For James, the deepest practical difference in the moral life is between what he calls " the easy-going and the strenuous mood . " In a purely human moral system, it is hard to rise above the easy-going mood, since the thinker's " various ideals, known to him to be mere preferences of his own, are too nearly of the same denominational value; he can play fast and loose with them at will.
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The use of older coins may reflect a shortage of new currency, or may indicate that the old coins held a traditional symbolic meaning apart from their denominational value . " The varied placement of coins of different values & demonstrates at least partial if not complete loss of understanding of the original religious function of Charon s obol, " remarks Bonnie Effros, a specialist in Merovingian burial customs . " These factors make it difficult to determine the rite s significance ."