Every thing they fain would know,
Every thing would comprehend,
Every thing would overthrow
And the faulty fabric mend.
If aught most plain agree not
With the doctrines they declare,
The open eye must see not,
And the open ear not hear.
Not alone with the above lines, would we introduce
the following narrative of the influence of mind upon
mind, which seems exalted even to the supernatural.
By the mere assertion or denial of an opinion which is
at variance with the ordinary belief, or of an experience
which is out of the every-day course of events, nothing
is gained. Also the grounds upon which our experience
endeavors to explain away such influence, as mere delu-
sion, we must confess, that tney, thus far, have not
had great weight with us, doubtfully and carefully as
we have always moved through the dark regions of
physical investigation. Hold's effort to make an unde-
niable fact more acceptable to his faith, partakes of the
usual character of such attempts. It is gray on gray,
or chiaroscuro, the wonderful explained by the wonder-
