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Show William James, who holds the chair of psy- j H chology at Harvard, is a writer as brilliant and ' profound and graceful as his brother, Henry ' j James, the novelist. Professor James, too, is not- ' ' ed for the many epigrams that he utters, quite ex- ' , H tempore, during his Harvard lectures. H Professor James was talking to a class upon H the subject of beauty. A student interrupted a H brilliant paragraph to ask a stupid question. H "Why," said this student, "Is everybody fond H of beauty?" H Professor James sneered a little. Then he H gave the young man the t5es"t possible answer. H "Yours," he said, "is a blind man's question." H |
