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Read & copy the quotation
“Continuity of training is the great means of making the nervous system act infallibly right.”
- Date
- 1899
Meaning of “Continuity of training is the great means of…”
James emphasizes uninterrupted practice when establishing a new habit, using the physiological language of his period to argue that consistency makes desired responses increasingly automatic.
Where does it come from?
Talks To Teachers, chapter on Habit; Project Gutenberg #16287. The line follows James’s maxim against allowing exceptions before a new habit is secure; its nervous-system terminology is historically contextualized.
