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It is significant comment on the victory of science over magic that were someone to say __f I put this pill in your beer it will explode,_ we might believe them; but were they to cry __f I pronounce this spell over your beer it will go flat,_ we should remain incredulous and Paracelsus, the Alchemists, Aleister Crowley and all the Magi have lived in vain. Yet when I read science I turn magical; when I study magic, scientific.
Cyril Connolly The Unquiet Grave: A Word Cycle by Palinurus
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It is significant comment on the victory of science over magic that were someone to say __f I put this pill in your beer it will explode,_ we might believe them; but were they to cry __f I pronounce this spell over your beer it will go flat,_ we should remain incredulous and Paracelsus, the Alchemists, Aleister Crowley and all the Magi have lived in vain. Yet when I read science I turn magical; when I study magic, scientific.
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The Unquiet Grave: A Word Cycle by Palinurus

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