 That is, be systematically ascetic or heroic in little unnecessary points, do every day or two something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it, so that when the hour of dire need draws nigh, it may find you not unnerved and untrained...  The North American Journal of Homeopathy - Page 3651908Full view - About this book
 | James Henry Snowden - 1916 - 418 pages
...unnerved and untrained to stand the test." Professor James ingeniously likens such asceticism to " the insurance which a man pays on his house and goods....his having paid it will be his salvation from ruin. So with the man who has daily inured himself to habits of concentrated attention, energetic volition,... | |
 | Charles Clinton Peters - 1918 - 460 pages
...so that 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...his having paid it will be his salvation from ruin. So with the man who has daily inured himself to habits of concentrated attention, energetic volition,... | |
 | Edward Boyd Barrett - 1919 - 272 pages
...so that when the hour of dire need draws nigh, it may find you not unnerved nor untrained to stand the test. Asceticism of this sort is like the insurance...his having paid it will be his salvation from ruin. So with the man who has daily inured himself to habits of concentrated attention, energetic volition,... | |
 | James Joseph Walsh - 1922 - 312 pages
...so that 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...and goods. The tax does him no good at the time and Avoidance of Conscious Use of the Will 93 possibly may never bring him a return. But if the fire does... | |
 | Austin Southwick Edwards - 1920 - 256 pages
...so that 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...his having paid it will be his salvation from ruin. So with the man who has daily inured himself to habits of concentrated attention, energetic volition,... | |
 | Jesse Harliaman Coursault - 1920 - 488 pages
...so that 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...his having paid it will be his salvation from ruin. So with the man who has daily inured himself to habits of concentrated attention, energetic volition,... | |
 | Austin Southwick Edwards - 1920 - 256 pages
...so that 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...his house and goods. The tax does him no good at the lime, and possibly may never bring him a return. But if the fire does come, his having paid it will... | |
 | William Joseph Gabriel Doyle, Alfred O'Rahilly - 1921 - 414 pages
...so that, 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...his having paid it will be his salvation from ruin. So with the man who has daily inured himself to habits of concentrated attention, energetic volition,... | |
 | James Henry Snowden - 1921 - 132 pages
...effort where it begins to pinch as drudgery. Professor James ingeniously likens such 85 asceticism to "the insurance which a man pays on his house and goods....his having paid it will be his salvation from ruin. So with the man who has daily inured himself to habits of concentrated attention, energetic volition,... | |
 | James Ford - 1923 - 1052 pages
...so that 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...his having paid it will be his salvation from ruin. So with the man who has daily inured himself to habits of concentrated attention, energetic volition,... | |
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