For this view of the subject it is not necessary that we should admit the preternatural character of the phenomena which form the subject-matter of psychical research, but only that we should acknowledge the hardly disputable fact that belief in such marvels is universal and persistent among savages-a fact which science is bound by its own principles to explain, and not to ignore.
"The Faith of the Millions (2nd series)"
George Tyrrell
A Government which neglected to procure the insertion of its claim to Tobago among the Preliminaries of London could certainly not hope to regain that island in exchange for a concession to France that was in any degree disputable.
"The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2)"
John Holland Rose
And she says that with the assurance of a Fate whose decrees of death are not disputable.
"Ramuntcho"
Pierre Loti