“ Do you not think that there are things which you cannot understand, and yet which are; that some people see things that others cannot? ”
Bram Stoker, Dracula (1897). copy citation
| Author | Bram Stoker |
|---|---|
| Source | Dracula |
| Topic | understanding mystery perception |
| Date | 1897 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/345/345-h/345-h.htm |
Context
“«You are clever man, friend John; you reason well, and your wit is bold; but you are too prejudiced. You do not let your eyes see nor your ears hear, and that which is outside your daily life is not of account to you. Do you not think that there are things which you cannot understand, and yet which are; that some people see things that others cannot? But there are things old and new which must not be contemplate by men's eyes, because they know—or think they know—some things which other men have told them. Ah, it is the fault of our science that it wants to explain all; and if it explain not, then it says there is nothing to explain.”
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