...the enormous flywheel of society, and it is its most precious conservative agent. It alone keeps us within the bounds of ordinance, and saves the children...of fortune from the envious uprisings of the poor.' This is why Locke — as indeed is the case with Liberal thinkers generally — saw little danger in...

...can not be better expressed than in the classic words_QJLJames :* "Habit is thus Ih^Hnormou^TT^Eeel of society, its most precious conservative agent. It alone is what keeps us alTwithin the bounds of ordinance, and saves the children of fortune from the envious uprisings of...

...James's oft-quoted tribute to habit as a conservative factor in society ( Principles, Vol. I, p. 121) : "Habit is thus the enormous flywheel of society, its...and saves the children of fortune from the envious uprising of the poor. It alone prevents the hardest and most repulsive walks of life from being deserted...

...conservative factor in society ( Principlrs, Vol. I, p. 121) : " Habit is thus the enormous tly wheel of society, its most precious conservative agent....and saves the children of fortune from the envious uprising of the poor. It alone prevents the hardest and most repulsive walks of life from being deserted...

...set free." Concerning habit and its power to form attachments to lives called 'hard', James observes: "It alone prevents the hardest and most repulsive...being deserted by those brought up to tread therein." Illustrations from daily life, of attachment to particular ways of acting and thinking which springs...

...presently swing along by itself almost. That instrument is habit. IV "Habit" says Professor James, "is the enormous flywheel of society, its most precious conservative agent. It alone is what keeps us within the bounds of ordinance, and saves the children of fortune from the envious uprisings of the...

...gutter. The drill had been thorough, and its effect had become embodied in the man's nervous structure.' "Habit is thus the enormous fly-wheel of society, its most precious conservative agent." Thus we see that when we face the public, we are facing men and women whose minds are cut deep with...

...society and its most precious conservative agent. It alone 1 " Principles of Psychology," vol. ip 121. is what keeps us all within the bounds of ordinance,...and saves the children of fortune from the envious uprising of the poor. It alone prevents the hardest and most repulsive walks of life from being deserted...

...pirate even more unscrupulous and ferocious; the roue more lustful by frequent attendnace on sex dramas. "Habit is thus the enormous fly-wheel of society,...of life from being deserted by those brought up to trade therein. It keeps the fisherman and the deckhand at sea through the winter; it holds the miner...

...constantly presented, here in America, with working models of civil war. "Habit alone," says William James, "is what keeps us all within the bounds of ordinance...of fortune from the envious uprisings of the poor." But habits can be changed, especially under the incentive of starvation or injustice. These deadly...