I am just az certain that thare iz sitch a thing az “Spiritual manafestashuns” az i am that there iz plenty ov superstishun and trickery.
[I am just as certain that there is such a thing as “spiritual manifestations” as I am that there is plenty of superstition and trickery.]
Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw] Everybody’s Friend, Or; Josh Billing’s Encyclopedia and Proverbial Philosophy of Wit and Humor, ch. 156 “Affurisms: Embers on the Harth” (1874)
#newbook The story of two girls who inadvertently kicked off a movement that took hold on both sides of the Atlantic. Weisberg tells the tale of the Fox sisters, who claimed to be able to communicate with the dead, and the journey of fame, infamy and ruin that followed. #books#bookstodon#seance
️ : 2015-09-21
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