Habit is thus the enormous fly-wheel 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

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William James: "Habit is thus the enormous fly-wheel 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."

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Agent	Alone	Bounds	Children
Conservative	Enormous	Envious	Flywheel
Fortune	Habit	Keeps	Most
Ordinance	Poor	Precious	Saves
Society	Thus	Uprisings	Within

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