All the daily routine of life, our dressing and undressing, the coming…

William James
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All the daily routine of life, our dressing and undressing, the coming and going from our work or carrying through of its various operations, is utterly without mental reference to pleasure and pain, except under rarely realized conditions. ✨ William James (1918). The Principles of Psychology, Vol. 2, p.553, Courier Corporation
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