William James: A maxim of Professor James 'never to suffer a single emotion to evaporate…
A maxim of Professor James 'never to suffer a single emotion to evaporate without exacting from it some practical service.'
In today’s wordsWilliam James's rule: never let an emotion fade without getting some practical good from it.
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