Our errors are surely not such awfully solemn things. In a world where…

William James
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Our errors are surely not such awfully solemn things. In a world where we are so certain to incur them in spite of all our caution, a certain lightness of heart seems healthier than this excessive nervousness on their behalf. ✨ William James (1956). The Will to Believe: And Other Essays in Popular Philosophy, and Human Immortality, p.19, Courier Corporation
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