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of bringing discredit upon Christianity even
Religious excitement may become the occasion of bringing discredit upon Christianity, even when it represents real fervor and an element of worship.
— from Studies in the Epistle of James by A. T. Robertson

only by dancing until completely exhausted
Vipers or venomous serpents of any description do not exist, and the only animal to be dreaded is the tarentula ( arza , or argia ), a sting from which can be cured only by dancing until completely exhausted, or by immersion in dung.
— from The Earth and its inhabitants, Volume 1: Europe. Greece, Turkey in Europe, Rumania, Servia, Montenegro, Italy, Spain, and Portugal. by Elisée Reclus

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