Many thanks for looking Case. Yes, it's not a straight forward reference though the quote you found could be the original that the internet version is derived from. Maybe the difficulty is caused by James using his mid-life crisis Dr K. Rimmel (Rockne?) pseudonym during 1890? :-)
Best wishes, Anthony Quoting Case June 13th: >Ant, > >That's a tough, I give up. On the net the quote is most often ascribed to >William James but also to Henry James, Knute Rockne and Edward R. Murrow. I >could not find it in digital copies of five or six volumes of James' work. > >I did find this in Vol. 1 of his Principles of Psychology 1890: > >"Who can swear that his prejudices and irrational beliefs constitute a less >bulky part of his mental furniture than his clarified opinions?" > >Not sure if that makes it Young James, Old James or Midlife Crisis James. > . _________________________________________________________________ Play your part in making history - Email Britain! http://www.emailbritain.co.uk/ moq_discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
