Chapter XII

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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

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conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy

From this reading Yet as year by year I read the wonderful literature of psychic science and experience, I became more and more impressed by the strength of the Spiritualist position and by the levity and want of all dignity and accurate knowledge which characterized the attitude of their opponents.

later than; following

From this reading The chief event of our Norwood life was the birth of my son Kingsley, who lived to play a man’s part in the Great War, and who died shortly after its conclusion.

(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class

From this reading Yet as year by year I read the wonderful literature of psychic science and experience, I became more and more impressed by the strength of the Spiritualist position and by the levity and want of all dignity and accurate knowledge which characterized the attitude of their opponents.

the form of “be” used with “I”

From this reading My own life was so busy that I had little time for religious development, but my thoughts still ran much upon psychic matters, and it was at this time that I joined the Psychical Research Society, of which I am now one of the senior members.

a native or inhabitant of the United States

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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

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react verbally

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at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading I had few psychic experiences myself, and my material philosophy, as expressed in the “Stark Munro Letters,” which were written just at the end of the Norwood period, was so strong that it did not easily crumble.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading My own life was so busy that I had little time for religious development, but my thoughts still ran much upon psychic matters, and it was at this time that I joined the Psychical Research Society, of which I am now one of the senior members.

a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways

From this reading Yet as year by year I read the wonderful literature of psychic science and experience, I became more and more impressed by the strength of the Spiritualist position and by the levity and want of all dignity and accurate knowledge which characterized the attitude of their opponents.

inflected form of “become” — enter or assume a certain state or condition

From this reading Yet as year by year I read the wonderful literature of psychic science and experience, I became more and more impressed by the strength of the Spiritualist position and by the levity and want of all dignity and accurate knowledge which characterized the attitude of their opponents.

the time when something begins (especially life)

From this reading The chief event of our Norwood life was the birth of my son Kingsley, who lived to play a man’s part in the Great War, and who died shortly after its conclusion.

exhale hard

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a general officer ranking below a major general

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actively or fully engaged or occupied

From this reading My own life was so busy that I had little time for religious development, but my thoughts still ran much upon psychic matters, and it was at this time that I joined the Psychical Research Society, of which I am now one of the senior members.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading My own life was so busy that I had little time for religious development, but my thoughts still ran much upon psychic matters, and it was at this time that I joined the Psychical Research Society, of which I am now one of the senior members.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading Yet as year by year I read the wonderful literature of psychic science and experience, I became more and more impressed by the strength of the Spiritualist position and by the levity and want of all dignity and accurate knowledge which characterized the attitude of their opponents.

past form of “characterize” — describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of

From this reading Yet as year by year I read the wonderful literature of psychic science and experience, I became more and more impressed by the strength of the Spiritualist position and by the levity and want of all dignity and accurate knowledge which characterized the attitude of their opponents.

a person who is in charge

From this reading The chief event of our Norwood life was the birth of my son Kingsley, who lived to play a man’s part in the Great War, and who died shortly after its conclusion.

plural of “circle” — ellipse in which the two axes are of equal length; a plane curve generated by one point moving at a constant distance from a fixed point

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a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration

From this reading The chief event of our Norwood life was the birth of my son Kingsley, who lived to play a man’s part in the Great War, and who died shortly after its conclusion.

fall apart

From this reading I had few psychic experiences myself, and my material philosophy, as expressed in the “Stark Munro Letters,” which were written just at the end of the Norwood period, was so strong that it did not easily crumble.

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act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining

From this reading My own life was so busy that I had little time for religious development, but my thoughts still ran much upon psychic matters, and it was at this time that I joined the Psychical Research Society, of which I am now one of the senior members.

the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives

From this reading I had few psychic experiences myself, and my material philosophy, as expressed in the “Stark Munro Letters,” which were written just at the end of the Norwood period, was so strong that it did not easily crumble.

past form of “die” — pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life

From this reading The chief event of our Norwood life was the birth of my son Kingsley, who lived to play a man’s part in the Great War, and who died shortly after its conclusion.

the quality of being worthy of esteem or respect

From this reading Yet as year by year I read the wonderful literature of psychic science and experience, I became more and more impressed by the strength of the Spiritualist position and by the levity and want of all dignity and accurate knowledge which characterized the attitude of their opponents.

