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Upham may mean more than some people would in what he says of the new opening made by science into the dark…

Date of account: Published 1886
Source: The Salem Witchcraft, the Planchette Mystery, and Modern Spiritualism With Dr. Doddridge's Dream
Reference: The Salem Witchcraft, the Planchette Mystery, and Modern Spiritualism With Dr. Doddridge's Dream · selected passage 8
Rights: public_domain
Language: English
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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Upham may mean more than some people would in what he says of the new opening made by science into the dark depths of mystery covered by the term Witchcraft; for he is not only the brother-in-law but the intimate friend and associate of Dr

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Mr. Upham may mean more than some people would in what he says of the new opening made by science into the dark depths of mystery covered by the term Witchcraft; for he is not only the brother-in-law but the intimate friend and associate of Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Professor of Anatomy and Physiology at Harvard University, and still better known to us, as he is at home, as the writer of the physiological tales, "Elsie Venner" and the "Guardian Angel," which have impressed the public as something new in the literature of fiction. It can not be supposed that Mr. Upham's view of the Salem Delusion would have been precisely what we find it here if he and Dr.

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