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ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜ
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ßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜ ßÛÛ ÜÛÛÛÜÛÛÜÜÜ ßÛÛÛÛÜ ßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜÛÛÜÜÜÛÛÝ Ûß
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Mo.iMP ÜÛÛÜ ßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝÛ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÞÛÛÛÛ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÝ ßÛß
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ÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛ
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ÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ß ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÜ ÜÛ
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ÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÞÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛß
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ÜÛßÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÜÜ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÛÛÞÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛßß
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ÜÛßÛÛÛÛÛÛÜÛÛÛÛÜÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÞÛ ßÛÛÛÛÛ Ü ÛÝÛÛÛÛÛ Ü
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ÜÛ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛß ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ßÛÜ ßÛÛÛÜÜ ÜÜÛÛÛß ÞÛ ÞÛÛÛÝ ÜÜÛÛ
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ÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛß ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜ ßÛÜ ßßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛß ÜÜÜß ÛÛÛÛÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÛÛÛÛÛß
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ßÛÜ ÜÛÛÛß ßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜ ßßÜÜ ßßÜÛÛßß ßÛÛÜ ßßßÛßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛßß
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ARRoGANT CoURiERS WiTH ESSaYS
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Grade Level: Type of Work Subject/Topic is on:
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[ ]6-8 [ ]Class Notes [Report on Witchcraft ]
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[x]9-10 [ ]Cliff Notes [at Salem ]
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[ ]11-12 [x]Essay/Report [ ]
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[ ]College [ ]Misc [ ]
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Dizzed: 07/94 # of Words:319 School: ? State: ?
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ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>Chop Here>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
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In 1692, nineteen villagers were put to death in Salem, Massachusetts.
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The reason for conviction was the torment of teenaged girls by supernatural
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means: witchcraft. These teenagers had experienced "pricking" and
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"pinching" sensations, and some contorted into strange bodily positions,
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reaching unusual postures of extreme rigidity. The village doctor blamed
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the abnormal behavior on the supernatural; he delared, "An evil hand is on
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them."(1) With those words began the greatest witchhunt in America's
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history.
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In 1976, Linnda Caporeal from the University of California at Santa
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Barbara explained the actions of the girls as the effects of an illness
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resulting from the ingestion of ergot--a fungus with LSD-like properties
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that resides in rye. Perhaps this is not the true cause of the strange
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behavior, but to the twentieth century world, it is a justification more
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believable than that of the village doctor.
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It is a human tendency to jump to conclusions without knowing all of the
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facts. In the case described above, the village doctor probably did not
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feel that he was jumping to conclusions because of the abundance of
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"witches" in those days. Even today, with the abundance of knowledge about
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the way things work, some hasten to postulate "God's doings" as the answers
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to all of our unanswered questions. Are we on this earth because "God put
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us here"? Was it a chance arrangement of amino acids in a molecular pool
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which evolved into a human being? Or does the answer lie in some different
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theory that only time will reveal? Whether it be in the case of medicine,
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religion, history, or anything requiring judgement, even gossip, one must
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realize that reality is impossible to pin down. Although we may be sure
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that two parallel lines could never meet, there may be someone named
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Lobachevski who is sure that they can.
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(1) Alice Dickenson, The Salem Witchcraft Delusion (New York: Franklin
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Watts, Inc., 1974), p. 16.
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