Show superstition titi of brave lar PP fcoite if one will take the trouble to go through the names of most of the I 1 bravest people in history he will find that they nearly all suffered from some j or other napoleon boua 0 parte was simply bimal y eaten by supe asti lions and so was the duke of marl borough boro bo r ough literary literak Liter ar men have always been notoriously bously superstitious from the days of dr johnson who would go back half a mile if he rem remembered embere d that I 1 lie he had omitted to touch any one of the ilic lampposts lamp posts on his daily walk to dean swift who would never change a garment if he found that he had lint it on inside out o dt and lord byron who would getup get up and leave a dinner party instantly if anybody spilt the salt statesmen have not been exempt from superstitions either lori lord ISea confield would always take especial care to enter the house with hi his right I 1 foot foremost when he was going to make a big speech mr parnell had a strong prejudice against sitting in a room with three candles william pitt would ifould return home at once how however howell evl important his busi business f he met a cross eyed man in the street yv while h alp ilp sir robert peel would always make the 1 sign against the evil eye with his fingers and thumb under similar circumstances stan cei |