Accounting for the uncommon behavior of ghosts, Heine mentions somebod… — The Devil's Dictionary
SAPIR 861
Accounting for the uncommon behavior of ghosts, Heine mentions somebody's ingenious theory to the effect that they are as much afraid of us as we of them. Not quite, if I may judge from such tables of comparative speed as I am able to compile from memories of my own experience.
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