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    i mpression that through their services men could hold their fingers

    above the unseen button that turns off death and disease.  This belief in

    magic is one clue to our need for memes.  Religious and scientific

    schemes--clusters of guesswork that sometimes seem like a madman's

    dreams--offer the feeling of control, an indispensable fuel for the

    physiological powerhouses of life.

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