James George Frazer Quotes
(Man) Fancied That By Masquerading In Leaves And Flowers He Helped The Bare Earth To Clothe Herself With Verdure, And That By Playing The Death And Burial Of Winter He Drove That Gloomy Season Away, And Made Smooth The Path For The Footsteps Of Returning Spring. We May Smile At His Vain Endeavours If We Please, But It Was Only By Making A Long Series Of Experiments, Of Which Some Were Almost Inevitably Doomed To Failure, That Mane Learned From Experience The Futility Of Some Of His Attempted Methods And The Fruitfulness Of Others. After All, Magical Ceremonies Are Nothing But Experiments Which Have Failed And Which Continue To Be Repeated Merely Because The Operator Is Unaware Of Their Failure.
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