...mere walking bundles of habits, they would give more heed to their conduct while in the plastic stage. We are spinning our own fates, good or evil, and never...Every smallest stroke of virtue or of vice leaves its never so little scar. The drunken Rip Van Winkle, in Jefferson's play, excuses himself for every fresh...

...leaves forever its unimaginable touch on the brain, that it is engraved there as with a steel stylus, they would give more heed to their conduct while in the plastic state. This simple incontestable truth does not seem to have seriously possessed many of our educational leaders,...

..."communicators" and psychical researchers have also made this important point. William James pointed out, "Every smallest stroke of virtue or of vice leaves its never-so-little scar", and "Nothing we ever do is, in strict scientific literalness, wiped out". Here are some "communications"...

...over-eating, and lack of exercise — are habits formed In a person's youth. As William James has written: "Could the young but realize how soon they will become...heed to their conduct while in the plastic state. "1 Since, once formed, habits are extraordinarily difficult to change, the best hope for reducing unhealthy...

...HELL WE MAKE FOR OURSELVES IN THIS WORLD BY HABITUALLY FASHIONING OUR CHARACTERS IN THE WRONG WAY. COULD THE YOUNG BUT REALIZE HOW SOON THEY WILL BECOME...HEED TO THEIR CONDUCT WHILE IN THE PLASTIC STATE. EVERY SMALLEST STROKE OF VIRTUE OR OF VICE LEAVES ITS NEVER SO LITTLE SCAR. THE DRUNKEN RIP VAN WINKLE,...

...world by habitually fashioning our characters in the wrong way." He follows with platitudinous sayings. "We are spinning our own fates, good or evil, and...Every smallest stroke of virtue or of vice leaves its never so little scar." He reminds readers of the omniscient eye that follows their actions: "a kind...

...no one has expressed this insight more clearly than William James in his Principles of Psychology: Could the young but realize how soon they will become mere walking bundles of habits, they could give more heed to their conduct while in the plastic state. . . . Every smallest stroke of virtue...

...Moral Responsibility (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1986). 3 "We are spinning our fates, good and evil, and never to be undone. Every smallest stroke of virtue or of vice leaves its never so little scar. . . . [We] may not count it; but it is being counted none the less. Down among...

...hell we make for ourselves in this world by habitually fashioning our characters in the wrong way. Could the young but realize how soon they will become...mere walking bundles of habits, they would give more attention here to their conduct while in the plastic state. We are spinning our own fates, good or...

...saying which calls habit our second nature expresses a profound truth: Could the young but realizc how soon they will become mere walking bundles of...leaves its neverso-little scar. The drunken Rip Van Winkle, in Joseph Jefferson's play, excuses himself for every fresh dereliction by saying, "I won't...