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rosebud county news (forsyth, mont.) 1901-1906 — chariot of fire

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1904-12-22
Location: forsyth, montana, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: rosebud county news (forsyth, mont.) 1901-1906 · 1904-12-22 · page 4
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1904-12-22 newspaper page contains wording relevant to “chariot of fire”. This is historical reporting or commentary preserved by the Library of Congress; it is not treated as verification that the described event occurred.

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... Apollo has started with his chariot of fire. The Greeks were children and personified all they saw; they made of their sur röundings a faify land as our children make of theirs a fairy land. The child believes in Santa Claws, who means to him toys and candies at Christmas time, as the Greeks Relieved in Apollo who meant to them sunlight. When you take away from childhood all the iinagry of fairyland,' presided oveç by bright fairies fpr good boys and pixies and goblins for bad ones, you rob childhood of the real charm and tear away that which gives it its real bharm of simplicity. Your child will outgrow his age of myth ...

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