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Show Survival of Ancient Belief. It Is nn ancient belief that a man's namo has some mystcrous sympathy with his nature, whence nrlso such stories ns that of Kumpolstlltskln, whoso power over a human being vnnlshos tho moment tha,t his name si pronounced aloud, it has beon suggested, with somo show of reason, thnt tho modern prnctlco of "naming" "nam-ing" a refractory mombor of the houso or commons Is merely a survival sur-vival ol this bellof, which our Norso nnccstors brought Into England. SL James' Gazette. |