The whole drift of my education goes to persuade me that the world of …

William James
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The whole drift of my education goes to persuade me that the world of our present consciousness is only one out of many worlds of consciousness that exist. ✨ William James (2015). The Varieties of Religious Experience, p.497, Booklassic
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