...L p. 447. any case of volition implies *." " The essential achievement of the will," he assures us, "when it is most 'voluntary', is to attend to a difficult object and hold it fast before the mind": this "is the fiat" of the will*. And writers of different schools seem to reach substantially the same...

...attention with effort is all that any case of volition implies. The essential achievement of the wiU, in short, when it is most ' voluntary,' is to ATTEND...and hold it fast before the mind. The so-doing is i\\&fiat ; and it is a mere physiological incident that when the object is thus attended to, immediate...

...less energy in the operation of knowing is called attention." " The essential achievement of the will is to attend to a difficult object, and hold it fast before the mind." " Effort of attention is the essential phenomenon of will." '' In attention we find the first exhibition...

...Then is the time and place for that "essential achievement of the will when it is most voluntary, — to attend to a difficult object and hold it fast before the mind." "A moment's thought is passion's passing knell." " When Duty whispers low, 'Thou must,' The youth replies,...

...character. When Professor James says, as already quoted, that "the essential achievement of the will ... is to attend to a difficult object and hold it fast before the mind," it is evident that the object to which he refers is not the action itself, but its consequences. When...

...determining and executing — in the one function of attending. He says, "The essential achievement of will is to attend to a difficult object, and hold it fast before the mind;" and again, "Effort of attention is thus the essential phenomenon of will." A legitimate inference from...

...Change" (Boston, Houghtou, Mifflin & Co., 1S89), chap. xiv. 1 "The essential achievement of the will when it is most ' voluntary,' is to attend to a difficult object and hold it fast before the mind." — JAMKS, Psychology, vol. ii., p. 561. 2 St. John xiv. 1. 3 St. John vi. 47. 4 St. Mark is. 23. soul...

...Change" (Boston, Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1889), chap. xiv. 1 "The essential achievement of the will when it is most ' voluntary,' is to attend to a difficult object and hold it fast before the mind." — JAMES, Psychology, vol. ii.,'p. 561. 2 St. John xiv. 1. 3 St. John vi. 47. « St. Mark ix. 23....

...in the mind. . . . We see that attention with effort is all that any case of volition implies. The essential achievement of the will in short, when it...difficult object, and hold it fast before the mind."* Notwithstanding this excellent statement, however, the tendency of James's analysis is to make too...

...in the mind. . . . We see that attention with effort is all that any case of volition implies. The essential achievement of the will in short, when it...difficult object, and hold it fast before the mind."* Notwithstanding this excellent statement, however, the tendency of James's analysis is to make too...