Let no youth have any anxiety about the upshot of his education, whate…

William James
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Let no youth have any anxiety about the upshot of his education, whatever the line of it may be. If he keep faithfully busy each hour of the working-day, he may safely leave the result to itself. He can with perfect certainty count on waking up some fine morning to find himself one of the competent ones of his generation. ✨ William James (2012). The Principles of Psychology, p.127, Courier Corporation
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