A quotation from Josh Billings

Mankind loves misterys, a hole in the ground excites more wonder than a star up in heaven.
 
[Mankind loves mysteries; a hole in the ground excites more wonder than a star in the heaven.]

Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
Josh Billings’ Farmer’s Allminax, 1871-01 (1871 ed.)

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