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Life is made up of a series of judgments on insufficient data, and if we waited to run down all our doubts, it would flow past us.
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Life Is Made Up Of A Series

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Life is made up of a series of judgments on insufficient data, and if we waited to run down all our doubts, it would flow past us.
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If thy faith have no doubts, thou has just cause to doubt thy faith; and if thy doubts have no hope, thou hast just reason to fear despair; when therefore thy doubts shall exercise thy faith, keep thy hopes firm to qualify thy doubts; so shall thy faith be secured from doubts; so shall thy doubts be preserved from despair.
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We are ... led to a somewhat vague distinction between what we may call "hard" data and "soft" data. this distinction is a matter of degree, and must not be pressed; but if not taken too seriously it may help to make the situation clear. i mean by "hard" data those which resist the solvent influence of critical reflection, and by "soft" data those which, under the operation of this process, become to our minds more or less doubtful.
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In short, israel is the measure of our failings and our incompetence. we have waited for a great leader for years, but none came; we have waited for a mighty military victory, but we were defeated roundly; we have waited for outside powers (the united states or, in its time, the soviet union), but none came to our aid. the one thing we have not tried in all seriousness has been to rely on ourselves: until we do that with a full commitment to success there is no chance that we can advance towards self-determination and freedom from aggression.
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Notable enough, however, are the controversies over the series 1 - 1 + 1 - 1 + 1 - ... whose sum was given by leibniz as 1/2, although others disagree. ... understanding of this question is to be sought in the word "sum"; this idea, if thus conceived - namely, the sum of a series is said to be that quantity to which it is brought closer as more terms of the series are taken - has relevance only for convergent series, and we should in general give up the idea of sum for divergent series.
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