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" ... when the hour of dire need draws nigh, it may find you not unnerved and untrained to stand the test. /Asceticism of this sort is like the insurance which a man pays on his house and goods. The tax does him no good at the time, and possibly may never... "
North American Journal of Homoeopathy - Page 361
1908
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Report of the Commissioner of Education Made to the ..., Volume 2, Parts 2-3

United States. Bureau of Education - 1893 - 1148 pages
...'is like the insurance which a man pays on his house and goods. The tax does him no good at the time and possibly may never bring him a return. But if the fire does come his having paid it will bä his salvation from ruin. So with the man who has daily inured himself to habits of concentrated...
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The Popular Science Monthly, Volume 30

1886 - 982 pages
...pays on his house and goods. The tax does him no good at the time, and possibly may never bring him in a return. But if the fire does come, his having paid...salvation from ruin. So with the man who has daily inured himself to habits of concentrated attention, energetic volition, and selfdenial in unnecessary...
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The Popular Science Monthly, Volume 30

1887 - 904 pages
...pays on his house and goods. The tax does him no good at the time, and possibly may never bring him in a return. But if the fire does come, his having paid it will be bis salvation from ruin. So with the man who has daily inured himself to habits of concentrated attention,...
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... The Laws of Habit

William James - 1887 - 26 pages
...pays on his house and goods. The tax does him no good at the time, and possibly may never bring him in a return. But if the fire does come, his having paid...salvation from ruin. So with the man who has daily inured himself to habits of concentrated attention, energetic volition, and selfdenial in unnecessary...
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Habit

William James - 1890 - 80 pages
...is like the insurance which a man pays on his house and goods. The tax does him no good at the time, and possibly may never bring him a return. But if...salvation from ruin. So with the man who has daily inured himself to habits of concentrated attention, energetic volition, and self-denial in unnecessary...
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The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1

William James - 1890 - 720 pages
...is like the insurance which a man pays on his house and goods. The tax does him no good at the time, and possibly may never bring him a return. But if...salvation from ruin. So with the man who has daily inured himself to habits of concentrated attention, energetic volition, and self-denial in unnecessary...
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The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1

William James - 1890 - 718 pages
...is like the insurance which a man pays on his house and goods. The tax does him no good at the time, and possibly may never bring him a return. But if...be his salvation from ruin. So with the man who has * See for remarks on this subject n readable article by Miss V. Scudder on 'Musical Devotees and Morals,'...
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The Principles of psychology v. 1, Volume 1

William James - 1890 - 716 pages
...is like the insurance which a man pays on his house and goods. The tax does him no good at the time, and possibly may never bring him a return. But if...be his salvation from ruin. So with the man who has * See for remarks on this subject a readable article by Miss V. Scuddei on ' Musical Devotees ami Morals,'...
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Congressional Serial Set

1891 - 1252 pages
...is like the insurance which a man pays on his house and goods. The tax does him no good at the time and possibly may never bring him a return. But if the fire does come his having paid it will ba his salvation from ruin. So with the man who has daily inured himself to habits of concentrated...
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Psychology

William James - 1892 - 518 pages
...is like the insurance which a man pays on his house and goods. The tax does him no good at the time, and possibly may never bring him a return. But if...salvation from ruin. So with the man who has daily inured himself to habits of concentrated attention, energetic volition, and self-denial in unnecessary...
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