There is an organic affinity between joyousness and tenderness, and th…

William James
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There is an organic affinity between joyousness and tenderness, and their companionship in the saintly life need in no way occasion surprise. ✨ William James (2015). The Varieties of Religious Experience, p.269, Booklassic
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