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Quotation from The Age of Fable by Thomas Bulfinch

“For Mythology is the handmaid of literature; and literature is one of the best allies of virtue and promoters of happiness.”

Thomas Bulfinch (spoken by Bulfinch)

The Age of Fable, Author's Preface (Project Gutenberg #4925)

Portrait of Thomas Bulfinch

Bulfinch answers the objection that mythology is useless knowledge by tying it to literature and to moral improvement.

Citation: "For Mythology is the handmaid of literature; and literature is one of the best allies of virtue and promoters of happiness." — Thomas Bulfinch, The Age of Fable, Author's Preface (Project Gutenberg #4925). (id bulfinch-age-of-fable-q1)

Portrait: ThomasBulfinch, Bulfinch, Public domain.

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