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The love for relics is one which will never be eradicated as long as felling and affection are denizens of the heart. It is a love which is most easily excited in the best and kindliest natures, [who would scoff at this love?] Not one! … -MacKay ''Strange Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds.'' | The love for relics is one which will never be eradicated as long as felling and affection are denizens of the heart. It is a love which is most easily excited in the best and kindliest natures, [who would scoff at this love?] Not one! … -MacKay ''Strange Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds.'' | ||
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| + | == Secular Relics == | ||
*[[Piece of Masonry from La Forteleza]], San Juan, Puerto Rico | *[[Piece of Masonry from La Forteleza]], San Juan, Puerto Rico | ||
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*[[Piece of the Sidewalk]], [[Baltimore]], Maryland | *[[Piece of the Sidewalk]], [[Baltimore]], Maryland | ||
*[[Piece of Wood from Strasbourg Cathedral]] | *[[Piece of Wood from Strasbourg Cathedral]] | ||
| − | *[[Piece of | + | *[[A Relic of Versailles, France]] |
| + | *[[Piece Of Stone From the Cathedral of S. Germain]] | ||
*[[Wrist Bone from St. Peter's of the East]], Oxford, England | *[[Wrist Bone from St. Peter's of the East]], Oxford, England | ||
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| + | == Religious Relics == | ||
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| + | == Associated Relics == | ||
Latest revision as of 12:10, 24 August 2009
The Persistance of Memory
The love for relics is one which will never be eradicated as long as felling and affection are denizens of the heart. It is a love which is most easily excited in the best and kindliest natures, [who would scoff at this love?] Not one! … -MacKay Strange Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds.
Secular Relics
- Piece of Masonry from La Forteleza, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Piece of Masonry from El Moro, Havana, Cuba,
- Piece of the Sidewalk, Baltimore, Maryland
- Piece of Wood from Strasbourg Cathedral
- A Relic of Versailles, France
- Piece Of Stone From the Cathedral of S. Germain
- Wrist Bone from St. Peter's of the East, Oxford, England
