[Verginius Rufus]

There is a house in Ur that was shown to tourists as the house where Abraham lived (probably not many tourists there right now). This is probably equally authentic.

Mark Twain in The Innocents Abroad talks about being shown Mary's house in Nazareth and similar sights. He doesn't believe for a second that the house is genuinely the one Mary lived in, but he likes the idea--otherwise your mind would just think it was somewhere in the general vicinity. Having a specific location, even if fake, helps to focus the mind.

[Elsie]

Having a specific location, even if fake, helps to focus the mind.

There is nothing new under the sun...

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