...century when he wrote: "Could the young but realize how soon they will become mere walking bundles of habits, they would give more heed to their conduct...plastic state. We are spinning our own fates, good and evil, and never to be undone." 90 No trait was more celebrated in the antebellum literature of...

...realized the extent to which we are walking bundles of habits, we would give more heed to their formation. We are spinning our own fates, good or evil, and never...Every smallest stroke of virtue or of vice leaves its scar. - Wi//iam James 7\othing so needs reforming as other people's habits. - Mark Twain C ontemporaries...

...William James (1890/1961, pp. 16-17) put the key issues we have been discussing over a century ago: "We are spinning our own fates, good or evil, and never to be undone. . . . The drunken Rip Van Winkle, in Jefferson's play, excuses himself for every fresh dereliction...

...recent writer has said: "Could the young but realize how soon they will become mere walking bundles of habits, they would give more heed to their conduct...excuses himself for every fresh dereliction by saying, 7 wont count this time.' Well, he may not count it, and a kind Heaven may not count it, but it is being...

...was right when he said: "Could the youth but realize how soon they will become mere walking bundles of habits, they would give more heed to their conduct while in their plastic state." Those in whom "the bundles of [acquired] habits" include genuine competence continue...

...characters in the wrong way. Could the young but realize how soon they will become mere walking bundles of habits, they would give more heed to their conduct...vice leaves its never so little scar. The drunken Eip Van Winkle, in Jefferson's play, excuses himself for every fresh dereliction by saying, ' I won't...

...realized the extent to which we are walking bundles of habits, we would give more heed to their formation. We are spinning our own fates, good or evil, and never...Every smallest stroke of virtue or of vice leaves its scar " (William James) Spending within one's means and not exceeding it is an essential virtue. Handling...

...James said a century ago, "Could the young but realize how soon they will become mere walking bundles of habits, they would give more heed to their conduct while in the plastic state" (James 1900). Although adults tend to be more mature, the fact is that there's not a complete discontinuity...

...with a molecular basis: Could the young but realize how soon they will become mere walking bundles of habits, they would give more heed to their conduct while in the plastic state. . . . Every smallest stroke of virtue or vice leaves its never-so-little scar. The drunken Rip Van...

...principle in mind when he said, "Could the young but realize how soon they will become mere walking bundles of habits, they would give more heed to their conduct while in the plastic state."7 Whether we're in a Jesuit school or our family home, we're immersed in the experiences of...