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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The sway of alcohol over mankind is unquestionably due to its power to stimulate the mystical faculties of human nature, usually crushed to earth by the cold facts and dry criticisms of the sober hour. – William James

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