with ease (“easy” is sometimes used informally for “easily”)

From this reading I had few psychic experiences myself, and my material philosophy, as expressed in the “Stark Munro Letters,” which were written just at the end of the Norwood period, was so strong that it did not easily crumble.

either extremity of something that has length

From this reading I had few psychic experiences myself, and my material philosophy, as expressed in the “Stark Munro Letters,” which were written just at the end of the Norwood period, was so strong that it did not easily crumble.

something that happens at a given place and time

From this reading The chief event of our Norwood life was the birth of my son Kingsley, who lived to play a man’s part in the Great War, and who died shortly after its conclusion.

undergo or live through a difficult experience

From this reading Yet as year by year I read the wonderful literature of psychic science and experience, I became more and more impressed by the strength of the Spiritualist position and by the levity and want of all dignity and accurate knowledge which characterized the attitude of their opponents.

plural of “experience” — the accumulation of knowledge or skill that results from direct participation in events or activities

From this reading I had few psychic experiences myself, and my material philosophy, as expressed in the “Stark Munro Letters,” which were written just at the end of the Norwood period, was so strong that it did not easily crumble.

communicated in words

From this reading I had few psychic experiences myself, and my material philosophy, as expressed in the “Stark Munro Letters,” which were written just at the end of the Norwood period, was so strong that it did not easily crumble.

a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number

From this reading I had few psychic experiences myself, and my material philosophy, as expressed in the “Stark Munro Letters,” which were written just at the end of the Norwood period, was so strong that it did not easily crumble.

preceding all others in time or space or degree

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intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading My own life was so busy that I had little time for religious development, but my thoughts still ran much upon psychic matters, and it was at this time that I joined the Psychical Research Society, of which I am now one of the senior members.

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relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind

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the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading My own life was so busy that I had little time for religious development, but my thoughts still ran much upon psychic matters, and it was at this time that I joined the Psychical Research Society, of which I am now one of the senior members.

a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second

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the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading My own life was so busy that I had little time for religious development, but my thoughts still ran much upon psychic matters, and it was at this time that I joined the Psychical Research Society, of which I am now one of the senior members.

deeply or markedly affected or influenced

From this reading Yet as year by year I read the wonderful literature of psychic science and experience, I became more and more impressed by the strength of the Spiritualist position and by the levity and want of all dignity and accurate knowledge which characterized the attitude of their opponents.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

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United States writer remembered for his stories (1783-1859)

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a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading My own life was so busy that I had little time for religious development, but my thoughts still ran much upon psychic matters, and it was at this time that I joined the Psychical Research Society, of which I am now one of the senior members.

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading The chief event of our Norwood life was the birth of my son Kingsley, who lived to play a man’s part in the Great War, and who died shortly after its conclusion.

of or relating to two people who are married to each other

From this reading My own life was so busy that I had little time for religious development, but my thoughts still ran much upon psychic matters, and it was at this time that I joined the Psychical Research Society, of which I am now one of the senior members.

and nothing more

From this reading I had few psychic experiences myself, and my material philosophy, as expressed in the “Stark Munro Letters,” which were written just at the end of the Norwood period, was so strong that it did not easily crumble.

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From this reading The chief event of our Norwood life was the birth of my son Kingsley, who lived to play a man’s part in the Great War, and who died shortly after its conclusion.

the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

From this reading Yet as year by year I read the wonderful literature of psychic science and experience, I became more and more impressed by the strength of the Spiritualist position and by the levity and want of all dignity and accurate knowledge which characterized the attitude of their opponents.

plural of “leaning” — an inclination to do something

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deliver a lecture or talk

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teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class)

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the literary culture

From this reading I had few psychic experiences myself, and my material philosophy, as expressed in the “Stark Munro Letters,” which were written just at the end of the Norwood period, was so strong that it did not easily crumble.

feeling an inappropriate lack of seriousness

From this reading Yet as year by year I read the wonderful literature of psychic science and experience, I became more and more impressed by the strength of the Spiritualist position and by the levity and want of all dignity and accurate knowledge which characterized the attitude of their opponents.

a characteristic state or mode of living

From this reading The chief event of our Norwood life was the birth of my son Kingsley, who lived to play a man’s part in the Great War, and who died shortly after its conclusion.

of or relating to or characteristic of literature

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creative writing of recognized artistic value

From this reading Yet as year by year I read the wonderful literature of psychic science and experience, I became more and more impressed by the strength of the Spiritualist position and by the levity and want of all dignity and accurate knowledge which characterized the attitude of their opponents.

