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Cotton Mather was an American Puritan minister, author, and pamphleteer known for his role in the Salem witch trials and his prolific writings on religion and science. Mather's works reflect the complex interplay of faith, superstition, and emerging scientific thought in early colonial America. His legacy is a subject of both admiration and controversy.
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"Families are the Nurseries of all Societies; and the First combinations of mankind."

First, Mankind
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"Ah! destructive Ignorance, what shall be done to chase thee out of the World!"

Ignorance,
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"A Good School deserves to be call'd, the very Salt of the Town, that hath it."

School,
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"History is the story of events, with praise or blame."

History, Blame, Events, Praise
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"There may be some so very Ignorant, that they know not how to Pray."

May,
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