The Works of Edgar Allan Poe - Volume 2


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mesmeric condition is so near death as to content me.  
P. I wish you would explain yourself, Mr. Vankirk.  
V. I am willing to do so, but it requires more effort than I feel able  
to make. You do not question me properly.  
P. What then shall I ask?  
V. You must begin at the beginning.  
P. The beginning! but where is the beginning?  
V. You know that the beginning is GOD. [This was said in a low,  
fluctuating tone, and with every sign of the most profound veneration.]  
P. What then is God?  
V. [Hesitating for many minutes.] I cannot tell.  
P. Is not God spirit?  
V. While I was awake I knew what you meant by "spirit," but now it  
seems only a word--such for instance as truth, beauty--a quality, I  
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