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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Miracle Mongers and Their Methods by Harry Houdini: advent, another so-called Samson, this time a
German named John Charles Van Eckenberg,
toured Europe with a remarkable performance
along the same lines as Joyce's. Dr. Desaguliers
saw this man and has this to say of him:
After having seen him once, I guessed
at his manner of imposing on the multitude;
and being resolved to be fully satisfied
in the matter, I took four very curious
persons with me to see him again, viz. the
Lord Marquis of Tullibardine, Dr.
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