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The Davenport brothers (1869)

Boston, W. White and company; · leaf 236

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the bottom of it all,was the establishment of the truth of immortality by purelyhuman testimonies, might have very reasonably challengedthe manifestations on the score of trifling, and utter wantof proper dignity. The fault lies not with the immortals, but in us; for, asis the demand, so is the… … THE DIGKTTY QUESTION. 233 babes, we must put up with mental pap till our digestivecapacities warrant and demand stronger food; and, if peoplecan best be convinced of immortality by spiritual pranksand antics, the ends resorted to justify the means. Thesight of a spectral arm in an audience of three…

Davenport, Ira Erastus, b. 1839 · Davenport, William Henry, b. 1841 · Spiritualism

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