...an enemy to democratic reform or social progress; it is certainly a deterrent to revolution. Habit "alone is what keeps us all within the bounds of ordinance,...those brought up to tread therein. . . . It keeps different social strata from mixing."21 By citing James here, I want to convey in a shorthand way that...

...not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time." — Mark Twain "Habit is thus the enormous flywheel of society, its...of fortune from the envious uprisings of the poor." — William James HAPPINESS "Happiness: an agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery...

...It alone is what keeps us within the bounds of ordinance, and saves the children of fortune from the uprisings of the poor. It alone prevents the hardest...by those brought up to tread therein. It keeps the f1sherman and the deck-hand at sea through the winter; it holds the miner in his darkness, and nails...

...The task of future discipline was delegated to the plasticity of human nature. As James recognised, 'Habit is thus the enormous flywheel of society, its...precious conservative agent. It alone is what keeps us within the bounds of ordinance and saves the children of fortune from the envious uprisings of the...

...success in the outside world. Or as James writes: "Habit is thus the enormous fly-wheel of society. ... It alone is what keeps us all within the bounds of ordinance ..." (16). This broader connection—between habit formation and the development of good ethical conduct—can...

...Foucault's theory of disciplined, docile bodies and Pierre Bourdieu's theory of habitus, James asserts: "Habit is thus the enormous fly-wheel of society,...of fortune from the envious uprisings of the poor." Habit, James continues, "keeps the fisherman and the deckhand at sea through the winter; it holds the...

...prison have asked to be readmitted after being once set free. In a railroad accident to a traveling menagerie in the United States some time in 1884,...and most repulsive walks of life from being deserted bv those brought up to tread therein. It keeps the fisherman, and the deck hand at sea through the...

...from the standpoint of sociology is its relation to the preservation of the social order. Habit is the enormous fly-wheel of society, its most precious...brought up to tread therein. It keeps the fisherman and deck-hand at sea through the winter ; it holds the miner in his darkness, and nails the countryman...

...welcoming of it. Some of his celebrations of it are no less than dismaying. Here is an example: "Habit is the enormous fly-wheel of society, its most precious...deserted by those brought up to tread therein. ... It dooms us all to fight out the battle of life upon the lines of our nurture or early choice, and to...