The Romance of Old New England Rooftrees
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Hutchinson was butanother phase of the same thing. And the degeneration to be noted to-dayin the remote hill-towns of New England is likewise attributable toMichelet's "dearth of ideal interest. " The thing once started, it grew, of course, by what it fed upon. Professor William James, Harvard's distinguished psychologist, hastraced to torture the so-called "confessions" on which the evilprincipally throve. A person, he says, was suddenly found to besuffering from what we to-day should call hys...teria, perhaps, but what inthose days was called a witch disease. A witch then had to be found toaccount for the disease; a scapegoat must of necessity be broughtforward. Some poor old woman was thereupon picked out and subjected toatrocious torture. If she "confessed, " the torture ceased. Naturally shevery often "confessed, " thus implicating others and damning herself. Negative suggestion this modern psychologist likewise offers as lightupon witchcraft. The witches seldom cried, no matter what their anguishof mind might be.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Hutchinson was butanother phase of the same thing. And the degeneration to be noted to-dayin the remote hill-towns of New England is likewise attributable toMichelet's "dearth of ideal interest. " The thing once started, it grew, of course, by what it fed upon. Professor William James, Harvard's distinguished psychologist, hastraced to torture the so-called "confessions" on which the evilprincipally throve. A person, he says, was suddenly found to besuffering from what we to-day should call hys...teria, perhaps, but what inthose days was called a witch disease. A witch then had to be found toaccount for the disease; a scapegoat must of necessity be broughtforward. Some poor old woman was thereupon picked out and subjected toatrocious torture. If she "confessed, " the torture ceased. Naturally shevery often "confessed, " thus implicating others and damning herself. Negative suggestion this modern psychologist likewise offers as lightupon witchcraft. The witches seldom cried, no matter what their anguishof mind might be.
What to read after The Romance of Old New England Rooftrees?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Crawford, Mary Caroline, 1874-1932 to read onlineMoreLess
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