For seven years Neville kept a starvation diet of vegetables only and a vow of celibacy, growing thinner and weaker and suffering nightmares from his suppressions while trying to be a holy man; his teacher Ab told him he was so good he was good for nothing.
Date (happened)
between 1925 and 1932
unresolved
between 1925 and 1932
estimated · probable · preferred
Why
M7 dating pass (529; 525's readers, packet 004)
Reasoning
Anchored to the neighbouring corpus-certain dating (hist_events 18772, 18790) of the same seven-year vow, which follows Neville's 1925 London spiritual awakening rather than starting in 1924.
between 1924 and 1931
stated · probable
Source
"For seven years", told in The Spirit Within (nid 1444)
before 1969
bound · possible
Reasoning
Qualifying passage ids [539838] belong to telling lecture nids [1443]. Each listed lecture contributes the selected safe envelope year 1969 (MAX of its non-refuted delivery years); 1969 is the MIN across telling lectures.
before 25 April 1969
bound
Why
Tightens the phase4 L6a envelope from before 1969 to before 1969-04-25.
Reasoning
L6a envelope tightened to the telling day of nid 1443 (certain delivery 1969-04-25); same premise, finer precision. The phase4 L6a bound on this event is `before 1969`, an envelope over delivery YEARS computed without reading text. Its premise is that the fact is true by the time it is told; on that same premise the DAY of the telling is a strictly better upper bound. Nothing is re-decided — the bound is stated to the precision the evidence always supported. The delivery claim for 1969-04-25 on nid 1443 is held at `certain` by the corpus, which is what carries this claim. #2274; the L6a row stands beside this one.
Told / reported
27 April 1969
stated · doubtful
Source
The Spirit Within (nid 1444), telling 1444-3, told 1969-04-27
27 April 1969
stated · doubtful
Source
The Spirit Within (nid 1444), telling 1444-3, told 1969-04-27
Why
Corrects the confidence of the told claim written by run `corpus v1 / phase3b` at delta 0 on this event; that claim is left standing per append-only. Ceiling rule #2132.
Reasoning
Confidence only; the date is not re-adjudicated and is left exactly as written. This claim is derived from the delivery claims of node 1444 and asserts `certain`, but the strongest claim that node carries is `probable`, so there is nothing for `certain` to inherit from. nid 1444 delivery claims: 1969-4-27 doubtful; 1969-4-25 probable. Walked back to `probable`, the ceiling. Whether the DATE is right is a separate question this row does not touch; if the evidence turns out to support more confidence, it will have to come from a source other than this node.
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