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... the upholders of the system fails to afford a scientific proof of the existence of any new Power or Agency capable of an- tagonising the action of the known Forces of Nature . In consequence of many representations made to me that these.
... the upholders of the system fails to afford a scientific proof of the existence of any new Power or Agency capable of an- tagonising the action of the known Forces of Nature . In consequence of many representations made to me that these.
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... the upholders of the system fails to afford a scientific proof of the existence of any new Power or Agency capable of an- tagonising the action of the known Forces of Nature . In consequence of many representations made to me that these.
... the upholders of the system fails to afford a scientific proof of the existence of any new Power or Agency capable of an- tagonising the action of the known Forces of Nature . In consequence of many representations made to me that these.
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... proof shall have been given to the contrary , I main- tain that we are perfectly justified in holding to this interpretation , confirmed as it is by the exposure of the trick in every instance in which adequate means have been taken for ...
... proof shall have been given to the contrary , I main- tain that we are perfectly justified in holding to this interpretation , confirmed as it is by the exposure of the trick in every instance in which adequate means have been taken for ...
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... proofs recorded in the proceedings of our Law Courts within the last two hundred years , of the aerial trans- port of witches to attend their demoniacal festivities : the belief in Witchcraft being then accepted not only by the ignorant ...
... proofs recorded in the proceedings of our Law Courts within the last two hundred years , of the aerial trans- port of witches to attend their demoniacal festivities : the belief in Witchcraft being then accepted not only by the ignorant ...
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William Benjamin Carpenter. 46 ' kind , any evidence is inadequate to the proof , which " is not complete , beyond suspicion , and absolutely in- " capable of being explained away . " Putting aside for the present the discussion of these ...
William Benjamin Carpenter. 46 ' kind , any evidence is inadequate to the proof , which " is not complete , beyond suspicion , and absolutely in- " capable of being explained away . " Putting aside for the present the discussion of these ...
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