Further, we can now explain the widespread custom of covering up mirrors or turning them to the wall after a death has taken place in the house. It is feared that the soul, projected out of the person in the shape of his reflection in the mirror, may be carried off by the ghost of the departed, which is commonly supposed to linger about the house till the burial. The custom is thus exactly parallel to the Aru custom of not sleeping in a house after a death for fear that the soul, projected out of the body in a dream, may meet the ghost and be carried off by it. The reason why sick people should not see themselves in a mirror, and why the mirror in a sick-room is therefore covered up, is also plain; in time of sickness, when the soul might take flight so easily, it is particularly dangerous to project it out of the body by means of the reflection in a mirror. The rule is therefore precisely parallel to the rule observed by some peoples of not allowing sick people to sleep; for in sleep the soul is projected out of the body, and there is always a risk that it may not return.
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SIR WALTER SCOTT For a mans house is his castle, & domus sua cuique est tutissimum refugium; for where shall a ma... SIR EDWARD COKE It is therefore necessary that memorable things should be committed to writing, and not wholly betak... SIR EDWARD COKE There is no jewel in the world comparable to learning; no learning so excellent both for Prince and ... SIR EDWARD COKE The Chinese said of themselves several thousand years ago: China is a sea that salts all the waters ... SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL If we win, nobody will care. If we lose, there will be nobody to care. SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL In War: ResolutionIn Defeat: DefianceIn Victory: MagnanimityIn Peace: Good Will SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL To jaw-jaw is always better than to war-war. SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL The eagle has ceased to scream, but the parrots will now begin to chatter. The war of the giants is ... SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL I would say to the House, as I said to those who have joined this Government: I have nothing to offe... 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SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL The substance of the eminent Socialist gentlemans speech is that making a profit is a sin, but it is... SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL Anyone can rat, but it takes a certain amount of ingenuity to re-rat. SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, neverin nothing, great or small, large or pettyne... SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL I am a child of the House of Commons. I was brought up in my fathers house to believe in democracy. ... SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL There must be what Mr. Gladstone many years ago called a blessed act of oblivion. We must all turn o... SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL One woman who managed to corner him, the story runs, said in a treacly gushing voice:Doesnt it thril... SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL I was very glad that Mr. Attlee described my speeches in the war as expressing the will not only of ... SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL Want of foresight, unwillingness to act when action would be simple and effective, lack of clear thi... SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL The gift of a common tongue is a priceless inheritance and it may well some day become the foundatio... SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL This is the sort of pedantry up with which I will not put. SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL I have not become the Kings First Minister in order to preside over the liquidation of the British E... SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL The late M. Venizelos observed that in all her wars Englandhe should have said Britain, of coursealw... SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL Once upon a time all the animals in the zoo decided that they would disarm, and they arranged to hav... SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL It is not given to us to peer into the mysteries of the future. Still, I avow my hope and faith, sur... SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL Today is Trinity Sunday. Centuries ago words were written to be a call and a spur to the faithful se... SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL I do not hold that we should rearm in order to fight. I hold that we should rearm in order to parley... SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL I am most anxious that in dealing with matters which every Member knows are extremely delicate matte... SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL We must never cease to proclaim in fearless tones the great principles of freedom and the rights of ... SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL A shadow has fallen upon the scenes so lately lighted by the Allied victory. From Stettin in the Bal... SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL Twenty to twenty-five! These are the years! Dont be content with things as they are. Dont take No fo... SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL We have all seen with a sense of nausea the abject, squalid, shameless avowal made in the Oxford Uni... SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL When I warned them the French that Britain would fight on alone whatever they did, their generals to... SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL Thus, by every device from the stick to the carrot, the emaciated Austrian donkey is made to pull th... SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL There is a hush over all Europe, nay, over all the world. Alas! it is the hush of suspense, and in m... SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL Give us the tools, and we will finish the job. SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL Nothing will bring American sympathy along with us so much as American blood shed in the field. SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL No one ever was a great poet, that applied himself much to anything else. SIR WILLIAM TEMPLE The real character of a man is found out by his amusements. SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education. SIR WALTER SCOTT