All human happiness is conservative; 2 thirds of the pleasure in sliding down hill consists in drawing the sled back. I don't suppose there would be any fun in sliding down a hill 34 miles long.


Josh Billings: His Works, Complete (1873)


All human happiness is conservative; 2 thirds of the pleasure in sliding down hill consists in drawing the sled back. I don't suppose there would be...

All human happiness is conservative; 2 thirds of the pleasure in sliding down hill consists in drawing the sled back. I don't suppose there would be...

All human happiness is conservative; 2 thirds of the pleasure in sliding down hill consists in drawing the sled back. I don't suppose there would be...

All human happiness is conservative; 2 thirds of the pleasure in sliding down hill consists in drawing the sled back. I don't suppose there would be...