The magic staff; an autobiography of Andrew Jackson Davis .. (1867)
Davis, Andrew Jackson, 1826-1910 · Boston : B. Marsh · leaf 542
rrents, with thundersand lightnings; and thus, many times, I have been drenched withthe abundance of outward opposition. The altar was reputation. Keputation is but a brush-heap atbest. A few flashes of fire from falsehoods forked tongue woulddestroy it root and branch. Therefore, to live and labor… … 528 THE MAGIC STAFF. forthwith, removed myself from the frail altar, rejected a prostrateposition of mind, and tried to stand firmly upon the honest earth,my head toward the firmament. Then came fresh accuaationsand empty causes of alarm—insanity—free-love—evilspirits—infernal delusion, &c.—at…
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