The perfect stillness of the night was thrilled by a more solemn silen…

William James
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The perfect stillness of the night was thrilled by a more solemn silence. The darkness held a presence that was all the more felt because it was not seen. I could not any more have doubted that HE was there than that I was. Indeed, I felt myself to be, if possible, the less real of the two. ✨ William James (1985). The Varieties of Religious Experience, p.61, Harvard University Press
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