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The derivation of the religious attitude can be followed back in clear outline as far as the child's feeling of helplessness. There may be something else behind this, but for the present it is wrapped
“Beauty is no quality in things themselves: It exists merely in the mind which contemplates them; and each mind perceives a different beauty.”
― Of the Standard of Taste and Other Essays
― Of the Standard of Taste and Other Essays
“There are three kinds of men. The ones that learn by readin’. The few who learn by observation.
The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.”
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The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.”
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“No man ever threw away life while it was worth keeping.”
― Essays on Suicide and the Immortality of the Soul
― Essays on Suicide and the Immortality of the Soul
Richard’s 2025 Year in Books
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