No intellectual habit is so valuable as that of attention; it is a mere habit but it is also the hallmark of an educated person. Use is second nature, we are told; it is not too much to say that 'habit is ten natures'...We have lost sight of the fact that habit is to life what rails are to transport cars. It follows that lines of habit must be laid down towards given ends and after careful survey, or the joltings and delays of life become insupportable. More, habit is inevitable. If we fail to ease life by laying down habits of right thinking and right acting, habits of wrong thinking and wrong acting fix themselves of their own accord.
A Philosophy of Education
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