An excerpt from an undated letter found in Jacob Helder's book Greatest Thoughts on Immortality, page 116–17.

"As regards immortality, I see no reason at present to suppose that anything of the ego survives death. I regard the ego as an organization, like a football team; it seems to me as impossible that it should survive the dissolution of the body as that an army should survive demobilisation. But I am prepared to alter this opinion if Psychical Research produces evidence that seems to me convincing, which I do not think it has yet done."