Sceptic and Champion debate on the truth of Spiri-%ualism originating through an invitation from the Rationalist Press Association took place a few weeks ago at Queen's Hall between two doughty opponents—Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Mr, Joseph McCabe.
After the efforts of the two disputants most of the unbiassed people left the hall wondering, like Pilate, where they could get' the truth, "as neither of the debaters had shaken the original convictions of the other.
Medium-sized, thin, with the face of the ascetic and the gold-rimmed spectacles of the student; vehement, not a bit excited, but keenly intellectual—that was Mr. Joseph NeCabe.
Big, almost heavy, standing easily, bus with an obvious nervousness for the first few minutes suggesting solidity and leisure, and open, plain frankness; wearing his spectacles only to read from his notes—that was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, In the centre behind the table sat Sir Edward Marshall-Hall, K.c. On the platform behind the speakers, in a big, packed semicircle, sat the supporter friends of the two debaters.
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