A Theory of the Mechanism of Survival: The Fourth Dimension and Its Applications

A THEORY OF THE MECHANISM OF SURVIVAL
THE FOURTH DIMENSION AND ITS APPLICATIONS
W. WHATELY SMITH
London:
KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRUBNER & CO., LTD.
NEW YORK: E.P. DUTTON & CO.
1920
TO MY MOTHER
When we can no longer interpret a phenomenon by the known, we must needs try to do so by the unknown....
It is well, in spite of everything, to seek an explanation of the inexplicable; it is by attacking it on every side at all hazards that we cherish the hope of overcoming it.
Maeterlinck. The Unknown Guest.
The highly speculative and extrapolatory character of this book will be evident to all who are bold enough to read it.