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AdeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading PULLING UP THE ANCHOR Psychic Studies--Experiments in Telepathy--My First Séances--A Curious Test--General Drayson--Opinion on Theosophy--A. P. Sinnett--W. T. Stead--Journey to Berlin--Koch’s Treatment--Brutality of Bergmann--Malcolm Morris--Literary Society--Political Work--Arthur Balfour--Our Departure.
absorb
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From this reading It was in these years after my marriage and before leaving Southsea that I planted the first seeds of those psychic studies which were destined to revolutionize my views and to absorb finally all the energies of my life.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading Educated as I had been during my most plastic years in the school of medical materialism, and soaked in the negative views of all my great teachers, I had no room in my brain for theories which cut right across every fixed conclusion that I had formed.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading It was in these years after my marriage and before leaving Southsea that I planted the first seeds of those psychic studies which were destined to revolutionize my views and to absorb finally all the energies of my life.
all
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From this reading It was in these years after my marriage and before leaving Southsea that I planted the first seeds of those psychic studies which were destined to revolutionize my views and to absorb finally all the energies of my life.
ANCHOR
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From this reading PULLING UP THE ANCHOR Psychic Studies--Experiments in Telepathy--My First Séances--A Curious Test--General Drayson--Opinion on Theosophy--A. P. Sinnett--W. T. Stead--Journey to Berlin--Koch’s Treatment--Brutality of Bergmann--Malcolm Morris--Literary Society--Political Work--Arthur Balfour--Our Departure.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was in these years after my marriage and before leaving Southsea that I planted the first seeds of those psychic studies which were destined to revolutionize my views and to absorb finally all the energies of my life.
Arthur
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From this reading PULLING UP THE ANCHOR Psychic Studies--Experiments in Telepathy--My First Séances--A Curious Test--General Drayson--Opinion on Theosophy--A. P. Sinnett--W. T. Stead--Journey to Berlin--Koch’s Treatment--Brutality of Bergmann--Malcolm Morris--Literary Society--Political Work--Arthur Balfour--Our Departure.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Educated as I had been during my most plastic years in the school of medical materialism, and soaked in the negative views of all my great teachers, I had no room in my brain for theories which cut right across every fixed conclusion that I had formed.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I had at that time the usual contempt which the young educated man feels towards the whole subject which has been covered by the clumsy name of Spiritualism.
Balfour
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From this reading PULLING UP THE ANCHOR Psychic Studies--Experiments in Telepathy--My First Séances--A Curious Test--General Drayson--Opinion on Theosophy--A. P. Sinnett--W. T. Stead--Journey to Berlin--Koch’s Treatment--Brutality of Bergmann--Malcolm Morris--Literary Society--Political Work--Arthur Balfour--Our Departure.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading I had at that time the usual contempt which the young educated man feels towards the whole subject which has been covered by the clumsy name of Spiritualism.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading It was in these years after my marriage and before leaving Southsea that I planted the first seeds of those psychic studies which were destined to revolutionize my views and to absorb finally all the energies of my life.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading I had read of mediums being convicted of fraud, I had heard of phenomena which were opposed to every known scientific law, and I had deplored the simplicity and credulity which could deceive good, earnest people into believing that such bogus happenings were signs of intelligence outside our own existence.
believing
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From this reading I had read of mediums being convicted of fraud, I had heard of phenomena which were opposed to every known scientific law, and I had deplored the simplicity and credulity which could deceive good, earnest people into believing that such bogus happenings were signs of intelligence outside our own existence.
Bergmann
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Berlin
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bogus
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From this reading I had read of mediums being convicted of fraud, I had heard of phenomena which were opposed to every known scientific law, and I had deplored the simplicity and credulity which could deceive good, earnest people into believing that such bogus happenings were signs of intelligence outside our own existence.
brain
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From this reading Educated as I had been during my most plastic years in the school of medical materialism, and soaked in the negative views of all my great teachers, I had no room in my brain for theories which cut right across every fixed conclusion that I had formed.
