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Quote by William James
It is well for the world that in most of us, by the age of thirty,

It is well for the world that in most of us, by the age of thirty, the character has set like plaster, and will never soften again. – William James

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Great emergencies and crises show us how much greater our vital resources are than we had supposed. – William James

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