Without a knowledge of mythology much of the elegant literature of our own language cannot be understood and appreciated.
Thomas Bulfinch
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- For Mythology is the handmaid of literature and literature is one of the best allies of virtue and promoters of happiness.
- Without a knowledge of mythology much of the elegant literature of our own language cannot be understood and appreciated.
- If no other knowledge deserves to be called useful but that which helps to enlarge our possessions or to raise our station in society, then Mythology has no claim to the appellation.
- Thus we hope to teach mythology not as a study, but as a relaxation from study to give our work the charm of a story-book, yet by means of it to impart a knowledge of an important branch of education.