"By religion, then, I understand a propitiation or……" — James G. Frazer
"By religion, then, I understand a propitiation or conciliation of powers superior to man which are believed to direct and control the course of nature and of human life."
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- Who never doubted, never half believed. Where doubt is, there truth is - it is her shadow. — Ambrose Bierce
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