In contemplating the religious system of the Aztecs, one is struck with its apparent incongruity, as if some portion of it had emanated from a comparatively refined people, open to gentle influences, while the rest breathes a spirit of unmitigated ferocity.
William H. Prescott, History of the Conquest of Mexico, chapter three
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Have to wonder if he had yet encountered the jihadists