ,l4 7,england47
 ,i read every scrap of yours ,i can get
 my fingers over4--,t4 ,m4 ,i feel      
thankful from the depths of my soul that
 in all this wide world there is such a 
mind as your own4--,p4 ,c4 ,m4 ,i do    
wish you could have taken charge of our 
,american ,anthropological              
,university4--,w4 ,w4 ,b4 ,your method  
has been a much greater source of       
medical knowledge to me than that ,i    
have gained here4--,a ,,student ,,in    
,,college4 ,sarcognomy has been a source
 of wonderful aid to me2 ,i cannot give 

in words my estimation thereof4--,g4 ,p4
 ,b41 ,m4 ,d4 ,it seems that since our  
beloved ,denton's departure you are     
almost left alone to fight the great    
battle of ,psychometry4 ,if you will    
make ,psychometry the leading theme in  
your ,,journal1 you will do more to     
hasten that dawn of a higher            
civilization that your noble science is 
destined to usher in than all other     
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,,from ,,ohio4--,my father used to take 
the ,journal many years ago1 from which 
,i tried my first experiments in        
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,as ,i myself am a psychometer1 your    
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