Brutality
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byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading I had at that time the usual contempt which the young educated man feels towards the whole subject which has been covered by the clumsy name of Spiritualism.
clumsyadjectiveUS /ˈklʌmzi/
awkward in movement or handling things
From this reading I had at that time the usual contempt which the young educated man feels towards the whole subject which has been covered by the clumsy name of Spiritualism.
conclusion
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From this reading Educated as I had been during my most plastic years in the school of medical materialism, and soaked in the negative views of all my great teachers, I had no room in my brain for theories which cut right across every fixed conclusion that I had formed.
contempt
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From this reading I had at that time the usual contempt which the young educated man feels towards the whole subject which has been covered by the clumsy name of Spiritualism.
convicted
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From this reading I had read of mediums being convicted of fraud, I had heard of phenomena which were opposed to every known scientific law, and I had deplored the simplicity and credulity which could deceive good, earnest people into believing that such bogus happenings were signs of intelligence outside our own existence.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading I had read of mediums being convicted of fraud, I had heard of phenomena which were opposed to every known scientific law, and I had deplored the simplicity and credulity which could deceive good, earnest people into believing that such bogus happenings were signs of intelligence outside our own existence.
covered
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From this reading I had at that time the usual contempt which the young educated man feels towards the whole subject which has been covered by the clumsy name of Spiritualism.
credulity
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From this reading I had read of mediums being convicted of fraud, I had heard of phenomena which were opposed to every known scientific law, and I had deplored the simplicity and credulity which could deceive good, earnest people into believing that such bogus happenings were signs of intelligence outside our own existence.
Curious
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cut
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From this reading Educated as I had been during my most plastic years in the school of medical materialism, and soaked in the negative views of all my great teachers, I had no room in my brain for theories which cut right across every fixed conclusion that I had formed.
deceive
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From this reading I had read of mediums being convicted of fraud, I had heard of phenomena which were opposed to every known scientific law, and I had deplored the simplicity and credulity which could deceive good, earnest people into believing that such bogus happenings were signs of intelligence outside our own existence.
Departure
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deplored
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From this reading I had read of mediums being convicted of fraud, I had heard of phenomena which were opposed to every known scientific law, and I had deplored the simplicity and credulity which could deceive good, earnest people into believing that such bogus happenings were signs of intelligence outside our own existence.
destined
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From this reading It was in these years after my marriage and before leaving Southsea that I planted the first seeds of those psychic studies which were destined to revolutionize my views and to absorb finally all the energies of my life.
Drayson
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From this reading PULLING UP THE ANCHOR Psychic Studies--Experiments in Telepathy--My First Séances--A Curious Test--General Drayson--Opinion on Theosophy--A. P. Sinnett--W. T. Stead--Journey to Berlin--Koch’s Treatment--Brutality of Bergmann--Malcolm Morris--Literary Society--Political Work--Arthur Balfour--Our Departure.
duringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading Educated as I had been during my most plastic years in the school of medical materialism, and soaked in the negative views of all my great teachers, I had no room in my brain for theories which cut right across every fixed conclusion that I had formed.
earnest
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From this reading I had read of mediums being convicted of fraud, I had heard of phenomena which were opposed to every known scientific law, and I had deplored the simplicity and credulity which could deceive good, earnest people into believing that such bogus happenings were signs of intelligence outside our own existence.
educated
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From this reading I had at that time the usual contempt which the young educated man feels towards the whole subject which has been covered by the clumsy name of Spiritualism.
energies
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From this reading It was in these years after my marriage and before leaving Southsea that I planted the first seeds of those psychic studies which were destined to revolutionize my views and to absorb finally all the energies of my life.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading I had read of mediums being convicted of fraud, I had heard of phenomena which were opposed to every known scientific law, and I had deplored the simplicity and credulity which could deceive good, earnest people into believing that such bogus happenings were signs of intelligence outside our own existence.
existence
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From this reading I had read of mediums being convicted of fraud, I had heard of phenomena which were opposed to every known scientific law, and I had deplored the simplicity and credulity which could deceive good, earnest people into believing that such bogus happenings were signs of intelligence outside our own existence.
Experiments
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feels
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From this reading I had at that time the usual contempt which the young educated man feels towards the whole subject which has been covered by the clumsy name of Spiritualism.
finally
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From this reading It was in these years after my marriage and before leaving Southsea that I planted the first seeds of those psychic studies which were destined to revolutionize my views and to absorb finally all the energies of my life.
FirstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading PULLING UP THE ANCHOR Psychic Studies--Experiments in Telepathy--My First Séances--A Curious Test--General Drayson--Opinion on Theosophy--A. P. Sinnett--W. T. Stead--Journey to Berlin--Koch’s Treatment--Brutality of Bergmann--Malcolm Morris--Literary Society--Political Work--Arthur Balfour--Our Departure.
fixed
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From this reading Educated as I had been during my most plastic years in the school of medical materialism, and soaked in the negative views of all my great teachers, I had no room in my brain for theories which cut right across every fixed conclusion that I had formed.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Educated as I had been during my most plastic years in the school of medical materialism, and soaked in the negative views of all my great teachers, I had no room in my brain for theories which cut right across every fixed conclusion that I had formed.
formed
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From this reading Educated as I had been during my most plastic years in the school of medical materialism, and soaked in the negative views of all my great teachers, I had no room in my brain for theories which cut right across every fixed conclusion that I had formed.
fraud
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From this reading I had read of mediums being convicted of fraud, I had heard of phenomena which were opposed to every known scientific law, and I had deplored the simplicity and credulity which could deceive good, earnest people into believing that such bogus happenings were signs of intelligence outside our own existence.
General
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From this reading PULLING UP THE ANCHOR Psychic Studies--Experiments in Telepathy--My First Séances--A Curious Test--General Drayson--Opinion on Theosophy--A. P. Sinnett--W. T. Stead--Journey to Berlin--Koch’s Treatment--Brutality of Bergmann--Malcolm Morris--Literary Society--Political Work--Arthur Balfour--Our Departure.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I had read of mediums being convicted of fraud, I had heard of phenomena which were opposed to every known scientific law, and I had deplored the simplicity and credulity which could deceive good, earnest people into believing that such bogus happenings were signs of intelligence outside our own existence.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Educated as I had been during my most plastic years in the school of medical materialism, and soaked in the negative views of all my great teachers, I had no room in my brain for theories which cut right across every fixed conclusion that I had formed.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I had at that time the usual contempt which the young educated man feels towards the whole subject which has been covered by the clumsy name of Spiritualism.
happenings
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From this reading I had read of mediums being convicted of fraud, I had heard of phenomena which were opposed to every known scientific law, and I had deplored the simplicity and credulity which could deceive good, earnest people into believing that such bogus happenings were signs of intelligence outside our own existence.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I had at that time the usual contempt which the young educated man feels towards the whole subject which has been covered by the clumsy name of Spiritualism.
heard
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From this reading I had read of mediums being convicted of fraud, I had heard of phenomena which were opposed to every known scientific law, and I had deplored the simplicity and credulity which could deceive good, earnest people into believing that such bogus happenings were signs of intelligence outside our own existence.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading It was in these years after my marriage and before leaving Southsea that I planted the first seeds of those psychic studies which were destined to revolutionize my views and to absorb finally all the energies of my life.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading PULLING UP THE ANCHOR Psychic Studies--Experiments in Telepathy--My First Séances--A Curious Test--General Drayson--Opinion on Theosophy--A. P. Sinnett--W. T. Stead--Journey to Berlin--Koch’s Treatment--Brutality of Bergmann--Malcolm Morris--Literary Society--Political Work--Arthur Balfour--Our Departure.
intelligence
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From this reading I had read of mediums being convicted of fraud, I had heard of phenomena which were opposed to every known scientific law, and I had deplored the simplicity and credulity which could deceive good, earnest people into believing that such bogus happenings were signs of intelligence outside our own existence.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading I had read of mediums being convicted of fraud, I had heard of phenomena which were opposed to every known scientific law, and I had deplored the simplicity and credulity which could deceive good, earnest people into believing that such bogus happenings were signs of intelligence outside our own existence.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was in these years after my marriage and before leaving Southsea that I planted the first seeds of those psychic studies which were destined to revolutionize my views and to absorb finally all the energies of my life.
JourneynounUS /ˈjourney/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading PULLING UP THE ANCHOR Psychic Studies--Experiments in Telepathy--My First Séances--A Curious Test--General Drayson--Opinion on Theosophy--A. P. Sinnett--W. T. Stead--Journey to Berlin--Koch’s Treatment--Brutality of Bergmann--Malcolm Morris--Literary Society--Political Work--Arthur Balfour--Our Departure.
known
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From this reading I had read of mediums being convicted of fraud, I had heard of phenomena which were opposed to every known scientific law, and I had deplored the simplicity and credulity which could deceive good, earnest people into believing that such bogus happenings were signs of intelligence outside our own existence.
