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

“the movement of the higher thought, so far as we can trace it, has on the whole been from magic through religion to science.”

James George Frazer (spoken by Frazer)

The Golden Bough (abridged edition), Chapter LXIX, "Farewell to Nemi" (Project Gutenberg text)

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Frazer's general conclusion, which he immediately qualifies by saying science too may be superseded.

Citation: "the movement of the higher thought, so far as we can trace it, has on the whole been from magic through religion to science." — James George Frazer, The Golden Bough (abridged edition), Chapter LXIX, "Farewell to Nemi" (Project Gutenberg text). (id frazer-the-golden-bough-q6)

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