...transformation of character seems to follow the physiological law stated by Dr. Carpenter, that the nervous system grows to the modes in which it has been exercised. When there is a longing or striving in a given direction, that very act predisposes the nervous system...

...way that what is early ' learned by heart ' becomes branded in (as it were) upon the cerebrum ; so that its ' traces ' are never lost, even though the...principle to human life. The first result of it is that /'//•/•' simplifies the movements required to achieve a given result, makes them more accurate...

...transformation of character seems to follow the physiological law stated by Dr. Carpenter, that the nervous system grows to the modes in which it has been exercised. When there is a longing or striving in a given direction, that very act predisposes the nervous system...

...remembered being, in fact, the functional excitement." The same idea is expressed by Dr. Carpenter, that our nervous system grows to the modes in which it has been exercised ; and he further remarks that it is " the universallyadmitted fact that any sequence of mental action...

...thing remembered being in fact the functional excitement." The same idea is expressed by Dr. Carpenter, that our nervous system grows to the modes in which it has been exercised; and he further remarks that it is "the universally-admitted fact that any sequence of mental action...

...enforces the same idea and outlines the entire philosophy of habit in the following brief sentence, viz: " Our nervous system grows to the modes in which it has been exercised." It has been said that a child is a bundle of possibilities, and it may, with equal truthfulness, be...

...enforces the same idea and outlines the entire philosophy of habit in the following brief sentence, viz: " Our nervous system grows to the modes in which it has been exercised." It has been said that a child is a bundle of possibilities, and it may, with equal truthfulness, be...

...this way that what is early 'learned by heart* becomes branded in (as it were) upon the cerebrum; so that its ' traces ' are never lost, even though the...the movements required to achieve a given result, ma^es them more accurate and diminishes fatigue. "The beginner at the piano not only moves his finger...

...may endure to the end of life, like the scar of a wound." Dr. Carpenter's phrase that our nervoiis system grows to the modes in which it has been exercised...habit simplifies the movements required to achieve a gtven result, makes them more accurate and diminishes fatigue. ,— "The beginner at the piano not...

...our bodies we call the ncrrous tyttem. A great and authoritative student in these matters tells us that ' ' our nervous system grows to the modes in which it has been exercised." Habit does two things : it simplifies movement ; the groove for the movement has, so to speak, been...