Mr. Powers did not feel the hands at this time, but
he afterwards felt the touch of infant hands, which were at the time
invisible. He told of many of the wonders, which seem to have as much
right to be set down as facts as anything else that depends on human
testimony. For example, Mr. K------, one of the party, gave a sudden
start and exclamation. He had felt on his knee a certain token, which
could have been given him only by a friend, long ago in his grave. Mr.
Powers inquired what was the last thing that had been given as a present
to a deceased child; and suddenly both he and his wife felt a prick as of
some sharp instrument, on their knees. The present had been a penknife.
I have forgotten other incidents quite as striking as these; but, with
the exception of the spirit-hands, they seemed to be akin to those that
have been produced by mesmerism, returning the inquirer's thoughts and
veiled recollections to himself, as answers to his queries. The hands
are certainly an inexplicable phenomenon.
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