23. A fourth category may be called the incredulous through interest or
dishonesty. They know well what spiritism really is, but they outwardly condemn it
from motives of personal interest. Of these, there is nothing to be said, as, with them,
there is nothing to be done. If the thorough materialist deceives himself, he has at any
rate the excuse of sincerity, and may be brought round by showing him his error; with
the others, it is a resolution against which all argument fails. Time will open their eyes
and show them, perhaps to their cost, where their interest really lay ; for, as they cannot
hinder the current of truth, they will, at length, be swept away by the torrent, together
with the artificial interests which they desired to secure.
