A stupid, "unintelligent sceptic" woman put us all out of harmony by making inane suggestions, always declaring…
- Date of account
- Published 1907
- Source
- Seen and Unseen
- Reference
- Seen and Unseen · selected passage 16
- Rights
- public_domain
- Language
- English
- Record updated
- 2026-08-24
Record summary
A stupid, "unintelligent sceptic" woman put us all out of harmony by making inane suggestions, always declaring that "she would not for the world interfere with the conditions," but doing so all the same
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Source passage
Source text · mention onlyA stupid, "_unintelligent_ sceptic" woman put us all out of harmony by making inane suggestions, always declaring that "_she would not for the world interfere with the conditions_," but doing so all the same. The "Angel Mother" came again, and rather lost her temper, I thought, with an aggravating, illogical man in the circle, who hammered away about Faraday's opinions on the spirit world without much idea of what he was talking about. "Nels Seymour" _appeared_, as well as spoke, this time. He took my hand and kissed it; but he does not leave the cabinet, as he is the "control." It was eleven years on this day since he had "passed over," so he called it his "birthday."
Historical context
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Modern context
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