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Humanism . . . is not a single hypothesis or theorem, and it dwells on no new facts. It is rather a slow shifting in the philosophic perspective, making things appear as from a new centre of interest or point of sight.
William James
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William James
Age: 68 †
Born: 1842
Born: January 11
Died: 1910
Died: August 26
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Agisci come se quel che fai, facesse la differenza. La fa!
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What the whole community comes to believe in grasps the individual as in a vise.
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