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading My own life was so busy that I had little time for religious development, but my thoughts still ran much upon psychic matters, and it was at this time that I joined the Psychical Research Society, of which I am now one of the senior members.

past form of “live” — be an inhabitant of or reside in

From this reading The chief event of our Norwood life was the birth of my son Kingsley, who lived to play a man’s part in the Great War, and who died shortly after its conclusion.

the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center

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of greater importance or stature or rank

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possessive form of “man” — an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)

From this reading The chief event of our Norwood life was the birth of my son Kingsley, who lived to play a man’s part in the Great War, and who died shortly after its conclusion.

concerned with worldly rather than spiritual interests

From this reading I had few psychic experiences myself, and my material philosophy, as expressed in the “Stark Munro Letters,” which were written just at the end of the Norwood period, was so strong that it did not easily crumble.

plural of “matter” — a vaguely specified concern

From this reading My own life was so busy that I had little time for religious development, but my thoughts still ran much upon psychic matters, and it was at this time that I joined the Psychical Research Society, of which I am now one of the senior members.

plural of “member” — one of the persons who compose a social group (especially individuals who have joined and participate in a group organization)

From this reading My own life was so busy that I had little time for religious development, but my thoughts still ran much upon psychic matters, and it was at this time that I joined the Psychical Research Society, of which I am now one of the senior members.

(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree

From this reading Yet as year by year I read the wonderful literature of psychic science and experience, I became more and more impressed by the strength of the Spiritualist position and by the levity and want of all dignity and accurate knowledge which characterized the attitude of their opponents.

to a great degree or extent

From this reading My own life was so busy that I had little time for religious development, but my thoughts still ran much upon psychic matters, and it was at this time that I joined the Psychical Research Society, of which I am now one of the senior members.

British writer of short stories (1870-1916)

From this reading I had few psychic experiences myself, and my material philosophy, as expressed in the “Stark Munro Letters,” which were written just at the end of the Norwood period, was so strong that it did not easily crumble.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading The chief event of our Norwood life was the birth of my son Kingsley, who lived to play a man’s part in the Great War, and who died shortly after its conclusion.

used when the speaker is also the object of the action

From this reading I had few psychic experiences myself, and my material philosophy, as expressed in the “Stark Munro Letters,” which were written just at the end of the Norwood period, was so strong that it did not easily crumble.

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used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading I had few psychic experiences myself, and my material philosophy, as expressed in the “Stark Munro Letters,” which were written just at the end of the Norwood period, was so strong that it did not easily crumble.

in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events

From this reading My own life was so busy that I had little time for religious development, but my thoughts still ran much upon psychic matters, and it was at this time that I joined the Psychical Research Society, of which I am now one of the senior members.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading The chief event of our Norwood life was the birth of my son Kingsley, who lived to play a man’s part in the Great War, and who died shortly after its conclusion.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading My own life was so busy that I had little time for religious development, but my thoughts still ran much upon psychic matters, and it was at this time that I joined the Psychical Research Society, of which I am now one of the senior members.

plural of “opponent” — a contestant that you are matched against

From this reading Yet as year by year I read the wonderful literature of psychic science and experience, I became more and more impressed by the strength of the Spiritualist position and by the levity and want of all dignity and accurate knowledge which characterized the attitude of their opponents.

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading The chief event of our Norwood life was the birth of my son Kingsley, who lived to play a man’s part in the Great War, and who died shortly after its conclusion.

have ownership or possession of

From this reading My own life was so busy that I had little time for religious development, but my thoughts still ran much upon psychic matters, and it was at this time that I joined the Psychical Research Society, of which I am now one of the senior members.

something determined in relation to something that includes it

From this reading The chief event of our Norwood life was the birth of my son Kingsley, who lived to play a man’s part in the Great War, and who died shortly after its conclusion.

an amount of time

From this reading I had few psychic experiences myself, and my material philosophy, as expressed in the “Stark Munro Letters,” which were written just at the end of the Norwood period, was so strong that it did not easily crumble.

