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A faculty of reason and a faculty of magic.

Volume 2, Chapter 2, Footnote 2: Richard Chasten 1620-95: Chasten wrote that men and fairies both contain within them a faculty of reason and a faculty of magic. In men, reason is strong and magic is weak. With fairies, it is the other way around; magic comes very naturally to them, but by human standards…

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