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The Book of Dreams and Ghosts
·
Andrew Lang
70
From
her
account,
Madame
de
Maintenon,
Fagon
with
his
odd
face,
Madame
la
duchesse
d'Orleans,
Madame
la
duchesse,
Madame
la
princesse
de
Conti,
besides
other
princes
and
nobles,
and
even
the
valets
and
servants
were
all
present
at
the
king's
deathbed.
Then
she
paused,
and
M.
le
duc
d'Orleans,
surprised
that
she
had
never
mentioned
Monseigneur,
Monsieur
le
duc
de
Bourgogne,
Madame
la
duchesse
de
Bourgogne,
nor
M.
le
duc
de
Berri,
inquired
if
she
did
not
see
such
and
such
people
answering
to
their
description.
She
persisted
that
she
did
not,
and
went
over
the
others
for
the
second
time.
This
astonished
M.
le
duc
d'Orleans
deeply,
as
well
as
myself,
and
we
were
at
a
loss
to
explain
it,
but
the
event
proved
that
the
child
was
perfectly
right.
This
seance
took
place
in
1706.
These
four
members
of
the
royal
family
were
then
full
of
health
and
strength;
and
they
all
died
before
the
king.
It
was
the
same
thing
with
M.
le
prince,
M.
le
duc,
and
M.
le
prince
de
Conti,
whom
she
likewise
did
not
see,
though
she
beheld
the
children
of
the
two
last
named;
M.
du
Maine,
his
own
(Orleans),
and
M.
le
comte
de
Toulouse.
But
of
course
this
fact
was
unknown
till
eight
years
after."
Science
may
conceivably
come
to
study
crystal
visions,
but
veracious
crystal
visions
will
be
treated
like
veracious
dreams.
That
is
to
say,
they
will
be
explained
as
the
results
of
a
chance
coincidence
between
the
unknown
fact
and
the
vision,
or
of
imposture,
conscious
or
unconscious,
or
of
confusion
of
memory,
or
the
fact
of
the
crystal
vision
will
be
simply
denied.
Thus
a
vast
number
of
well-
authenticated
cases
of
veracious
visions
will
be
required
before
science
could
admit
that
it
might
be
well
to
investigate
hitherto
unacknowledged
faculties
of
the
human
mind.
The
evidence
can
never
be
other
than
the
word
of
the
seer,
with
whatever
value
may
attach
to
the
testimony
of
those
for
whom
he
"sees,"
and
describes,
persons
and
places
unknown
to
himself.
The
evidence
of
individuals
as
to
their
own
subjective
experiences
is
accepted
by
psychologists
in
other
departments
of
the
study.
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