The study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence. (Triết học, đạo lý nhân sinh.)

From this reading I had few psychic experiences myself, and my material philosophy, as expressed in the “Stark Munro Letters,” which were written just at the end of the Norwood period, was so strong that it did not easily crumble.

participate in games or sport

From this reading The chief event of our Norwood life was the birth of my son Kingsley, who lived to play a man’s part in the Great War, and who died shortly after its conclusion.

a small lake

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the particular portion of space occupied by something

From this reading Yet as year by year I read the wonderful literature of psychic science and experience, I became more and more impressed by the strength of the Spiritualist position and by the levity and want of all dignity and accurate knowledge which characterized the attitude of their opponents.

the act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving)

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affecting or influenced by the human mind

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affecting or influenced by the human mind

From this reading My own life was so busy that I had little time for religious development, but my thoughts still ran much upon psychic matters, and it was at this time that I joined the Psychical Research Society, of which I am now one of the senior members.

inflected form of “run” — move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time

From this reading My own life was so busy that I had little time for religious development, but my thoughts still ran much upon psychic matters, and it was at this time that I joined the Psychical Research Society, of which I am now one of the senior members.

interpret something that is written or printed

From this reading Yet as year by year I read the wonderful literature of psychic science and experience, I became more and more impressed by the strength of the Spiritualist position and by the levity and want of all dignity and accurate knowledge which characterized the attitude of their opponents.

concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church

From this reading My own life was so busy that I had little time for religious development, but my thoughts still ran much upon psychic matters, and it was at this time that I joined the Psychical Research Society, of which I am now one of the senior members.

systematic investigation to establish facts

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a particular branch of scientific knowledge

From this reading Yet as year by year I read the wonderful literature of psychic science and experience, I became more and more impressed by the strength of the Spiritualist position and by the levity and want of all dignity and accurate knowledge which characterized the attitude of their opponents.

older; higher in rank; longer in length of tenure or service

From this reading My own life was so busy that I had little time for religious development, but my thoughts still ran much upon psychic matters, and it was at this time that I joined the Psychical Research Society, of which I am now one of the senior members.

for a short time

From this reading The chief event of our Norwood life was the birth of my son Kingsley, who lived to play a man’s part in the Great War, and who died shortly after its conclusion.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading My own life was so busy that I had little time for religious development, but my thoughts still ran much upon psychic matters, and it was at this time that I joined the Psychical Research Society, of which I am now one of the senior members.

an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization

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a male human offspring

From this reading The chief event of our Norwood life was the birth of my son Kingsley, who lived to play a man’s part in the Great War, and who died shortly after its conclusion.

someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead

From this reading Yet as year by year I read the wonderful literature of psychic science and experience, I became more and more impressed by the strength of the Spiritualist position and by the levity and want of all dignity and accurate knowledge which characterized the attitude of their opponents.

devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment

From this reading I had few psychic experiences myself, and my material philosophy, as expressed in the “Stark Munro Letters,” which were written just at the end of the Norwood period, was so strong that it did not easily crumble.

not in physical motion

From this reading My own life was so busy that I had little time for religious development, but my thoughts still ran much upon psychic matters, and it was at this time that I joined the Psychical Research Society, of which I am now one of the senior members.

the property of being physically or mentally strong

From this reading Yet as year by year I read the wonderful literature of psychic science and experience, I became more and more impressed by the strength of the Spiritualist position and by the levity and want of all dignity and accurate knowledge which characterized the attitude of their opponents.

having strength or power greater than average or expected

From this reading I had few psychic experiences myself, and my material philosophy, as expressed in the “Stark Munro Letters,” which were written just at the end of the Norwood period, was so strong that it did not easily crumble.

a landlocked federal republic in central Europe

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used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading My own life was so busy that I had little time for religious development, but my thoughts still ran much upon psychic matters, and it was at this time that I joined the Psychical Research Society, of which I am now one of the senior members.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading The chief event of our Norwood life was the birth of my son Kingsley, who lived to play a man’s part in the Great War, and who died shortly after its conclusion.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading Yet as year by year I read the wonderful literature of psychic science and experience, I became more and more impressed by the strength of the Spiritualist position and by the levity and want of all dignity and accurate knowledge which characterized the attitude of their opponents.

