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Ethan Allen

In those parts of the world where learning and science has prevailed, miracles have ceased but in those parts of it as are barbarous and ignorant, miracles are still in vogue.

Ethan Allen

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Ethan Allen is saying that in places where people have gained knowledge through education and science, unusual or supernatural events are no longer believed to happen. However, in areas where people lack education and remain uninformed, such extraordinary events are still commonly accepted as true.

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