Koch's
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law
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From this reading I had read of mediums being convicted of fraud, I had heard of phenomena which were opposed to every known scientific law, and I had deplored the simplicity and credulity which could deceive good, earnest people into believing that such bogus happenings were signs of intelligence outside our own existence.
leaving
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From this reading It was in these years after my marriage and before leaving Southsea that I planted the first seeds of those psychic studies which were destined to revolutionize my views and to absorb finally all the energies of my life.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was in these years after my marriage and before leaving Southsea that I planted the first seeds of those psychic studies which were destined to revolutionize my views and to absorb finally all the energies of my life.
Literary
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From this reading PULLING UP THE ANCHOR Psychic Studies--Experiments in Telepathy--My First Séances--A Curious Test--General Drayson--Opinion on Theosophy--A. P. Sinnett--W. T. Stead--Journey to Berlin--Koch’s Treatment--Brutality of Bergmann--Malcolm Morris--Literary Society--Political Work--Arthur Balfour--Our Departure.
Malcolm
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man
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From this reading I had at that time the usual contempt which the young educated man feels towards the whole subject which has been covered by the clumsy name of Spiritualism.
marriage
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From this reading It was in these years after my marriage and before leaving Southsea that I planted the first seeds of those psychic studies which were destined to revolutionize my views and to absorb finally all the energies of my life.
materialism
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From this reading Educated as I had been during my most plastic years in the school of medical materialism, and soaked in the negative views of all my great teachers, I had no room in my brain for theories which cut right across every fixed conclusion that I had formed.
medical
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From this reading Educated as I had been during my most plastic years in the school of medical materialism, and soaked in the negative views of all my great teachers, I had no room in my brain for theories which cut right across every fixed conclusion that I had formed.
mediums
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From this reading I had read of mediums being convicted of fraud, I had heard of phenomena which were opposed to every known scientific law, and I had deplored the simplicity and credulity which could deceive good, earnest people into believing that such bogus happenings were signs of intelligence outside our own existence.
Morris
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From this reading PULLING UP THE ANCHOR Psychic Studies--Experiments in Telepathy--My First Séances--A Curious Test--General Drayson--Opinion on Theosophy--A. P. Sinnett--W. T. Stead--Journey to Berlin--Koch’s Treatment--Brutality of Bergmann--Malcolm Morris--Literary Society--Political Work--Arthur Balfour--Our Departure.
most
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From this reading Educated as I had been during my most plastic years in the school of medical materialism, and soaked in the negative views of all my great teachers, I had no room in my brain for theories which cut right across every fixed conclusion that I had formed.
MydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading PULLING UP THE ANCHOR Psychic Studies--Experiments in Telepathy--My First Séances--A Curious Test--General Drayson--Opinion on Theosophy--A. P. Sinnett--W. T. Stead--Journey to Berlin--Koch’s Treatment--Brutality of Bergmann--Malcolm Morris--Literary Society--Political Work--Arthur Balfour--Our Departure.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I had at that time the usual contempt which the young educated man feels towards the whole subject which has been covered by the clumsy name of Spiritualism.
negative
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From this reading Educated as I had been during my most plastic years in the school of medical materialism, and soaked in the negative views of all my great teachers, I had no room in my brain for theories which cut right across every fixed conclusion that I had formed.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Educated as I had been during my most plastic years in the school of medical materialism, and soaked in the negative views of all my great teachers, I had no room in my brain for theories which cut right across every fixed conclusion that I had formed.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading PULLING UP THE ANCHOR Psychic Studies--Experiments in Telepathy--My First Séances--A Curious Test--General Drayson--Opinion on Theosophy--A. P. Sinnett--W. T. Stead--Journey to Berlin--Koch’s Treatment--Brutality of Bergmann--Malcolm Morris--Literary Society--Political Work--Arthur Balfour--Our Departure.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading PULLING UP THE ANCHOR Psychic Studies--Experiments in Telepathy--My First Séances--A Curious Test--General Drayson--Opinion on Theosophy--A. P. Sinnett--W. T. Stead--Journey to Berlin--Koch’s Treatment--Brutality of Bergmann--Malcolm Morris--Literary Society--Political Work--Arthur Balfour--Our Departure.
