An impression which simply ...

An impression which simply flows in at the pupil\'s eyes or ears and in no way modifies his active life, is an impression gone to waste. It is physiologically incomplete... Its motor consequences are what clinch it.
An impression which simply flows in at the pupil's eyes or ears and in no way modifies his active life, is an impression gone to waste. It is physiologically incomplete... Its motor consequences are what clinch it.

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To change one's life, start immediately, do it flamboyantly, no exceptions.
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The deepest craving of human nature is the need to be appreciated.
Pretend what we may, the whole man within us is at work when we form our philosophical opinions.