Spiritualist Philosophy: The Spirits Book; Containing the Principles of Spiritist Doctrine (Classic Reprint)

Richard Hodgson, Secretary for A merica, 5BOYLSTON PLAGE, BOSTON, MASS. TKASTSLATOK SPEEFACE. In presenting to her countrymen a work which has long since obtained a wide acceptance on the Continent, the translator has thought that a brief notice of its author, and of the circumstances under which it was produced, might not be without interest for English readers. Leon-D enizarth-H ippolyte Rivail, better known by his nom deplume of Allan Kardec, was born at Lyons, on the 4th of October 1804, of an old family of Bourg-en-B resse, that had been for many generations honourably distinguished in the magistracy and at the bar. His father, like his grandfather, was a barrister of good standing and high character; his mother, remarkably beautiful, accomplished, elegant, and amiable, was the object, on his part, of a profound and worshipping affection, maintained unchanged throughout the whole of his life. Educated at the Institution of Pestalozzi, at Yverdun (C anton de Vaud), he acquired at an early age the habit of investigation and the freedom of thought of which his later life was destined to furnish so striking an example.
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