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| 83a4b3a | But even italics fail to do justice to this magnificent outburst, the last stand of William James for the spirit of man. What can one about the philosophical bravado, the cosmic effrontery, the sheer of this ailing philosopher with one foot in the grave talking down the second law of thermodynamics? It is a scene fit to set alongside the death of Socrates. The matchless incandescant of the man! | Robert D. Richardson Jr. | ||
| 588a1e8 | William found Rio and its approaches so overpoweringly grand that "no words of mine... can give any idea of [the] magnificence of this harbor and its approaches." | Robert D. Richardson Jr. |