OT Test Calm Down : A Quote

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"Essential truth, the truth of the intellectualists, the truth with no
one thinking it, is like the coat that fits tho no one has ever tried
it on, like the music that no ear has listened to. It is less real,
not more real, than the verified article; and to attribute a superior
degree of glory to it seems little more than a piece of perverse
abstraction-worship."

William James (1842-1910), U.S. philosopher, psychologist. Originally
published in Philosophical Review (1908). "The Pragmatist Account of
Truth and Its Misunderstanders," The Meaning of Truth, New York
(1909).
 
"Essential truth, the truth of the intellectualists, the truth with no
one thinking it, is like the coat that fits tho no one has ever tried
it on, like the music that no ear has listened to. It is less real,
not more real, than the verified article; and to attribute a superior
degree of glory to it seems little more than a piece of perverse
abstraction-worship."

William James (1842-1910), U.S. philosopher, psychologist. Originally
published in Philosophical Review (1908). "The Pragmatist Account of
Truth and Its Misunderstanders," The Meaning of Truth, New York
(1909).
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The nice men with the wrap-around canvas jackets will be there soon. Try
to hold on until they get there
 
Helen said:
The nice men with the wrap-around canvas jackets will be there soon. Try
to hold on until they get there
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He's got his head tilted back, looking straight up, hoping to see what went
straight over it. :)
 
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