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Show Profiting by Superstition. After having sat on many juries the observant man is of the opinion that the whole human race is still strongly tarred with the brush of superstition. "I am confirmed in that belief by the amount of damages invariably voted to plaintiffs, whose injuries smack of superstitious origin," he said. "If a load of bricks should fall from a fifth story window on to the head of a man who happened to be walking under a ladder he would get twice as much damages as if the ladder lad-der were not there. The element of bad luck that attaches to a ladder would insensibly influence every juror, and the sum awarded would reflect re-flect their prejudices and sympathies." |