The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is… - William James

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The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers.

William James

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William James (11 January 1842 – 26 August 1910) was a pioneering American psychologist and philosopher. He developed the philosophical perspective known as radical empiricism, and wrote influential books on the science of psychology, the psychology of religious experience and mysticism, and the philosophy of pragmatism.

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