[29]. Neither M. C. S. or I ever made the faintest trace of a sound during an experiment. That was the law. And I never knew which drawing she was holding. I had just one order: to watch steadily, and be able to say that she never “peeked.” I did this, and I say it, on my honor. This is an honest book.—Upton Sinclair.
[30]. She was undergoing the menopause; hence the special depression. It is important that every such fact should be stated. It might even be that the condition heightened the telepathic faculty.
[31]. Of course Mrs. Sinclair is solely responsible for this as every other of her expressed opinions.
[32]. This was written when it was expected that the experiments with the brother-in-law would continue some time. The general character of the objects is stated. In fact neither duck nor basket of fruit figured. The experiments with “Bob” soon ceased, not only because they involved a strain upon him in his then condition of health but because Mrs. Sinclair suspected that she was telepathically having her own feelings of depression increased by his.
TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES
- P. [66], changed “lizard, camelian, reds” to “lizard, chameleon, reds”.
- P. [69], changed “Also, an the automobile ride to Pasadena” to “Also, on the automobile ride to Pasadena”.
- P. [190], did not alter February 29, 1929.
- Ignored variations in “MacDougall” and “McDougall”.
- Silently corrected typographical errors and variations in spelling.
- Archaic, non-standard, and uncertain spellings retained as printed.
- Footnotes were re-indexed using numbers and collected together at the end of the last chapter.