Peter would find out that that was superstition, a reasoning from effect to cause, totally invalid. It was in… — Philip José Farmer
Peter would find out that that was superstition, a reasoning from effect to cause, totally invalid. It was in a class with the belief that if you eat a peanut butter and jelly sandwich while you were sitting in the outhouse, the devil would get you.
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