Where is the proof, said I, that daemons may not be subjected to the control of men? This truth may be distorted and debased in the minds of the igno… - Charles Brockden Brown

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Where is the proof, said I, that daemons may not be subjected to the control of men? This truth may be distorted and debased in the minds of the ignorant. The dogmas of the vulgar, with regard to this subject, are glaringly absurd; but though these may justly be neglected by the wise, we are scarcely justified in totally rejecting the possibility that man may obtain supernatural aid.