“The development of the human mind has practically extinguished all feelings, except a few sporadic kinds, [like] sound, colors, smells, warmth, etc., which now appear to be disconnected and separate.”

The Law of Mind (1892)

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American philosopher, logician, mathematician, and scientist 1839–1914

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