Reflections--"Experiments-Mental", 1914-1920

File — Box: 37-40, Volume: 5

Identifier: VII

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Scope and Contents

"It just occurred to me to use this book or a book for mental experiments: To see how the mind works. To follow its wandering." (page 2)
"Man is something besides a body, but many spend a life time trying to satisfy its demands and made poor work of it." (page 8)
"I know pretty nearly what is right for me in most things. The thing for me to do is to get busy and do them." (page 14)
"Many worship books. They seem to think all truth is in books. . . .
"Think of a man supposed to be a teacher or leader of men who never studied men except through the distorting medium of some book!" (page 69)
"Absolute truth we may not know. But what is obviously and plainly untrue we should reject." (page 71)
"But why as we grow older are we attracted toward spiritual things? Is it because earthly hopes fail?" (page 100)
"I have ideals of life but have not been able to live up to them. In the face of high thoughts are low and detestable thoughts and acts, irritability, anger, hatred, jealousy, ill nature." (page 107)

Dates

1914-1920

Language of Materials

From the Collection: Collection materials are in English.

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