And some of the more painful stages they will repeat again and again, because the greater the pain the greater the difficulty of registering exact degrees of resistance.

The higher vibrations are not by any means always the most painful, any more than the brightest colors or the highest notes are always the most beautiful." "Then you are to use your knowledge of resistance against their knowledge of force--is that it ?" He nodded.
"Isn't there a chance then that you may hold out to a point that will satisfy them?
A point, I mean, at which you'll be more useful to them alive than dead?
Surely if you should live and tell them all about it that would serve the purpose better than to have you dead and silent forever ?" He smiled like a school teacher turning down a promising pupil's suggestion.
"They will vibrate every atom of flesh and every drop of moisture from my bones before they have finished," he answered, "and they will do it as gradually as possible seeking to ascertain exactly the point at which human life ceases to persist.

My part will be to retain my faculties to the very end, in order to exercise resistance to the last.

So a great deal depends on my courage.

It is possible that this experiment may carry science forward to a point where it commences a new era, for if we can learn to survive the higher potencies, a whole new realm will lie before us awaiting exploration." "And if you refuse ?" "A dog's death!" "Have they no use for mercy ?" "Surely.