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everybody: suddenly a succession of thoughts or
sensations flocks in upon you, which startles you
with the weird idea that you have ages ago experi
enced just this succession of thoughts or sensations
in a previous existence. The previous existence is
possible, no doubt, but I am persuaded that the so
lution of this hoary mystery lies not there, but in the
fact that some far-off stranger has been telegraphing
his thoughts and sensations into your consciousness,
and that he stopped because some counter-current
or other obstruction intruded and broke the line of
communication. Perhaps they seem repetitions to
you because they are repetitions, got at second hand
from the other man. Possibly Mr. Brown, the
" mind-reader," reads other people s minds, possibly
he does not; but I know of a surety that I have read
another man s mind, and therefore I do not see why
Mr. Brown should n t do the like also.
I wrote the foregoing about three years ago, in
Heidelberg, and laid the manuscript aside, purpos
ing to add to it instances of mind-telegraphing from
time to time as they should fall under my experi
ence. Meantime the &lt;4 crossing " of letters has been
so frequent as to become monotonous. However, I
have managed to get something useful out of this
hint; for now, when I get tired of waiting upon a



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