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Quotation from The Golden Bough (abridged edition) by James George Frazer

“They were the direct predecessors, not merely of our physicians and surgeons, but of our investigators and discoverers in every branch of natural science.”

James George Frazer (spoken by Frazer)

The Golden Bough (abridged edition), Chapter V, "The Magical Control of the Weather", section 1 (Project Gutenberg text)

Portrait of James George Frazer

Frazer credits the public magicians of early societies with starting the work that science continued.

Citation: "They were the direct predecessors, not merely of our physicians and surgeons, but of our investigators and discoverers in every branch of natural science." — James George Frazer, The Golden Bough (abridged edition), Chapter V, "The Magical Control of the Weather", section 1 (Project Gutenberg text). (id frazer-the-golden-bough-q5)

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