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But there is still another aspect of brightness, springing out of the gloom of the war. This is the prayer habit which it has brought about. Some sections of thinking men are fond of sup- posing that the progress of twentieth century science has eliminated from the average man a CONSOLATIONS OF THE WAR 149 good deal of his former proneness to lean on the supernatural. In spite of latter-day spiritism, the belief in spooks is not nearly as prevalent as it was a century ago, when every lane and b...ridge and hedgerow had its familiar spirit. The belief in witches is almost gone, and no old lady with a hooked nose and a broomstick is anywhere any longer in danger of cremation at a stake. Charms and spells and amulets have lost much of their vogue, and scores of things which formerly called forth people's superstitious reverence now evoke ?. Smile of tolerant incredulity. But it would seem from some testimonies concerning the habits of thought amongst the men who have been doing such yeoman service at the French front that the aboriginal mind of man in relation to the Unseen changes very little.
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