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Show Origin of Superstitions. Man's curiosity is in excess of his power to Interpret and understand. Consequently, he guesses, and when he guesses wildly and as It seems to others, oth-ers, probably of later date inaccurately, inaccu-rately, his guess is called a superstition, supersti-tion, writes J. Arthur Hill in Chambers Cham-bers Journal. Owing to the innate conservatism of human nature, a superstition may linger long after its origin Is completely com-pletely forgotten and after people have clearly seen that there is no rational evidence for the thing believed. This applies to customs of all sorts. |