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...majored in philosophy at Radcliffe and took courses from Professor William James, who happened to be a friend of her father. (The first time I met her, Mrs. Emmett told me the story of William James's visit to her California home at the time of the 1906 San Francsicso earthquake. After the whole family had rushed terrified out of the shaking house in the middle of the night, somebody looked around and said. "But where's Professor James." They went back in to find James, who had never before been in an earthquake, sitting on his bed writing down...

Author: By Wendy Lesser, | Title: Lunch with Mrs. Emmett | 11/4/1972 | See Source »

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