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Why did they instantly draw before the windows of his soul a long panorama of vast cities, splendid palaces, sombre temples, and towering tombs, in which he saw all these and more with an infinitely greater vividness of form and light and colour than he had ever been able to do in his most inspired hours of dream or study? WHY DID THEY INSTANTLY DRAW BEFORE THE WINDOWS OF HIS SOUL A LONG PANORAMA OF VAST CITIES SPLENDID PALACES SOMBRE TEMPLES AND TOWERING TOMBS IN WHICH HE SAW ALL THESE AND MORE WITH AN INFINITELY GREATER VIVIDNESS OF FORM AND LIGHT AND COLOR THAN HE HAD EVER BEEN ABLE TO DO IN HIS MOST INSPIRED HOURS OF DREAM OR STUDY
Not only was he one of the best-read amateur Egyptologists in Europe, but he was also an ex-President of the Royal Society, a Member of the Psychical Research Society, and, moreover, Chairman of a recently appointed Commission on Comparative Insanity, the object of whose labours was to determine, if possible, what proportion of people outside asylums were mad or sane according to a standard which, somehow, no one had thought of inventing before--the standard of common-sense. The voice, strangely like his daughter's and his dead wife's also, appeared to come from nowhere and yet from everywhere, and it had a faint and far-away echo in it which harmonised most marvellously with other echoes which seemed to come up out of the depths of his own soul. Where had he heard it before? Somewhere, certainly. There was no possibility of mistaking tones which were so irresistibly familiar, and, moreover, why did they bring back to him such distinct memories of tragedies long forgotten, even by him? A MAN TO BE EASILY ASTONISHED NOT ONLY WAS HE ONE OF THE BEST READ AMATEUR EGYPTOLOGIST IN EUROPE HE WAS ALSO THE EX PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A MEMBER OF THE PHYSICAL RESEARCH SOCIETY AND MOREOVER CHAIRMAN OF A RECENTLY APPOINTED COMMISSION ON COMPARATIVE INSANITY THE OBJECT OF WHOSE LABOURS WAS TO DETERMINE IF POSSIBLE WHAT PROPORTION OF PEOPLE OUTSIDE ASYLUMS WERE MAD OR SANE ACCORDING TO A STANDARD WHICH SOMEHOW NO ONE HAD THOUGHT OF INVENTING BEFORE THE STANDARD OF COMMON SENSE THE VOICE STRANGELY LIKE HIS DAUGHTER'S AND HIS DEAD WIFE'S ALSO APPEARED TO COME FROM NOWHERE AND YET FROM EVERYWHERE AND IT HAD A FAINT AND FAR AWAY ECHO IN IT WHICH HARMONIZED MOST MARVELOUSLY WITH THE OTHER ECHOES WHICH SEEMED TO COME UP OUT OF THE DEPTHS OF HIS SOUL WHERE HAD HE HEARD IT BEFORE SOMEWHERE CERTAINLY THERE WAS NO POSSIBILITY OF MISTAKING TONES WHICH WERE SO IRRESISTIBLY FAMILIAR AND MOREOVER WHY DID THEY BRING BACK TO HIM SUCH DISTINCT MEMORIES OF TRAGEDIES LONG FORGOTTEN EVEN BY HIM
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