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It is only in the lonely emergencies of life that our creed is tested: then routine maxims fail, and we fall back on our gods.

William James
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William James (1956). “The Will to Believe: And Other Essays in Popular Philosophy, and Human Immortality”, p.105, Courier Corporation
It is only in the lonely emergencies of life that our creed is tested: then routine maxims fail, and we fall back on our gods.