Opinion
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opposed
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From this reading I had read of mediums being convicted of fraud, I had heard of phenomena which were opposed to every known scientific law, and I had deplored the simplicity and credulity which could deceive good, earnest people into believing that such bogus happenings were signs of intelligence outside our own existence.
OurdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading PULLING UP THE ANCHOR Psychic Studies--Experiments in Telepathy--My First Séances--A Curious Test--General Drayson--Opinion on Theosophy--A. P. Sinnett--W. T. Stead--Journey to Berlin--Koch’s Treatment--Brutality of Bergmann--Malcolm Morris--Literary Society--Political Work--Arthur Balfour--Our Departure.
outsidenounUS /ˈoutside/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading I had read of mediums being convicted of fraud, I had heard of phenomena which were opposed to every known scientific law, and I had deplored the simplicity and credulity which could deceive good, earnest people into believing that such bogus happenings were signs of intelligence outside our own existence.
own
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From this reading I had read of mediums being convicted of fraud, I had heard of phenomena which were opposed to every known scientific law, and I had deplored the simplicity and credulity which could deceive good, earnest people into believing that such bogus happenings were signs of intelligence outside our own existence.
P
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From this reading PULLING UP THE ANCHOR Psychic Studies--Experiments in Telepathy--My First Séances--A Curious Test--General Drayson--Opinion on Theosophy--A. P. Sinnett--W. T. Stead--Journey to Berlin--Koch’s Treatment--Brutality of Bergmann--Malcolm Morris--Literary Society--Political Work--Arthur Balfour--Our Departure.
people
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From this reading I had read of mediums being convicted of fraud, I had heard of phenomena which were opposed to every known scientific law, and I had deplored the simplicity and credulity which could deceive good, earnest people into believing that such bogus happenings were signs of intelligence outside our own existence.
phenomena
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From this reading I had read of mediums being convicted of fraud, I had heard of phenomena which were opposed to every known scientific law, and I had deplored the simplicity and credulity which could deceive good, earnest people into believing that such bogus happenings were signs of intelligence outside our own existence.
planted
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From this reading It was in these years after my marriage and before leaving Southsea that I planted the first seeds of those psychic studies which were destined to revolutionize my views and to absorb finally all the energies of my life.
plastic
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From this reading Educated as I had been during my most plastic years in the school of medical materialism, and soaked in the negative views of all my great teachers, I had no room in my brain for theories which cut right across every fixed conclusion that I had formed.
Political
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From this reading PULLING UP THE ANCHOR Psychic Studies--Experiments in Telepathy--My First Séances--A Curious Test--General Drayson--Opinion on Theosophy--A. P. Sinnett--W. T. Stead--Journey to Berlin--Koch’s Treatment--Brutality of Bergmann--Malcolm Morris--Literary Society--Political Work--Arthur Balfour--Our Departure.
Psychic
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PULLING
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read
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From this reading I had read of mediums being convicted of fraud, I had heard of phenomena which were opposed to every known scientific law, and I had deplored the simplicity and credulity which could deceive good, earnest people into believing that such bogus happenings were signs of intelligence outside our own existence.
revolutionize
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From this reading It was in these years after my marriage and before leaving Southsea that I planted the first seeds of those psychic studies which were destined to revolutionize my views and to absorb finally all the energies of my life.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Educated as I had been during my most plastic years in the school of medical materialism, and soaked in the negative views of all my great teachers, I had no room in my brain for theories which cut right across every fixed conclusion that I had formed.
room
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From this reading Educated as I had been during my most plastic years in the school of medical materialism, and soaked in the negative views of all my great teachers, I had no room in my brain for theories which cut right across every fixed conclusion that I had formed.
school
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From this reading Educated as I had been during my most plastic years in the school of medical materialism, and soaked in the negative views of all my great teachers, I had no room in my brain for theories which cut right across every fixed conclusion that I had formed.
scientific
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From this reading I had read of mediums being convicted of fraud, I had heard of phenomena which were opposed to every known scientific law, and I had deplored the simplicity and credulity which could deceive good, earnest people into believing that such bogus happenings were signs of intelligence outside our own existence.
seeds
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From this reading It was in these years after my marriage and before leaving Southsea that I planted the first seeds of those psychic studies which were destined to revolutionize my views and to absorb finally all the energies of my life.
signs
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From this reading I had read of mediums being convicted of fraud, I had heard of phenomena which were opposed to every known scientific law, and I had deplored the simplicity and credulity which could deceive good, earnest people into believing that such bogus happenings were signs of intelligence outside our own existence.
simplicity
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From this reading I had read of mediums being convicted of fraud, I had heard of phenomena which were opposed to every known scientific law, and I had deplored the simplicity and credulity which could deceive good, earnest people into believing that such bogus happenings were signs of intelligence outside our own existence.
