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A great idea goes through three stages on its way to acceptance: 1) it is dismissed as nonsense, 2) it is acknowledged as true, but insignificant, 3) finally, it is seen to be important, but not really anything new.

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William James
Age: 68 †
Born: 1842
Born: January 11
Died: 1910
Died: August 26
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