Matt’s Reviews > The Humbugs of the World An Account of Humbugs, Delusions, Impositions, Quackeries, Deceits and Deceivers Generally, in All Ages > Status Update
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It is said that the same lady asked for and obtained a spiritual photograph of her brother, whom she had recently heard was slain in battle; and when she returned home she found him alive, and as well as could be expected under the circumstances. But this did not shake her faith in the least. She simply remarked that some evil spirit had assumed her brother’s form in order to deceive her.
Yes, of course!
— May 11, 2020 03:11AM
Yes, of course!
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Now the good old orthodox idea of a ghost is, of a very long, cadaverous, ghastly personage, of either sex, appearing in white draperies, with uplifted finger, and attended or preceded by sepulchral sounds—whist! hush! and sometimes the rattling of casements and the jingling of chains. A bluish glare and a strong smell of brimstone seldom failed to enhance the horror of the scene.
Seems legit, ain't it?
— May 13, 2020 01:55AM
Seems legit, ain't it?
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[...] I think no one can reasonably be expected to exercise common sense unless he is known to possess it. It is quite natural, therefore, that many of the spiritualists, lacking common sense, should pretend to have something better.
— May 11, 2020 09:42AM
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The greatest humbug of all is the man who believes—or pretends to believe—that everything and everybody are humbugs. [...] If you can imagine a hog’s mind in a man’s body—sensual, greedy, selfish, cruel, cunning, sly, coarse, yet stupid, short-sighted, unreasoning, unable to comprehend anything except what concerns the flesh, you have your man.
Who would have thought P.T.Barnum predicted Trump in 1865.
— May 09, 2020 09:38AM
Who would have thought P.T.Barnum predicted Trump in 1865.
