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	'''SIR A. CONAN DOYLE ON TALKS WITH THE DEAD.'''		'''SIR A. CONAN DOYLE ON TALKS WITH THE DEAD.'''

	<~~span class="~~q">"If an angel were to appear in Regent-street some one would explain it as collecive hallucination."</~~span~~>		<q>"If an angel were to appear in Regent-street some one would explain it as collecive hallucination."</q>

	So declared [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle\|Sir A. Conan Doyle]], not, without a touch of bitterness, in an address at Queen's Hall last night on "Death and the Hereafter: The Human Argument."		So declared [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle\|Sir A. Conan Doyle]], not, without a touch of bitterness, in an address at Queen's Hall last night on "Death and the Hereafter: The Human Argument."

	<~~span class="~~q">"The religious side of spiritualism is the real side of the question,"</~~span~~> he added.		<q>"The religious side of spiritualism is the real side of the question,"</q> he added.

	Most of his discourse consisted of instances. One of the most remarkable of these was the case of the two sons of a Melbourne spiritualist who were drown while yachting. Several days' search failed to recover the bodies, and a medium, George Sprigg (well known in England), was called in. He at once placed himself in communication with the dead youths, and the elder related, among other details, how the younger was devoured by a large strange species of shark.		Most of his discourse consisted of instances. One of the most remarkable of these was the case of the two sons of a Melbourne spiritualist who were drown while yachting. Several days' search failed to recover the bodies, and a medium, George Sprigg (well known in England), was called in. He at once placed himself in communication with the dead youths, and the elder related, among other details, how the younger was devoured by a large strange species of shark.
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	Three weeks later the shark, of a species almost unknown in those waters, was by a strange coincidence caught, when it was found to contain in its stomach the waist-coat, pipe, and money of the dead boy.		Three weeks later the shark, of a species almost unknown in those waters, was by a strange coincidence caught, when it was found to contain in its stomach the waist-coat, pipe, and money of the dead boy.

	<~~span class="~~q">"It should be remembered."</~~span~~> said [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle\|Sir Arthur]],		<q>"It should be remembered."</q> said [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle\|Sir Arthur]],
	dealing with the subject of messages generally, <~~span class="~~q">"that communication is		dealing with the subject of messages generally, <q>"that communication is
	still experimental on both sides. One of our commonest delusions is that the spirits are omniscient and omnipotent.</~~span~~>		still experimental on both sides. One of our commonest delusions is that the spirits are omniscient and omnipotent.</q>

	<~~span class="~~q">"Miracles do not happen,"</~~span~~> he added. <~~span class="~~q">"What are thought to be miracles are the operation of laws not fully understood."</~~span~~>		<q>"Miracles do not happen,"</q> he added. <q>"What are thought to be miracles are the operation of laws not fully understood."</q>

	[[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle\|Sir Arthur]], while hopeful of the future of spiritualism, hardly believes that it will come into general acceptation during our own times.		[[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle\|Sir Arthur]], while hopeful of the future of spiritualism, hardly believes that it will come into general acceptation during our own times.

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''An Angel in Regent St.'' is an article published in the [[Daily Express]] on 12 april 1921.

== An Angel in Regent St. ==
[[File:daily-express-1921-04-12-p5-an-angel-regent-st.jpg|thumb|250px|right|[[Daily Express]] (12 april 1921, p. 5)]]

'''SIR A. CONAN DOYLE ON TALKS WITH THE DEAD.'''

"If an angel were to appear in Regent-street some one would explain it as collecive hallucination."

So declared [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle|Sir A. Conan Doyle]], not, without a touch of bitterness, in an address at Queen's Hall last night on "Death and the Hereafter: The Human Argument."

"The religious side of spiritualism is the real side of the question," he added.

Most of his discourse consisted of instances. One of the most remarkable of these was the case of the two sons of a Melbourne spiritualist who were drown while yachting. Several days' search failed to recover the bodies, and a medium, George Sprigg (well known in England), was called in. He at once placed himself in communication with the dead youths, and the elder related, among other details, how the younger was devoured by a large strange species of shark.

Three weeks later the shark, of a species almost unknown in those waters, was by a strange coincidence caught, when it was found to contain in its stomach the waist-coat, pipe, and money of the dead boy.

"It should be remembered." said [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle|Sir Arthur]],
dealing with the subject of messages generally, "that communication is
still experimental on both sides. One of our commonest delusions is that the spirits are omniscient and omnipotent.

"Miracles do not happen," he added. "What are thought to be miracles are the operation of laws not fully understood."

[[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle|Sir Arthur]], while hopeful of the future of spiritualism, hardly believes that it will come into general acceptation during our own times.

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