Mary WollstonecraftWhat but a pestilential vapour can hover over society when its chief director is only instructed in the invention of crimes, or the stupid routine of childish ceremonies?
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When George Washington said, “What but a pestilential vapour can hover over society when its chief director is only instructed in the invention of crimes, or the stupid routine of childish ceremonies?” he was speaking about the harm caused by superstition. Superstition is dangerous. If people are not taught to think critically, they will waste away in an abyss of ignorance.
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