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in the mind of another. I cannot say he replied. I only know I am impressed by something & the spirits rap with my hands. The tricks thes media do, do not seem to me at all wonderful. The wonder to me is that people are impressed by them, they can read what is folded papers thrown down upon the table & apparently untouched by them wh. any good juggler could do with skill of slight of hand. They of course manage to get a sight of the inside of the papers. As to the knowledge they evince of the private history of affluent strangers that is not remarkable. They of course make it their business to find out about every thing they can about every body. Studying registers of all kinds. To be a good medium would require an
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excellent memory for dates names small events, a great facility in reading faces, a sympathetic nature, sensitive to changes in others, wh. we find more often in woman than in men, combined with great tact. This man seems to possess all these qualities in a high degree and to be quite a genius in his line. The thing that excited the Sec. most in the seance was the asserted presence of his first wife. That the medium knew of the existence of that individual was not strange. He would of course know all about the prominent men of Washington before he came here. If the information had been about a more private individual it would have been more remarkable.
18th Wed. Father came upstairs today for a while & sat for me while I was working. He has