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Author : Adam Ferguson
: An Essay on the History of Civil Society
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In what depends on the known or the regular course of nature, the mind trusts to itself; but in strange and uncommon situations, it is the dupe of its own perplexity, and, instead of relying on its prudence or courage, has recourse to divination, and a variety of observances, that, for being irrational, are always the more revered.
From : Part 2, Section II..
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