We are spinning our own fates, good or evil, and never to be undone. Every smallest stroke of virtue or of vice leaves its never so little scar... Nothing we ever do is, in strict scientific literalness, wiped out.

William James

The Principles of Psychology

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Topic

Formation of character Decisions and choices Actions have consequences

Author

William James

Source

The Principles of Psychology

Genre

Psychological literature

Language

English

Time

1890 1890s 19th century

Occupation

Psychologist Academic Philosopher

From

United States

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Citation

James, William. The Principles of Psychology. Vol. 1, New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1890, ch. 4.

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My task... To make you hear, to make you feel—it is, before all, to make you see. That—and no more, and it is everything.

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Source
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Medium
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Language
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Time
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Conrad, Joseph. The Nigger of the "Narcissus": A Tale of the Forecastle. London: Heinemann, 1897, preface.

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Always let your conscience be your guide.

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Actor
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Source
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Genre
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Statement Type
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Language
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Time
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Pinocchio. Directed by Ben Sharpsteen and Hamilton Luske, Walt Disney Productions, 1940.