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Are not the richest and most significant experiences of man precisely those which are the least patient of verbal reproduction?

— L. P. Jacks The Usurpation Of Language (1910)

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Faith is nothing else than reason grown courageous — reason raised to its highest power, expanded to its widest vision.

Religious Perplexities (1922)

A master in the art of living draws no sharp distinction between his work and his play; his labor and his leisure; his mind and his body; his education and his recreation.

Education through Recreation (1932)

"Spirit" is matter seen in a stronger light. What else did Malebranche mean when he spoke of "seeing all things in God"? Existence is a mystery because the light of it is inexhaustible.

Near the Brink: Observations of a Nonagenarian (1952)

To himself, he always appears to be doing both.

Education through Recreation (1932)

Better that the nation grow poor for a cause we can honor, than grow rich for an end that is unknown.

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