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William James Quotes: Each of us literally chooses, by his way of attending to things, what sort of universe he shall appear to himself to inhabit.
         

Each of us literally chooses, by his way of attending to things, what sort of universe he shall appear to himself to inhabit.


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Each of us literally chooses, by his way of attending to things, what sort of universe he shall appear to himself to inhabit.
         



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