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Function Quotes by William James
- The function of ignoring, of inattention, is as vital a factor in mental progress as the function of attention itself.
- Truths emerge from facts, but they dip forward into facts again and add to them; which facts again create or reveal new truth (the word…
- The war-function has grasped us so far; but the constructive interests may some day seem no less imperative, and impose on the individual a hardly…
- We are thinking beings, and we cannot exclude the intellect from participating in any of our functions.
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