The way to deal with superstition is not to be polite to it, but to ta…

H. L. Mencken
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The way to deal with superstition is not to be polite to it, but to tackle it with all arms, and so rout it, cripple it, and make it forever infamous and ridiculous. ✨ Aftermath. The Baltimore Sun Newspaper, September 14, 1925.
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The way to deal with superstition is not to be polite to it, but to tackle it with all arms, and so rout it, cripple it, and make it forever infamous and ridiculous. ✨ Aftermath. The Baltimore Sun Newspaper, September 14, 1925.

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