Excerpt from The Crime of Credulity
Ours is a midway civilization. It is a blending of old and new, faith and reason, reaction and progress. The political boss, the financial exploiter and the ecclesiastic walk side by side on our streets with the teacher, the inventor and the scientist. In the same building one group of people may be discussing the Roentgen rays or spinal anesthesia, while another group is listening to a trance lecture by a Spiritualist medium. Signor Marconi, the perfector of wireless telegraphy, and Kharifeh, the Egyptian palmist and astrologer, may reside in adjoining suites of the same hotel; and each have a large and enthusiastic following.
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