'Twixt two worlds : a narrative of the life and work of William Eglinton

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Two Worlds.
being the first to exercise charity and extend their protecting influence, are only too keen
to add to the list of trouble endured by those who do so much for the cause.
As I have said, Mr. Eglinton has ever loyally striven to raise the tone of mediumship.
A striking instance of this occurred when he cordially extended his sympathy and assistance
to those who, in spite of overwhelming odds, carried to a victorious issue the crusade against
the abuses which had crept into public circles, damaging the reputation of all mediums, and
making Spiritualists ridiculous in the eyes of the world. Nor does his record show him to have
been at all backward in placing every reasonable facility in the way of honest sceptics in
order to remove doubts and difficulties. I know from personal experience (for only recently
has full satisfaction come to me in regard to some of the mysteries of spiritual inquiry)
that he places great stress on absolute frankness and good faith on the part of the
investigator, and desiderates almost beyond everything else the necessity of the confidence
thus generated in order to obtain the best results. To this 1 attribute much of my
own success in this investigation. I have never failed to speak openly and frankly to
Mr. Eglinton and his controls on any doubtful or inexplicable point, and as frankly and
openly have he and they met me.
With regard to the value of Mr. Eglinton's public work there can be no question.
This book is a standing monument to that end. My narrative will have told its own
tale with reference to the quality of the evidence ; of the quantity, the subjoined table is
equally
explicit.
Year.