• Superstition moulds nature into an arbitrary semblance of the supernatural, and then bows down to the work of its own hands.

    John Sterling: Superstition moulds nature into an arbitrary semblance of the supernatural, and then bows down to the work of its own hands.
    John Sterling (1848). “Essays and Tales: Fragments from the travels of Theodore Elbert. Thoughts. Tales and apologues”, p.128