“I was amazed afterwards to receive letters from two men of character and position describing similar cases in their families.”

Showing his surprise when anecdotal reports appeared to support an unusual hypothesis · Conversation concerning Elsie Venner

• Evidence
• Psychology
• Science

“The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.”

Celebrating careful observation of what ordinary attention overlooks · Literary remark, quoted in the memoir

• Attention
• Discovery
• Observation

“The possibility of pre-natal poisoning was interesting, but what I had in mind was to raise the question of its effect upon moral responsibility.”

Explaining the deeper ethical question behind a scientific premise in his fiction · Letter concerning Elsie Venner

• Morality
• Science
• Writing