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading My own life was so busy that I had little time for religious development, but my thoughts still ran much upon psychic matters, and it was at this time that I joined the Psychical Research Society, of which I am now one of the senior members.

plural of “thought” — the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about

From this reading My own life was so busy that I had little time for religious development, but my thoughts still ran much upon psychic matters, and it was at this time that I joined the Psychical Research Society, of which I am now one of the senior members.

an instance or single occasion for some event

From this reading My own life was so busy that I had little time for religious development, but my thoughts still ran much upon psychic matters, and it was at this time that I joined the Psychical Research Society, of which I am now one of the senior members.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading NORWOOD AND SWITZERLAND Psychic Research Society--Psychic Leanings--Literary Circles in London--Young Writers--Henry Irving--A Great Blow--Davos--“Brigadier Gerard”--Major Pond--American Lecturing in 1894--First Lecture--Anti-British Wave--Answer to Prayer.

a formal word for “on”

From this reading My own life was so busy that I had little time for religious development, but my thoughts still ran much upon psychic matters, and it was at this time that I joined the Psychical Research Society, of which I am now one of the senior members.

feel or have a desire for; want strongly

From this reading Yet as year by year I read the wonderful literature of psychic science and experience, I became more and more impressed by the strength of the Spiritualist position and by the levity and want of all dignity and accurate knowledge which characterized the attitude of their opponents.

the waging of armed conflict against an enemy

From this reading The chief event of our Norwood life was the birth of my son Kingsley, who lived to play a man’s part in the Great War, and who died shortly after its conclusion.

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading The chief event of our Norwood life was the birth of my son Kingsley, who lived to play a man’s part in the Great War, and who died shortly after its conclusion.

one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)

From this reading NORWOOD AND SWITZERLAND Psychic Research Society--Psychic Leanings--Literary Circles in London--Young Writers--Henry Irving--A Great Blow--Davos--“Brigadier Gerard”--Major Pond--American Lecturing in 1894--First Lecture--Anti-British Wave--Answer to Prayer.

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading I had few psychic experiences myself, and my material philosophy, as expressed in the “Stark Munro Letters,” which were written just at the end of the Norwood period, was so strong that it did not easily crumble.

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading My own life was so busy that I had little time for religious development, but my thoughts still ran much upon psychic matters, and it was at this time that I joined the Psychical Research Society, of which I am now one of the senior members.

which person or people

From this reading The chief event of our Norwood life was the birth of my son Kingsley, who lived to play a man’s part in the Great War, and who died shortly after its conclusion.

extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers

From this reading Yet as year by year I read the wonderful literature of psychic science and experience, I became more and more impressed by the strength of the Spiritualist position and by the levity and want of all dignity and accurate knowledge which characterized the attitude of their opponents.

plural of “writer” — writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)

From this reading NORWOOD AND SWITZERLAND Psychic Research Society--Psychic Leanings--Literary Circles in London--Young Writers--Henry Irving--A Great Blow--Davos--“Brigadier Gerard”--Major Pond--American Lecturing in 1894--First Lecture--Anti-British Wave--Answer to Prayer.

set down in writing in any of various ways

From this reading I had few psychic experiences myself, and my material philosophy, as expressed in the “Stark Munro Letters,” which were written just at the end of the Norwood period, was so strong that it did not easily crumble.

a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days

From this reading Yet as year by year I read the wonderful literature of psychic science and experience, I became more and more impressed by the strength of the Spiritualist position and by the levity and want of all dignity and accurate knowledge which characterized the attitude of their opponents.

but in spite of that

From this reading Yet as year by year I read the wonderful literature of psychic science and experience, I became more and more impressed by the strength of the Spiritualist position and by the levity and want of all dignity and accurate knowledge which characterized the attitude of their opponents.

(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth

From this reading NORWOOD AND SWITZERLAND Psychic Research Society--Psychic Leanings--Literary Circles in London--Young Writers--Henry Irving--A Great Blow--Davos--“Brigadier Gerard”--Major Pond--American Lecturing in 1894--First Lecture--Anti-British Wave--Answer to Prayer.