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Quote from William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience
It does not follow, because our ancestors made so many errors of fact and mixed them with their religion, that we should therefore leave off being religious at all. By being religious we establish ourselves in possession of ultimate reality at the only points at which reality is given us to guard. Our responsible concern is with our private destiny, after all.
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Quote from William James, Pragmatism and Other Writings
An outree explanation, violating all our preconceptions, would never pass for a true account of a novelty. We should scratch round industriously till we found something less excentric.
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Quote from William James, The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy
Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.
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