| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 2984 |
| QUOTATION: | Religious fervor makes the devil a very real personage, and anything awe-inspiring or not easily understood is usually connected with him. Perhaps this explains why, not only in the Ozarks but all over the State, his name crops up so frequently. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Administration in the State of Miss, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943). Missouri: A Guide to the “Show Me” State (The WPA Guide to Missouri), p. 136, in “Folklore and Folkways,” Duell, Sloan and Pearce (1941).
On place names. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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