John Burroughs - Why, we have invented the whole machinery of the supernatural, with its unseen spir...

John Burroughs Zitate

Why, we have invented the whole machinery of the supernatural, with its unseen spirits and powers, good and bad, to account for things, because we found the universal everyday nature too cheap, too common, too vulgar.

John Burroughs

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Wir haben die ganze Maschinerie des Übernatürlichen erfunden, mit seinen ungesehenen Geistern und Kräften, den Guten und den Bösen, um die Dinge zu erklären, weil wir die universelle Alltagsnatur für zu billig, zu gewöhnlich und zu vulgär fanden.

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