2. _Second sight of Swedenborg._--The second fact refers to the greatest seer of modern times. The objective reality of Swedenborg’s visions may be discussed, but there can be no doubt regarding his second sight, which has been attested by a multitude of facts. Swedenborg’s vision of the burning of Stockholm, a distance of ninety miles away, caused much wonderment in the second half of the eighteenth century. Kant, the well-known German philosopher, caused an inquiry to be made by a friend living at Gothenburg, in Sweden; the following is his account as related to a lady friend-- “In my opinion the following fact is of the greatest demonstrative importance, and ought to do away with any kind of doubt. In 1759, M. de Swedenborg, one Saturday about four in the afternoon, about the end of December, landed at Gothenburg, after a journey to England. M. William Castel invited him to his house, where a company of fifteen persons was present. At six o’clock in the evening, M. de Swedenborg, who had left the room, returned, with a look of consternation on his pallid face, and said that ‘at that very moment a fire had burst out in Stockholm, at the Sudermalm, and was rapidly spreading its ravages in the direction of his own home....’ He said that the house of one of his friends, whom he named, was in ashes, and that his own was in danger. At eight o’clock, again leaving the room, he returned and said joyfully: ‘Thank God! The fire has been extinguished at the third door from my own house.’ That very evening the governor was informed of the fact. On Sunday morning, Swedenborg was summoned before this functionary, who questioned him on the matter. Swedenborg gave an exact description of the fire, its beginning and end, and the time it had lasted. The same day, the news spread throughout the town, which was all the more excited as the governor had manifested interest in it, and many people were anxious about their property and friends. On Monday evening there arrived in Gothenburg a courier whom the business men of Stockholm had despatched during the conflagration. Among the letters the fire was described in exactly the manner above mentioned. What can be alleged against the authenticity of this event? The friend who wrote to me has examined the whole affair, not only in Stockholm, but, about two months ago, at Gothenburg also; he is well