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… the intellect, everywhere invasive, shows everywhere its shallowing effect.

William James

The difference between objective and subjective extension is one of relation to a context solely.
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Differences Extensions Relation
Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.
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Encouraging Life Positive
The general law is that no mental modification ever occurs which is not accompanied or followed by a bodily change.
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Law Medicine Philosophy
Objective evidence and certitude are doubtless very fine ideals to play with, but where on this moonlit and dream-visited planet are they found?
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Dream Play Science
If you want to change your life, do it flamboyantly and start immediately.
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Changing Immediately Life Want
The total possible consciousness may be split into parts which co-exist but mutually ignore each other.
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Consciousness May Splits
A sense of humor is just common sense dancing.
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Common Dance Humor Sense
The ultimate test of what a truth means is the conduct it dictates or inspires.
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Inspire Mean Truth
For morality life is a war, and the service of the highest is a sort of cosmic patriotism which also calls for volunteers.
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Political Volunteer War
History is a bath of blood.
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Bath Blood History
Effort is the one strictly undervalued and original contribution we make to this world.
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Contribution Effort World
We are all ready to be savage in some cause. The difference between a good man and a bad one is the choice of the cause.
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Choices Differences Men Savage
Once you accept an idea, it’s an idea whose time has come.
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Accepting Daring Ideas
The ‘I think’ which Kant said must be able to accompany all my objects, is the ‘I breathe’ which actually does accompany them.
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Able Accompanying Thinking
The minute a man ceases to grow, no matter what his years, that minute he begins to be old.
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Growth Men Years
Most men have a good memory for facts connected with their own pursuits.
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Educational Memories Philosophy

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