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Truth is something that happens to an idea.

William James

The difference between objective and subjective extension is one of relation to a context solely.
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Differences Extensions Relation
The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers.
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Civilization Class Fear
There is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood bu those who hear it.
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Lying Misunderstood Statistics
Most men have a good memory for facts connected with their own pursuits.
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Educational Memories Philosophy
No one sees further into a generalization than his own knowledge of detail extends.
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Details Generalization Knowledge
In the matter of belief, we are all extreme conservatives.
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Belief Extremes Matter
Where quality is the thing sought after, the thing of supreme quality is cheap, whatever the price one has to pay for it.
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Pay Quality Supreme
Where is it, this present? It has melted in our grasp, fled ere we could touch it, gone in the instant of becoming.
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Becoming Gone Instant
Individuality is founded in feeling
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Feelings Individuality Inspirational
A new position of responsibility will usually show a man to be a far stronger creature than was supposed.
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Men Responsibility Stronger
I myself believe that the evidence for God lies primarily in inner personal experiences.
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Belief Believe Experience Lying
If you want a quality, act as if you already had it.
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Esteem Leadership Quality Self
We are proud of a human nature that could be so passionately extreme, but we shrink from advising others to follow the example.
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Example Human Nature Proud
It is very important that teachers should realize the importance of habit.
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Important Realizing Teacher
Fear of life in one form or another is the great thing to exorcise.
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Fears Form Great Life Things
Since you make evil or good by your own thoughts, it is your ruling of your thoughts which proves to be your principal concern.
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Evil Prove Ruling

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