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A Few Kind Words For Superstition: Summary
Summary by Rupendra Pokhrel Robertson Davies is a popular Canadian writer, playwright, journalist, novelist, professor and critic who was born on 28 Aug, 1913. A Few Kind Words for Superstition is one of his finest essays which describes about the superstitions practiced and followed not only by ignorant people but also by intelligent, learned and devout ones. In this essay, he tries to present a different perspective of superstition thereby showing some examples of his own life and his surrounding how superstition has an influence on everyone. He begins his essay claiming that "superstition is not a serious challenge to science or reasons" though it is deplored. In spite of the fact that both learned and ignorant are equally under the influence of superstition, they hardly dare to admit it for fear of being called "naïve or ignorant". Therefore, he points out to the fact of his resident area which is the middle of a university and people practicing superstitio...



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