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What a man has made himself he will be; his state is the result of his past life, and his heaven or hell is in himself.

Catherine Crowe

A great many things have been pronounced untrue and absurd, and even impossible, by the highest authorities in the age in which they lived, which have afterwards, and, indeed, within a very short period, been found to be both possible and true.

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I cannot but think that it would be a great step if mankind could familiarise themselves with the idea that they are spirits incorporated for a time in the flesh re spirits incorporated for a time in the flesh.

Catherine Crowe

The ignorant frighten children with ghosts, and the better educated assure them there is no such thing. Our understanding may believe the latter, but our instincts believe the former; so that, out of this education, we retain the terror, and just believe enough to make it very troublesome whenever we are placed in circumstances that awaken it.

Catherine Crowe

Catherine Crowe

Catherine Crowe

Born: September 20, 1803

Died: June 14, 1876 (aged 72)

Bio: Catherine Ann Crowe, née Stevens,, was an English novelist, story writer and playwright, who also wrote for children.

Known for:

The Night Side of Nature
Ghosts and Family Legends (1859)
The story of Lilly Dawson (1847)
Spiritualism, and the age we live in (1859)

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