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PROF. HENRI BERGSON delivered his inaugural address as president of the Society for Psychical Research on Wednesday, May 28, in the Æolian Hall, New Bond Street. At the close of the address, which was delivered in French, and held the close attention of the company for nearly an hour and a half, Mr. A. J. Balfour, a past-president of the society, rose to express the thanks of the hearers, and characterised the address as the most interesting and illuminating one that the society has ever received. When we recall that Mr. Balfour himself, Prof. William James, Lord Rayleigh, the late F. W. H. Myers, and many other distinguished men have held the office of president, we can but feel that M. Bergson has justified both the choice of the society and his reputation as a maker of new thought.
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Prof. Bergson on Psychical Research . Nature 91, 360–361 (1913). https://doi.org/10.1038/091360a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/091360a0