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Habit is thus the enormous flywheel of society, its most precious

Habit is thus the enormous flywheel of society, its most precious conservative agent. It alone is what keeps us all within the bounds of ordinance, and saves the children of fortune from the envious uprisings of the poor. – William James, The Principles of Psychology

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