I grant that a good case can be made out for an author's doing as I suppose Mr. Allen to have done; indeed I am not sure that both science and religion would not gain if every one rode his neighbour's theory, as at a donkey-race, and the least plausible were held to win; but surely, as things stand, a writer by the mere fact of publishing a book professes to be giving a bona FIDE opinion.
"Luck or Cunning?"
Samuel Butler
M. Camille Flammarion says:-'The greater part of the phenomena observed-noises, movement of tables, confusions, disturbances, raps, replies to questions asked-are really childish, puerile, vulgar, often ridiculous, and rather resemble the pranks of mischievous boys than serious bona-FIDE actions.
"The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries"
W. Y. Evans Wentz
Of course I did not care to commit myself, as you can readily understand, Mr. Hamilton, until I was assured the proposition was bona FIDE.
"The Crevice"
William John Burns and Isabel Ostrander