SOURCE: "The Invisible World," in The Mathers: Three Generations of Puritan Intellectuals, 1596-1728, Oxford University Press, Inc., 1971, pp. 139-61.
In the following essay, Middlekauff asserts that while Mather's stated purpose in his scientific writings was to discredit scientific explanations of natural occurances, it was also this interest in science and his knowledge of the difference between appearance and reality that enabled him to help end the witch trials.
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