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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
671
“Here
is
a
pack
of
cards.
Madam,
will
you
be
kind
enough
to
take
whichever
card
you
please;
hold
it
for
a
moment
between
your
hands,
so
as
to
impregnate
it
with
the
mesmeric
influence
of
your
touch,
and
then
replace
it
in
the
middle
of
the
pack.
“In
order
to
exclude
all
possibility
of
sleight-of-hand,
we
will
now
thoroughly
shuffle
the
cards;
after
which,
for
still
greater
certainty,
I
will
show
you
that
the
card
is
neither
at
top
nor
bottom,
whence
you
may
be
persuaded
that
it
is
placed
just
where
chance
has
chosen
to
put
it.”
(For
the
purpose
of
showing
that
the
card
is
neither
at
top
nor
bottom,
it
may
either
be
left
second
from
the
top
after
the
shuffle,
if
executed
by
the
performer
himself,
or
being
actually
placed
on
the
top,
the
second
card
may
be
drawn
instead
of
the
first
by
means
of
a
filage.)
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