...true or helpful in the training of children than the principle laid down by Profes_sor William James: "The great thing in all education is to make our nervous system our ally instead of our enemy. It is lo fund and capitalize our acquisitions, and live at ease upon the interest of the fund. For this we...

...contrive to get the things they wear will be for him a mystery till his dying day. The great thing, then, in all education, is to make our nervous system our...ease upon the interest of the fund. For this we must ma^e automatic and habitual, as early as possible, as many useful actions as toe can, and guard against...

...contrive to get the things they wear will be for him a mystery till his dying day. The great thing, then, in all education, is to make our nervous system our...live at ease upon the interest of the fund. For this vx must make automatic ami habitual, as early as possible, as many useful actions as we can, and guard...

...contrive to get the things they wear will be for him a mystery till his dying day. The great thing, then, in all education, is to make our nervous system our ally instead of our enemy. It is to fund and capitulize our acquisitions, ;uid live at ease upon the interest of the fund, For this we must make...

...habit. Some of his hints are so helpful that I may be pardoned for quoting : "The great thing, then, in all education is to make our nervous system our ally instead of our enemy. * * * For this we must make automatic and habitual, as early as possible, as many useful actions as...

...sinned in the same way before and got his blessing. "The great thing in education," he assures us, "is to make our nervous system our ally instead of our enemy." If you prefer to say "our habits" rather than "our nervous system," you probably have his permission....

...daily, we at length find ourselves entering upon it without premeditation when the time approaches." " The great thing in all education is to make our nervous...instead of our enemy. It is to fund and capitalize our acquisition, and live at ease upon the interest of the fund. For this we must make automatic and habitual,...

...for behavior, and habits are the stuff of which behavior consists. To quote my earlier book directly, the great thing in all education is to make our nervous...and capitalize our acquisitions, and live at ease VALUE OF GOOD HABITS 67 upon the interest of the fund. For this we must make automatic and habitual,...

...habits are the stuff of which behavior consists. To quote my earlier book directly, the great thing hi all education is to make our nervous system our ally...and capitalize our acquisitions, and live at ease VALUE OF GOOD HABITS 67 upon the interest of the fund. For this we must make automatic and habitual,...

...was right in declaring that habit is, not second nature, but "ten natures''? Mr. James continues : "The great thing in all education is to make our nervous...system our ally instead of our enemy.* It is to fund apd capitalize our acquisitions, and live upon the interest of the fund. For this we must make automatic...