Ye men of Athens,I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions,I found an altar with this inscription,. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.

-Bible (NewTestament)
TOTHE UNKNOWN GODActs of the  Apostles17:22^3.

Many persons nowadays seem to think that any conclusion must be very scientific if the arguments in favor of it are derived from twitching of frogs' legsö especially if the frogs are decapitatedöand thatöon the other handöany doctrine chiefly vouched for by the feelings of human beings^with heads on their shouldersömust be benighted and superstitious.

-James,William
  Pragmatism.

A touch of science, even bogus science, gives an edgeto the superstitious tale.

-Pritchett, Sir V(ictor) S(awdon)
  The Living Novel,'An Irish Ghost'.