Dream on, America

William James in 1903.

“The deadliest enemies of nations are not their foreign foes; they always dwell within their borders. … The nation blessed above all nations is she in whom the civic genius of the people does the saving day by day, by acts without external picturesqueness; by speaking, writing, voting reasonably; by smiting corruption swiftly; by good temper between parties; by the people knowing true men when they see them, and preferring them as leaders to rabid partisans or empty quacks.”

William James (1842-1910) was an American philosopher and psychologist who was based at Harvard. Many consider him “The Father of American Psychology”. He was the brother of Henry James, the novelist.