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105Will you kindly identify yourself as well as possible to me, and tell me what you now know as tothe loss of the Maine !Yours very sincerely,W. Usborne Moore.Sir A. G. held The position OF English Consul-General in Cuba during the Spanish-American war. We had held conversations in London, after he retired, on the catastrophe ; andhis opinion was that it was due to some want of precaution on board the ship, not to the outsideexplosion of a mine. At Detroit he had expressed the opposite view (see Chapter VIII.). Thereply was as follows :—I am glad to come to you to-day and thank you for the privilege you grant in this grandphenomena, demonstrative that life is indeed eternal. There are many subjects I would love toconverse with you, giving my knowledge as gained from the higher side of life : but I see you haveplaced before me, in your letter of to-day, the subject of the Maine disaster. Well, my good friend,I did come to you on a recent communication differing very much indeed in ideas of this disasterfrom my opinion when in earth form. When I reached life, and learned of the true life and greaterpossibilities, this was one of the main subjects that interested me. My sympathies and indignationwas touched deeply over the matter when in the physical form, and so little of the real foundation ofthe disaster could be reached that I carried the desire of proving definitely the secret with me intomy new life. I have since looked very closely into the entire subject and modus operandi, andsolved the mystery ; this I imparted to you in my recent conversation. Thus my change of opinionsince entering the higher life ; but, my good friend, I have also learned that all the circumstances ofearth life are for a purpose. Looking from a material standpoint, many incidents, conditions, etc.,would seem very unnecessary to the rounding out of a perfect life here ; yet, if all was perfectlysmooth, uniform and harmonious, there would be no inquiry, that disposition or inclination togreater knowledge.. And without the wrong you would not be able to judge the right. So all themistakes, disappointments, and failures in life are a necessary lesson that we shall all understandsometime when we start as equal in the higher realms of eternal life. Mine has been a wonderfulexperience since passing through the great change and I find to-day that summing up all theproblems solved, I have, as yet only just begun.Life is indeed wonderful and the more we learn of its laws, purposes and possibilities thegreater our experiences here and hereafter the more fully we realise that which time and eternityholds for us.I am glad to have met you in this way, my good friend ; and I shall hope to have the privilegeof coming frequently in thought exchange. I shall be glad to give you further information on anysubject you chose to the best of my present knowledge and experience, gathered in my new life.Yours as of Earth,A. G.There is a resemblance between the handwriting of this letter and the other two.(70) Directly we went into the room I asked May Bangs to sit on the opposite side of thetable to that where she usually sat. “Change the table round,” she asked. “No,” I replied, “Iwant your drawer my side. You take out of the drawer what you want and put it on a chair ortable beside you.” She said, “Very well I will do so.” She simply asked to see the letter, and sheheld my slates while I put round them four rubber bands, two one way, two the other. I thenpoured my own ink into the little vessel, which holds about a teaspoon and three quarters. Thecard was put over all. We held the card and slates together for about five minutes ; then she leantback in her seat and occasionally wrote on her pad, talking all the time. She told me the contentsof my letter to Sir A. G.The reply took one and a half hours to write ; probably my changing the conditions in theroom had some effect in delaying the writing. There was a note from Iola on the back of my shortletter to Sir A. G., which referred to some chaff that occurred during the sitting with reference to