On usual occasions we make a practice of stopping an occupation as soon as we meet the first effective layer (so to call it) of fatigue. We have then walked, played, or worked " enough," so we desist. That amount of fatigue is an efficacious obstruction... Mind Cures - Page 25by Geoffrey Rhodes - 1915 - 276 pagesFull view - About this book
| William James - 1907 - 50 pages
...striking in the phenomenon known as "second wind." On usual occasions we make a practice of stopping an occupation as soon as we meet the first effective...fatigue gets worse up to a certain critical point, when gradually or suddenly it passes away, and we are fresher than before. We have evidently tapped... | |
| 1907 - 1012 pages
...are not tapped is most familiar to us in the phenomenon of ' second wind.' Ordinarily we stop when we meet the first effective layer, so to call it,...fatigue. We have then walked, played or worked 'enough,' and desist. That amount of fatigue is an efficacious obstruction, on this side of which our usual life... | |
| Jacob Gould Schurman, James Edwin Creighton, Frank Thilly, Gustavus Watts Cunningham - 1907 - 714 pages
...are not tapped is most familiar to us in the phenomenon of ' second wind.' Ordinarily we stop when we meet the first effective layer, so to call it,...We have then walked, played, or worked ' enough,' and desist. That amount of fatigue is an efficacious obstruction, on this side of which our usual life... | |
| 1908 - 48 pages
...striking in the phenomenon known as "second wind." On usual occasions we make a practice of stopping an occupation as soon as we meet the first effective...fatigue gets worse up to a certain critical point, when gradually or suddenly it passes away, and we are fresher than before. We have evidently tapped... | |
| William Walter Smith - 1909 - 540 pages
...striking in the phenomenon known as 'second wind.' On usual occasions we make a practice of stopping an occupation as soon as we meet the first effective...fatigue gets worse up to a certain critical point, when gradually or suddenly it passes away, and we are fresher than before. We have evidently tapped... | |
| John Buchan - 1910 - 266 pages
...striking in the phenomenon known as 'second wind.' On usual occasions we make a practice of stopping an occupation as soon as we meet the first effective...fatigue gets worse up to a certain critical point, when gradually or suddenly it passes away, and we are fresher than before. We have evidently tapped... | |
| 1910 - 860 pages
...chances, however, that these tiredout persons push on instead of giving up, then, says Professor James, "a surprising thing occurs. The fatigue gets worse up to a certain critical point, when gradually or suddenly it passes away, and we are fresher than before. We have evidently tapped... | |
| William James - 1911 - 88 pages
...striking in the phenomenon known as "second wind." On usual occasions we make a practice of stopping an occupation as soon as we meet the first effective...played, or worked "enough," so we desist. That amount of 1 This was the title originally given to the Presidential Address delivered before the American Philosophical... | |
| James Joseph Walsh - 1912 - 834 pages
...particularly striking in the phenomena known as second wind. On usual occasions we make a practice of stopping an occupation as soon as we meet the first effective...fatigue gets worse up to a certain critical point, when gradually it passes away, and we are fresher than before. We have evidently tapped a level of... | |
| James Joseph Walsh - 1912 - 838 pages
...particularly striking in the phenomena known as second wind. On usual occasions we make a practice of stopping an occupation as soon as we meet the first effective...fatigue gets worse up to a certain critical point, when gradually it passes away, and we are fresher tban before. We have evidently tapped a level of... | |
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