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The war against war is going to be no holiday excursion or camping party.

The war against war is going to be no holiday excursion or camping party.

William James
War, Party, Holiday
William James (1987). “Writings, 1902-1910”, p.1281, Library of America

Every man who possibly can should force himself to a holiday of a full month in a year, whether he feels like taking it or not.

William James
Work, Holiday, Men
William James (1987). “Essays, Comments, and Reviews”, p.4, Harvard University Press

What do believers in the Absolute mean by saving that their belief affords them comfort? They mean that since in the Absolute finite evil is ‘overruled’ already, we may, therefore, whenever we wish, treat the temporal as if it were potentially the eternal, be sure that we can trust its outcome, and, without sin, dismiss our fear and drop the worry of our finite responsibility. In short, they mean that we have a right ever and anon to take a moral holiday, to let the world wag in its own way, feeling that its issues are in better hands than ours and are none of our business.

William James
Holiday, Mean, Responsibility

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