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Life is one long struggle between conclusions based on abstract ways of conceiving cases, and opposite conclusions prompted by our instinctive perception of them.
William James
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William James
Age: 68 †
Born: 1842
Born: January 11
Died: 1910
Died: August 26
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How pleasant is the day when we give up striving to be young-or slender.
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We have nothing to do but to receive, resting absolutely upon the merit, power, and love of our Redeemer.
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