William Robertson Smith , Scottish scientist

said about Religion, People, Mythology, Ritual, Rules...

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"In all the antique religions, mythology takes the place of dogma; that is, the sacred lore of priests and people... and these stories afford the only explanation that is offered of the precepts of religion and the prescribed rules of ritual."
- William Robertson Smith

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