In the heaven of spirits, where people come as souls, no distinction exists for kings and great personages, thus there is no regard for person. I have known some beclad with great dignity and power, with whom I associated and conversed for quite a long time, who had been treated by spirits with as much disrespect as if they had been of the lowest lot. As they themselves admitted, it is absolutely nothing to be powerful, great, learned in the world. 1748, 18 March.