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Address and journal article · 1896

The Will to Believe

William James

1 section · about 42 minutes · source text with editorial apparatus kept separate

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Originally published in The New World (1896), vol. 5, pp. 327-347.

Text from The New World, vol. 5 (1896), pp. 327-347.

Web source: Wikisource transcription of the June 1896 New World publication, frozen revision 13269999, accessed 2026-08-20.

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