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The Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators.
— Puritanism
The Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators.
Puritanism is the haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.
In Puritan Massachusetts, any woman pregnant through rape was prosecuted for fornication.
