The lunatic's visions of horror are all drawn from the material of dai…

William James
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The lunatic's visions of horror are all drawn from the material of daily fact. Our civilization is founded on the shambles, and every individual existence goes out in a lonely spasm of helpless agony. ✨ William James (2015). The Varieties of Religious Experience, p.158, Booklassic
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