"Life must be considered sui generis; it is……" — Oliver Lodge
"Life must be considered sui generis; it is not a form of energy, nor can it be expressed in terms of something else."
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Oliver Lodge
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19 Quotes by Oliver Lodge
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There is no instrument for measuring the pressure of the Ether, which is probably millions of times greater: it is…
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The conception of Godhead formed by some devout philosophers and mystics has quite rightly been so immeasurably vast, though still…
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But although life is not energy, any more than it is matter, yet it directs energy and thereby controls arrangements…
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Death is not extinction. Neither the soul nor the body is extinguished or put out of existence.
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Basing my conclusions on experience I am absolutely convinced not only of survival but of demonstrated survival, demonstrated by occasional…
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Death is not a word to fear, any more than birth is.
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The amount of sophistication varies according to the quality of the medium, and to the state of the same medium…
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The properties which differentiate living matter from any kind of inorganic imitation may be instinctively felt, but can hardly be…
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In other cases, when the medium becomes entranced, the demonstration of a communicator's separate intelligence may become stronger and the…
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Any person without invincible prejudice who had the same experience would come to the same broad conclusion, viz., that things…
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Death is not a foe, but an inevitable adventure.
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Death is the end of a stage, not the end of the journey. The road stretches on beyond our comprehension.
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