"People at large were not enjoying an intellectual awakening where so recently they had succumbed to superstitious panic."

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“Treat a child like a witch and you’ll have one.”

“As every minister knows, a prayer is a superb device for airing an opinion.”

“Silence may have an eloquence of its own, but only in the long run.”

“Yes, he had been loyal to his friends, but even a wolf is loyal to other wolves.”

“If such were the will of God, what wonder that so many had turned to the devil?”

“It’s bad business meddling with the devil; it makes you superstitious.”

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— John D. Rockefeller

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