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The moral flabbiness born of the exclusive worship of the bitch-goddess success… — William James

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The moral flabbiness born of the exclusive worship of the bitch-goddess success. That-with the squalid cash interpretation put on the word success-is our national disease.

William James
1906
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SuccessLove of money
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1906
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William James
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James, William. Letter to H. G. Wells. 11 Sept. 1906.

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