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	''Darkey of Christchurch'' is a letter written by [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] first published in [[The Times]] (Literary Supplement) on 29 september 1921.		''Darkey of Christchurch'' is a letter written by [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] first published in [[The Times]] (Literary Supplement) on 29 september 1921.
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	== Darkey of Christchurch ==		== Darkey of Christchurch ==
			[[File:the-times-1921-09-29-tls-p628-darkey-of-christchurch.jpg\|thumb\|250px\|right\|[[The Times]], Literary Supplement (29 september 1921, p. 628)]]

	TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.		TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.
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	Windlesham, Crowborough, Sussex.		Windlesham, Crowborough, Sussex.

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	''Darkey of Christchurch'' is a letter written by [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] first published in [[The Times]] (~~literary supplement~~) on 29 september 1921.		[[File:the-times-1921-09-29-tls-p628-darkey-of-christchurch.jpg\|thumb\|250px\|right\|[[The Times]], Literary Supplement (29 september 1921, p. 628)]]

			''Darkey of Christchurch'' is a letter written by [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] first published in [[The Times]] (Literary Supplement) on 29 september 1921.


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	Sir, — Without entering into the polemics of spiritualism — a subject upon which no conclusions can be reached save by personal experiment — I would wish to say a word about Darkey, the Christchurch Terrier, which barks out the answer to questions. Hundreds of people have tested this dog's powers and a considerable sum was raised for war charities by their exhibition. A committee of three, Mr. Poynton a well-known magistrate being one, investigated and reported, declaring that they could find no evidence of a trick and that 90 per cent. of the questions were correctly answered. I was unable to get equally good results myself, though what I did get was remarkable so far as it went. As to alleged clairvoyant powers I preferred to think, as stated in my book, that thought transference was a more normal explanation. Your critic quotes this as an example of my "strange credulity." I should say it was "strange incredulity," which in this, as in other cases, refused to face well-attested facts.		Sir, — Without entering into the polemics of spiritualism — a subject upon which no conclusions can be reached save by personal experiment — I would wish to say a word about Darkey, the Christchurch Terrier, which barks out the answer to questions. Hundreds of people have tested this dog's powers and a considerable sum was raised for war charities by their exhibition. A committee of three, Mr. Poynton a well-known magistrate being one, investigated and reported, declaring that they could find no evidence of a trick and that 90 per cent. of the questions were correctly answered. I was unable to get equally good results myself, though what I did get was remarkable so far as it went. As to alleged clairvoyant powers I preferred to think, as stated in my book, that thought transference was a more normal explanation. Your critic quotes this as an example of my "strange credulity." I should say it was "strange incredulity," which in this, as in other cases, refused to face well-attested facts.

	Yours faithfully,		: Yours faithfully,
			:: A. CONAN DOYLE

	~~A. CONAN DOYLE<br />~~
	Windlesham, Crowborough, Sussex.		Windlesham, Crowborough, Sussex.

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''Darkey of Christchurch'' is a letter written by [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] first published in [[The Times]] (literary supplement) on 29 september 1921.

== Darkey of Christchurch ==

TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.

Sir, — Without entering into the polemics of spiritualism — a subject upon which no conclusions can be reached save by personal experiment — I would wish to say a word about Darkey, the Christchurch Terrier, which barks out the answer to questions. Hundreds of people have tested this dog's powers and a considerable sum was raised for war charities by their exhibition. A committee of three, Mr. Poynton a well-known magistrate being one, investigated and reported, declaring that they could find no evidence of a trick and that 90 per cent. of the questions were correctly answered. I was unable to get equally good results myself, though what I did get was remarkable so far as it went. As to alleged clairvoyant powers I preferred to think, as stated in my book, that thought transference was a more normal explanation. Your critic quotes this as an example of my "strange credulity." I should say it was "strange incredulity," which in this, as in other cases, refused to face well-attested facts.

Yours faithfully,

A. CONAN DOYLE<br />
Windlesham, Crowborough, Sussex.

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