Sinnett
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From this reading PULLING UP THE ANCHOR Psychic Studies--Experiments in Telepathy--My First Séances--A Curious Test--General Drayson--Opinion on Theosophy--A. P. Sinnett--W. T. Stead--Journey to Berlin--Koch’s Treatment--Brutality of Bergmann--Malcolm Morris--Literary Society--Political Work--Arthur Balfour--Our Departure.
soaked
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From this reading Educated as I had been during my most plastic years in the school of medical materialism, and soaked in the negative views of all my great teachers, I had no room in my brain for theories which cut right across every fixed conclusion that I had formed.
Society
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From this reading PULLING UP THE ANCHOR Psychic Studies--Experiments in Telepathy--My First Séances--A Curious Test--General Drayson--Opinion on Theosophy--A. P. Sinnett--W. T. Stead--Journey to Berlin--Koch’s Treatment--Brutality of Bergmann--Malcolm Morris--Literary Society--Political Work--Arthur Balfour--Our Departure.
Southsea
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From this reading It was in these years after my marriage and before leaving Southsea that I planted the first seeds of those psychic studies which were destined to revolutionize my views and to absorb finally all the energies of my life.
Spiritualism
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From this reading I had at that time the usual contempt which the young educated man feels towards the whole subject which has been covered by the clumsy name of Spiritualism.
Stead
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From this reading PULLING UP THE ANCHOR Psychic Studies--Experiments in Telepathy--My First Séances--A Curious Test--General Drayson--Opinion on Theosophy--A. P. Sinnett--W. T. Stead--Journey to Berlin--Koch’s Treatment--Brutality of Bergmann--Malcolm Morris--Literary Society--Political Work--Arthur Balfour--Our Departure.
Studies
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subject
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From this reading I had at that time the usual contempt which the young educated man feels towards the whole subject which has been covered by the clumsy name of Spiritualism.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading I had read of mediums being convicted of fraud, I had heard of phenomena which were opposed to every known scientific law, and I had deplored the simplicity and credulity which could deceive good, earnest people into believing that such bogus happenings were signs of intelligence outside our own existence.
Séances
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From this reading PULLING UP THE ANCHOR Psychic Studies--Experiments in Telepathy--My First Séances--A Curious Test--General Drayson--Opinion on Theosophy--A. P. Sinnett--W. T. Stead--Journey to Berlin--Koch’s Treatment--Brutality of Bergmann--Malcolm Morris--Literary Society--Political Work--Arthur Balfour--Our Departure.
T
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From this reading PULLING UP THE ANCHOR Psychic Studies--Experiments in Telepathy--My First Séances--A Curious Test--General Drayson--Opinion on Theosophy--A. P. Sinnett--W. T. Stead--Journey to Berlin--Koch’s Treatment--Brutality of Bergmann--Malcolm Morris--Literary Society--Political Work--Arthur Balfour--Our Departure.
teachers
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From this reading Educated as I had been during my most plastic years in the school of medical materialism, and soaked in the negative views of all my great teachers, I had no room in my brain for theories which cut right across every fixed conclusion that I had formed.
Telepathy
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Test
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thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was in these years after my marriage and before leaving Southsea that I planted the first seeds of those psychic studies which were destined to revolutionize my views and to absorb finally all the energies of my life.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading PULLING UP THE ANCHOR Psychic Studies--Experiments in Telepathy--My First Séances--A Curious Test--General Drayson--Opinion on Theosophy--A. P. Sinnett--W. T. Stead--Journey to Berlin--Koch’s Treatment--Brutality of Bergmann--Malcolm Morris--Literary Society--Political Work--Arthur Balfour--Our Departure.
theories
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From this reading Educated as I had been during my most plastic years in the school of medical materialism, and soaked in the negative views of all my great teachers, I had no room in my brain for theories which cut right across every fixed conclusion that I had formed.
