Examination Quote by Lafcadio Hearn

“A great many things which in times of lesser knowledge we imagined to be superstitious or useless, prove to-day on examination to have been of immense value to mankind.” quote by Lafcadio Hearn — Download Open image

“A great many things which in times of lesser knowledge we imagined to be superstitious or useless, prove to-day on examination to have been of immense value to mankind.”

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