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spirits�察�the dead�察�the gods and the interplanetary intelligences know them 

not。 Hardly anywhere else�察�except in the equally perplexing manifestations 

of the divining´rod and in certain materializations�察�shall we find with the 

same clearness this same specific character�察�if we may call it so。 This is a 

valuable lesson。 It tells us that our every´day life provides phenomena as 



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disturbing and of exactly the same kind and nature as those which�察�in other 

circumstances�察�we attribute to other forces than ours。 It teaches us also that 

we    must    first  direct  and    exhaust   our   enquiries    here   below�察   �among 

ourselves�察�before passing to the other side�察�for our first care should be to 

simplify the interpretations and explanations and not to seek elsewhere�察�in 

opposition�察�what probably lies hidden within us in reality。 Afterwards�察�if 

the unknown   overwhelm  us utterly�察  �if   the darkness engulf   us   beyond   all 

hope�察 �there  will   still   be time  to   go�察 �none  can tell   where�察 �to question the 

deities or the dead。 



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                             CHAPTER III。 



                     THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE FUTURE 



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    Premonition or precognition leads us to still more mysterious regions�察�

where     stands�察 �half   merging    from   an   intolerable   darkness�察  �the  gravest 

problem that can thrill mankind�察�the knowledge of the future。 The latest�察�

the   best   and   the   most   complete   study   devoted   to   it   is�察  �I   believe�察  �that 

recently published by M。 Ernest Bozzano�察�under the title Des Phenomenes 

Premonitoires。 Availing himself of excellent earlier work�察�notably that of 

Mrs。 Sidgwick and Myers��1�А�and adding the result of his own researches�察�

the   author   collects   some   thousand    cases   of   precognition�察  �of   which   he 

discusses one hundred and sixty�察�leaving the great majority of the others 

on one side。 Not because they are negligible�察�but because he does not wish 

to exceed too flagrantly the normal limits of a monograph。 

     ��1�А�Proceedings�察�Vols。 V。 and XI。 

       He   begins   by   carefully   eliminating   all   the   episodes   which�察  �though 

apparently   premonitory�察  �may   be   explained   by   self´suggestion   ��as   in   the 

case�察�for instance�察�where some one smitten with a disease still latent seems 

to   foresee   this   disease   and   the   death   which   will   be   its   conclusion���察  �by 

telepathy ��when a sensitive is aware beforehand of the arrival of a person 

or a letter���察�or lastly by clairvoyance ��when a man dreams of a spot where 

he will find something which he has mislaid�察�or an uncommon plant�察�or an 

insect sought for in vain�察�or of the unknown place which he will visit at 

some later date��。 

     In all these cases�察�we have not�察�properly speaking�察�to do with a pure 

future�察�but rather with a present that is not yet known。 Thus reduced and 

stripped of all foreign influences and intrusions the number of instances in 

which there is a really clear and incontestable perception of a fragment of 

the future remains large enough�察�contrary to what is generally believed�察�to 

make it impossible for us to speak of extraordinary accidents or wonderful 



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coincidences。 There must be a limit to everything�察�even to distrust�察�even to 

the most extensive incredulity�察�otherwise all historical research and a good 

deal   of   scientific   research   would   become   decidedly   impracticable。   And 

this remark applies as much to the nature of the incidents related as to the 

actual authenticity of the narratives。 We can contest or suspect any story 

whatever�察  �any   written   proof�察  �any   evidence�察  �but   thenceforward   we   must 

abandon      all  certainty   or  knowledge      that  is  not  acquired    by   means   of 

mathematical   operations   or   laboratory   experiments�察  �that   is   to   say�察  �three´ 

fourths of the human phenomena which interest us most。 Observe that the 

records collected by the investigators of the S。 P。 R。�察�like those discussed 

by M。 Bozzano�察�are all told at first hand and that those stories of which the 

narrators    were    not  the  protagonists     or  the  direct   witnesses    have   been 

ruthlessly rejected。 Furthermore�察�some of these narratives are necessarily 

of the nature of medical observations�察�as for the others�察�if we attentively 

examine       the   character    of   those    who    have    related    them    and    the 

circumstances which corroborate them�察�we shall agree that it is more just 

and more reasonable to believe in them than to look upon every man who 

has an extraordinary experience as being a priori a liar�察�the victim of an 

hallucination�察�or a wag。 



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     There could be no question of giving here even a brief analysis of the 

most striking cases。 It would require a hundred pages and would alter the 

whole nature of   this essay�察 �which�察 �to keep within its   proper dimensions�察�

most take it for granted that most of the materials which it examines are 

familiar。 I therefore refer the reader who may wish to form an opinion for 

himself to the easily´accessible sources which I have mentioned above。 It 

will suffice�察�to give an accurate idea of the gravity of the problem to any 

one who has not time or opportunity to consult the original documents if I 

sum up in a few words some of these pioneer adventures�察�selected among 

those which seem least open to dispute�察�for it goes without saying that all 

have not the same value�察�otherwise the question would be settled。 There 

are   some   which�察  �while   exceedingly   striking   at   first   sight   and   offering 

every guarantee that could be desired to authenticity�察�nevertheless do not 



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imply   a   real   knowledge   of   the   future   and   can   be   interpreted   in   another 

manner。 I give one�察�to serve as an instance�察�it is reported by Dr。 Alphonse 

Teste in his Manuel pratique du magnetisme animal。 

     On     the  8th   of  May�察    �Dr。  Teste    magnetizes      Mme。     Hortensein      the 

presence of her husband。 She is no sooner asleep than she announces that 

she has been pregnant for   a fortnight�察 �that she will not go her full   time�察�

that ;she will take fright at something�察─�that she will have a fall and that 

the result will be a miscarriage。 She adds that�察�on the 12th of May�察�after 

having had a fright�察�she will have a fainting´fit which will last for eight 

minutes�察�and she then describes�察�hour by hour�察�the course of her malady�察�

which will end in three days' loss of reason�察�from which she will recover。 

     On awaking�察�she retains no recollection of anything that has passed�察�it 

is   kept   from   her�察  �and   Dr。   Teste   communicates   his   notes   to   Dr。  Amidee 

Latour。 On the 12th of May�察�he calls on M。 and Mme。�察�finds them at table 

and   puts   Mme。   to   sleep   again�察  �whereupon   she   repeats   word   for   word 

what   she   told   him   four   days   before。   They   wake   her   up。   The   dangerous 

hour   is   drawing   near。   They   take   every   imaginable   precaution   and   even 

close the shutters。 Mme。�察�made uneasy by these extraordinary measures 

which she is quite unable to understand�察�asks what they are going to do to 

her。 Half´past three o'clock strikes。 Mme。 rises from the sofa on which 

they have made her sit and wants to leave the room。 The doctor and her 

husband try to p

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