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The oldest and best known function for an ether is the conveyance of light, and hence the name "luminiferous" was applied to it, though at the present day many functions are known, and more will almost certainly be discovered.

— Oliver Lodge The Ether of Space (1909)

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It is rather remarkable that the majority of learned men have closed their minds to what seemed bare and simple facts to many people.

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I am as convinced of continued existence, on the other side of death, as I am of existence here.

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