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“"True science has no belief," says Dr. Fenwick, in Bulwer-Lytton's 'Strange Story;' "true science knows but three states of mind: denial, conviction, and the vast interval between the two, which is not belief, but the suspension of judgment." Such, perhaps, was true science in Dr. Fenwick's days. But the true science of our modern times proceeds otherwise; it either denies point-blank, without any preliminary investigation, or sits in the interim, between denial and conviction, and, dictionary in hand, invents new Graeco-Latin appellations for non-existing kinds of hysteria!”

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H. P. Blavatsky
H. P. Blavatsky

H. P. Blavatsky was a Russian philosopher, writer, and occultist renowned for her contributions to the Theosophical Movement. Born on August 12, 1831, in Kyiv, Ukraine, she later settled in India, where she established the Theosophical Society in 1875. Blavatsky's writings and teachings have profoundly influenced the development of various esoteric and spiritual movements. more

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