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"At 3.30 on October 25th I was at 30 Handel Street, Brunswick Square, W.C

Date of account: Published 1894
Source: Apparitions and thought-transference: an examination of the evidence for telepathy
Reference: Apparitions and thought-transference: an examination of the evidence for telepathy · selected passage 86
Rights: public_domain
Language: English
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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"At 3.30 on October 25th I was at 30 Handel Street, Brunswick Square, W.C. C. M. C. and myself had arranged beforehand to make an experiment in thought-transference at that hour, I to try to transfer some object to her mind, the nature of which was entirely unspecified. I picked up a pair of rather old tan-coloured gloves--purposely not taking a pair of my own--and tried for about five minutes to concentrate my attention on them and the wish to transfer an impression of them to C. M. C.'s mind. After this I fixed my attention on a _window_, but felt my mind getting tired and therefore rather disturbed by the constant sound of omnibuses and waggons passing the open window.

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