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Date Posted: 10:51:27 06/06/00 Tue
Author: Vince, aka Duke
Subject: Interesting 1712 take on ghosts

I found an old historical document from 1712 in which a man named Addison stated:

Our Forefathers looked upon Nature with more Reverence and Horrour, before the World was enlightened by Learning
and Philosophy, and loved to astonish themselves with the Apprehensions of Witchcraft, Prodigies, Charms and
Enchantments. There was not a village in England that had not a Ghost in it, the Church-yards were all haunted, every
large Common had a Circle of Fairies belonging to it, and there was scarce a Shepherd to be met with who had not
seen a Spirit.

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