It is more like the oil which enables a machine to run glibly : or it maybe said to act like the fly-wheel in mechanics, which is employed to accumulate and distribute a 1 See Part ii.
Habit is not a motive power, though it greatly facilitates all operations.  It is more like the oil which enables a machine to run glibly : or it maybe said to act like the fly-wheel in mechanics, which is employed to accumulate and distribute a 1 See Part ii.  • Horsley, Sermon xxviii.