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Such are examples of the strange tales fed to the voracious credulity of the multitude.
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gutenberg.orgAlbert Beveridge: “Such are examples of the strange tales fed to the voracious credulity of the multitude.”
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Beveridge comments on the strange and often ridiculous tales that capture public imagination.
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