...Prof. James, who says (quoted in the Theosophical Review for June last) : " When a resolve or fine flow of feeling is allowed to evaporate without bearing...emotions from taking the normal path of discharge." For this reason some of the Indian and Greek thinkers discouraged the reading of poetry by the young,...

...their use. Every time a resolve or a fine glow of feeling evaporates without bearing practical fruit is worse than a chance lost; it works so as positively...normal path of discharge. There is no more contemptible tvpe of human character than that of the nerveless sentimentalist and dreamer, who spends his life...

...allowed to evaporate without « J. Bahnsen : ' Beitrftge zu Charakterologie ' (1867), rol. I. p. 20«. bearing practical fruit it is worse than a chance...emotions from taking the normal path of discharge. There ia no more contemptible type of human character than that of the nerveless sentimentalist and dreamer,...

...ingrained in us in proportion to the uninterrupted frequency with which the actions actually occur, and the brain ' grows' to their use. When a resolve...fine glow of feeling is allowed to evaporate without * J. Bahnsen: 'Beitrftge zu Charakterologie' (1867), vol. I. p. 20ft. bearing practical fruit it is...

...their use. Every time a resolve or a fine glow of feeling evaporates without bearing practical fruit, is worse than a chance lost; it works so as positively...emotions from taking the normal path of discharge;" while Newman sings: "Prune thou thy words, the thoughts control That o'er thee swell and throng; They...

...inside. The psychological reason for this is well stated by Professor James in his Psychology : " When a fine glow of feeling is allowed to evaporate without...lost : it works so as positively to hinder future emotions from taking the norms! path of discharge. One becomes filled with emotions which habitually...

...ingrained in us in proportion to the uninterrupted frequency with which the actions actually occur, and the brain ' grows ' to their use. When a resolve...emotions from taking the normal path of discharge." ' The school then should be consciously organized for the puipose of providing the largest possible...

...actually occur. Every time a resolve or fine glow of feeling evaporates without bearing practical fruit is worse than a chance lost; it works so as positively to hinder future resolutions and emotions from being carried out Into acts. We must expect nothing from cautions and precepts beyond the point at...

...ingrained in us in proportion to the uninterrupted frequency with which the actions actually occur, and the brain ' grows ' to their use. When a resolve or a fine glow of f eeling is allowed to evaporate without bearing practical fruit, it is worse than a chance lost: it...

...and the public will be on its guard. (3) We quote a brief extract from Prof. James, " Psychology ": " When a resolve or a fine glow of feeling is allowed...emotions from taking the normal path of discharge." LESSON VII The teacher is referred to "Practical Work in the School Room " [Part III, Lessons on Plants;...