“The sins of the father are to be laid upon the children.”
William Shakespeare The Merchant of Venice
Source: The Merchant of Venice
“The scapegoat upon whom the sins of the people are periodically laid, may also be a human being.”
— James Frazer, book The Golden Bough
Source: The Golden Bough (1890), Chapter 57, Public Scapegoats.
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