There is an organic affinity between joyousness and tenderness. ✨ Will…

William James
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There is an organic affinity between joyousness and tenderness. ✨ William James (2004). The Varieties of Religous Experience: A Study in Human Nature, p.280, Library of Alexandria
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There is an organic affinity between joyousness and tenderness. ✨ William James (2004). The Varieties of Religous Experience: A Study in Human Nature, p.280, Library of Alexandria

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