Theosophy
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From this reading PULLING UP THE ANCHOR Psychic Studies--Experiments in Telepathy--My First Séances--A Curious Test--General Drayson--Opinion on Theosophy--A. P. Sinnett--W. T. Stead--Journey to Berlin--Koch’s Treatment--Brutality of Bergmann--Malcolm Morris--Literary Society--Political Work--Arthur Balfour--Our Departure.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading It was in these years after my marriage and before leaving Southsea that I planted the first seeds of those psychic studies which were destined to revolutionize my views and to absorb finally all the energies of my life.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading It was in these years after my marriage and before leaving Southsea that I planted the first seeds of those psychic studies which were destined to revolutionize my views and to absorb finally all the energies of my life.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I had at that time the usual contempt which the young educated man feels towards the whole subject which has been covered by the clumsy name of Spiritualism.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading PULLING UP THE ANCHOR Psychic Studies--Experiments in Telepathy--My First Séances--A Curious Test--General Drayson--Opinion on Theosophy--A. P. Sinnett--W. T. Stead--Journey to Berlin--Koch’s Treatment--Brutality of Bergmann--Malcolm Morris--Literary Society--Political Work--Arthur Balfour--Our Departure.
towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading I had at that time the usual contempt which the young educated man feels towards the whole subject which has been covered by the clumsy name of Spiritualism.
Treatment
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From this reading PULLING UP THE ANCHOR Psychic Studies--Experiments in Telepathy--My First Séances--A Curious Test--General Drayson--Opinion on Theosophy--A. P. Sinnett--W. T. Stead--Journey to Berlin--Koch’s Treatment--Brutality of Bergmann--Malcolm Morris--Literary Society--Political Work--Arthur Balfour--Our Departure.
UP
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From this reading PULLING UP THE ANCHOR Psychic Studies--Experiments in Telepathy--My First Séances--A Curious Test--General Drayson--Opinion on Theosophy--A. P. Sinnett--W. T. Stead--Journey to Berlin--Koch’s Treatment--Brutality of Bergmann--Malcolm Morris--Literary Society--Political Work--Arthur Balfour--Our Departure.
usual
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From this reading I had at that time the usual contempt which the young educated man feels towards the whole subject which has been covered by the clumsy name of Spiritualism.
views
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From this reading It was in these years after my marriage and before leaving Southsea that I planted the first seeds of those psychic studies which were destined to revolutionize my views and to absorb finally all the energies of my life.
W
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From this reading PULLING UP THE ANCHOR Psychic Studies--Experiments in Telepathy--My First Séances--A Curious Test--General Drayson--Opinion on Theosophy--A. P. Sinnett--W. T. Stead--Journey to Berlin--Koch’s Treatment--Brutality of Bergmann--Malcolm Morris--Literary Society--Political Work--Arthur Balfour--Our Departure.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was in these years after my marriage and before leaving Southsea that I planted the first seeds of those psychic studies which were destined to revolutionize my views and to absorb finally all the energies of my life.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading It was in these years after my marriage and before leaving Southsea that I planted the first seeds of those psychic studies which were destined to revolutionize my views and to absorb finally all the energies of my life.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading It was in these years after my marriage and before leaving Southsea that I planted the first seeds of those psychic studies which were destined to revolutionize my views and to absorb finally all the energies of my life.
whole
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From this reading I had at that time the usual contempt which the young educated man feels towards the whole subject which has been covered by the clumsy name of Spiritualism.
Work
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From this reading PULLING UP THE ANCHOR Psychic Studies--Experiments in Telepathy--My First Séances--A Curious Test--General Drayson--Opinion on Theosophy--A. P. Sinnett--W. T. Stead--Journey to Berlin--Koch’s Treatment--Brutality of Bergmann--Malcolm Morris--Literary Society--Political Work--Arthur Balfour--Our Departure.
years
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From this reading It was in these years after my marriage and before leaving Southsea that I planted the first seeds of those psychic studies which were destined to revolutionize my views and to absorb finally all the energies of my life.
young
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From this reading I had at that time the usual contempt which the young educated man feels towards the whole subject which has been covered by the clumsy name of Spiritualism.
