An idea from An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding

No miracle report has ever cleared that bar. Wonder is pleasant to feel and to spread: in a small town, 2 young people seen together twice are soon married in the gossip. Add religion to the love of wonder and people stop checking.

From An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding by David Hume

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