 | William James - 1896 - 364 pages
...realities with which we have actively to deal; and to quote my friend William Salter, of the Philadelphia Ethical Society, " as the essence of courage is to...Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth livirig^and ^your belief will help_create the fact. The ' scientific proof that you are right may not... | |
 | Horatio Willis Dresser - 1898 - 224 pages
...Life may seem scarcely worth living, but the splendid opportunity is ours to make it worth living. " Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact," says Professor James. Human society may at present be immoral and unethical. Yet ours is the privilege... | |
 | 1902 - 990 pages
...the thrilling words with which Professor James ends one of his most suggestive and salutary essays: These, then, are my last words to you: Be not afraid of life. Believe that life ยป worth living, and your belief will help create the fact. The "scientific proof" that you are right... | |
 | Robert Flint - 1903 - 698 pages
...think that those who say " believe what you wish," " believe what is in the line of your needs," " believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact," give imperfect and dangerous advice, and instead of helping to refute the agnostic play into his hands.... | |
 | Elizabeth Parsons Channing - 1907 - 322 pages
...great Founder had vividly appeared to me." December 1. I like much these words of Dr. William James, " Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and our belief will help create the fact." 6. " One must be a Christian, not in order to recognize what... | |
 | University of Pennsylvania - 1917 - 922 pages
..."Human Religion" is pretty much that with which James closes his little essay, "Is Life Worth Living?" "Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living and your belief helps create the fact. The scientific proof that you are right may not be clear before the day of judgment... | |
 | United States. Office of Education, Charles Hubbard Judd, Leon Carroll Marshall - 1918 - 296 pages
...private business. There are some words of William James that express this call to public activity : These, then, are my last words to you: Be not afraid...that life is worth living, and your belief will help to create the fact. The "scientific" proof that you are right may not be clear before the day of judgment... | |
 | United States. Bureau of Education, United States. Office of Education - 1918 - 546 pages
...private business. There are some words of William James that express this call to public activity : These, then, are my last words to you: Be not afraid...that life is worth living, and your belief will help to create the fact. The "scientific" proof that you are right ma}' not be clear before the day of judgment... | |
 | United States. Office of Education, Charles Hubbard Judd, Leon Carroll Marshall - 1918 - 280 pages
...words to you: Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help to create the fact The "scientific" proof that you are...right may not be clear before the day of judgment * * * is reached. But the faithful fighters of this hour * * * may turn to the faint-hearted who here... | |
 | Edgar Arthur Singer - 1923 - 350 pages
...Religion " is pretty much that with which James closes his little essay, " Is Life Worth Living? " " Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living and your belief helps create the fact. The ' scientific proof ' that you are right may not be clear before the day... | |
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These then are my last words to you: Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact. 
