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Truth for us is simply a collective name for verification processes

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William James
Age: 68 †
Born: 1842
Born: January 11
Died: 1910
Died: August 26
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If things are ever to move upward, some one must take the first step, and assume the risk of it. No one who is not willing to try charity, to try non-resistance as the saint is always willing, can tell whether these methods will or will not succeed.
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