Quote by Walter Bagehot
We must not let daylight in upon the magic. - Walter Bagehot

We must not let daylight in upon the magic. – Walter Bagehot

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The best history is but like the art of Rembrandt it casts a vivid light on certain selected causes, on those which were best and greatest it leaves all the rest in shadow and unseen. – Walter Bagehot

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Black magic operates most effectively in preconscious, marginal areas. Casual curses are the most effective. – William S. Burroughs

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The magic of the pen lies in the concentration of your thoughts upon one object. – George Henry Lewes

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Indubitably, Magic is one of the subtlest and most difficult of the sciences and arts. There is more opportunity for errors of comprehension, judgment and practice than in any other branch of physics. – Aleister Crowley

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