Our faith is faith in someone else's faith, and in the greatest matter…

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Our faith is faith in someone else's faith, and in the greatest matters this is most the case. ✨ William James, John Dewey, John M. Capps, Donald Capps (2005). James and Dewey on Belief and Experience, p.99, University of Illinois Press
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