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: that evening been experimented upon,
but whether it was that the poor fellow
wilfully did something to prevent its taking
effect--or whatever the reason--he
soon became insensible, and in a couple of
hours he was taken home to his wife and
family--a corpse. The next morning the
snake-charmer had flown, and left his
snakes behind him.
The insurance company at first refused
payment of the policy, asserting that the
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