"This insistence on "having his say upon the universe" is the profoundest motive of William James thinking as well as of his filial gratitude."

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…for no matter how lost and soiled and worn-out wandering sons may be, mothers can forgive and forget every thing as they fold them into their fostering arms. Happy the son whose faith in his mother remains unchanged, and who, through all his wanderings, has kept some filial token to repay her brave and tender love.

— Louisa May Alcott