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If such were the will of God, what wonder that so many had turned to the devil?
The Devil in Massachusetts: A Modern Enquiry into the Salem Witch Trials (1949)
At such moments the voice of reason always sounds like blasphemy and dissenters are of the devil.
The Devil in Massachusetts: A Modern Enquiry into the Salem Witch Trials (1949)
Technicalities are, however, of more interest to historians than to contemporaries.
The Devil in Massachusetts: A Modern Enquiry into the Salem Witch Trials (1949)
A fact will often show poor and plain in contrast to the leapings of imagination.
The Devil in Massachusetts: A Modern Enquiry into the Salem Witch Trials (1949)
Yes, he had been loyal to his friends, but even a wolf is loyal to other wolves.
The Devil in Massachusetts: A Modern Enquiry into the Salem Witch Trials (1949)
It’s bad business meddling with the devil; it makes you superstitious.
The Devil in Massachusetts: A Modern Enquiry into the Salem Witch Trials (1949)
Silence may have an eloquence of its own, but only in the long run.
The Devil in Massachusetts: A Modern Enquiry into the Salem Witch Trials (1949)
Treat a child like a witch and you’ll have one.
The Devil in Massachusetts: A Modern Enquiry into the Salem Witch Trials (1949)
As every minister knows, a prayer is a superb device for airing an opinion.
The Devil in Massachusetts: A Modern Enquiry into the Salem Witch Trials (1949)
People at large were not enjoying an intellectual awakening where so recently they had succumbed to superstitious panic.
The Devil in Massachusetts: A Modern Enquiry into the Salem Witch Trials (1949)
Being ignored was a therapy that had rarely been tried upon these girls.
The Devil in Massachusetts: A Modern Enquiry into the Salem Witch Trials (1949)