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Superstitious notions propagated in infancy are hardly ever totally eradicate, not even in minds grown strong enough to despise the like credulous folly in others.

Samuel Richardson

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Samuel Richardson
Age: 73 †
Born: 1687
Born: August 19
Died: 1761
Died: July 4
Novelist
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S. Richardson
Ever
Folly
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Hardly
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Grown
Credulous
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Totally
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Superstitious
Minds
Notions
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Infancy
Others
Despise

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