Note 1 — Chapter VIII · 1888. HELPERS ON THE ROAD, AND HINDERERS.
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By his advocacy of Keely’s claims, as a discoverer, Major Ricarde-Seaver had reason to fear that he would lose his election to membership of the Athenæum Club in London; as he was notified by Sir William Thomson (who had proposed him for membership in or about the year 1873) that such would probably be the case. The members however, rallied in force and, led by one of the Major’s oldest friends Prince Lucien Buonaparte, he was elected by an overwhelming majority. ↑