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" We speak, it is true, of good habits and of bad habits; but, when people use the word "habit," in the majority of instances it is a bad habit which they have in mind. They talk of the smoking-habit and the swearing-habit and the drinking-habit, but not... "
The Children of Good Fortune: An Essay in Morals - Page 204
by Charles Hanford Henderson - 1905 - 405 pages
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The Journal of Education, Volume 83

Thomas Williams Bicknell, Albert Edward Winship, Anson Wood Belding - 1916 - 1014 pages
...use the word "habit." in the majority of instances it is a bad habit which they have in mind. They talk of the smoking-habit and the swearing-habit and...that our virtues are habits as much as our vices. All our life, so far as it has definite form, is but a mass of habits — practical, emotional, and...
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Talks to Teachers on Psychology: And to Students on Some of Life's Ideals

William James - 1899 - 328 pages
...use the word ' habit,' in the majority of instances it is a bad habit which they have in mind. They talk of the smoking-habit and the swearing-habit and...moderation-habit or the couragehabit. But the fact is that our Yirtues_arehabits as much as our vices. All our life, so far as it has definite form, is but a mass...
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Talks to Teachers on Psychology: And to Students on Some of Life's Ideals

William James - 1900 - 328 pages
...use the word 'habit,' in the majority of instances it is a bad habit which they have in mind. They talk of the smoking-habit and the swearing-habit and the drinking-habit, but not of the abstention, habit or the moderation-habit or the couragehabit. But the fact is that our virtues are...
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The Teaching of Bible Classes, Principles and Methods: With Special ...

Edwin Francis See - 1905 - 200 pages
...the case of the feelings, the word suggests bad habits rather than good habits. As James says, "We talk of the smokinghabit, and the swearing-habit,...that our virtues are habits as much as our vices." Even so intelligent a writer as RL Stevenson says, "Evil was called Youth until he was old and then...
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Right and Wrong Thinking, and Their Results: The Undreamed-of Possibilities ...

Aaron Martin Crane - 1905 - 386 pages
...immense proportion of our good actions are habitual, and that is as it should be. Professor James says: "The fact is that our virtues are habits as much as our vices." We should establish the habit of good, useful, and virtuous actions as soon as possible by setting...
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Talks to Teachers on Psychology: And to Students on Some of Life's Ideals

William James - 1907 - 322 pages
...use the word ' habit,' in the majority of instances it is a bad habit which they have in mind. They talk of the smoking-habit and the swearing-habit and...moderation-habit or the couragehabit. But the fact is that Qur_yjrtaiea are habits as much as our vices. All our life, so far as it has definite form, is but...
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Religious Education: A Comprehensive Text Book, Volume 81; Volume 879

William Walter Smith - 1909 - 540 pages
...the case of the feelings, the word suggests bad habits rather than good habits. As James says, 'We talk of the smoking-habit, and the swearing-habit,...that our virtues are habits as much as our vices.' " 3. In THE PRINCIPLES OF TEACHING Thorndike says: "The same situation may cause different acts according...
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Talks to Teachers on Psychology: And to Students on Some of Life's Ideals

William James - 1914 - 328 pages
...use the word ' habit,' in the majority of instances it is a bad habit which they have in mind. They talk of the smoking-habit and the swearing-habit and the drinking-habit, but not of the abstention, habit or the moderation-habit or the couragehabit. But the fact is that our virtues are...
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Boyology: Or, Boy Analysis

Henry William Gibson - 1922 - 310 pages
...that the word habit has been popularly associated with evil rather than with good. As James says: "We talk of the smokinghabit, and the swearing-habit,...fact is that our virtues are habits as much as our vices."9 Habit is character. Ex-President Eliot recently said: "I have seen for thirty years a steady...
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United States Army Training Manual

United States. Adjutant-General's Office - 1922 - 156 pages
...drinking habit, but not of the habit of obedience, or the habit of self-control, or the habit of courage. But the fact is that our virtues are habits as much as our vices. All our life, so far as it has definite form, is but a mass of habits. * * * Ninety-nine hundredths,...
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