If merely 'feeling good' could decide, drunkenness would be the suprem…

William James
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If merely 'feeling good' could decide, drunkenness would be the supremely valid human experience. ✨ Varieties of Religious Experience (1902) lecture 1, p. 16
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If merely 'feeling good' could decide, drunkenness would be the supremely valid human experience. ✨ Varieties of Religious Experience (1902) lecture 1, p. 16

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