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in miracles, not simply as manifestations
of superhuman power, but as down
right violations of the laws of nature, absolutely
abnormal. Professor Newcomb, for example,
in a series of articles which he contributed
to the Independent, suggests that the
human will has a power of deflecting the
motions of particles, in plain violation of the
third law of motion. I do not think, by the way,
that it is generally known that some of the
early Fathers of the Church refused to believe in
physical miracles; and apparently attributed
them to a superhuman hypnotic power,
reminding one of what the Hindoo jugglers
have made British officers think they
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in miracles, not simply as manifestations of superhuman power, but as down right violations of the laws of nature, absolutely abnormal.
Professor Newcomb, for example, in a series of articles which he contributed to the Independent, suggests that the human will has a power of deflecting the motions of particles, in plain violation of the third law of motion.
I do not think, by the way, that it is generally known that some of the early Fathers of the Church refused to believe in physical miracles; and apparently attributed them to a superhuman hypnotic power, reminding one of what the Hindoo jugglers have made British officers think they |
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