The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1915-11-04
Habit, the Character Builder
How Much Cumulative Force
there is in Repeated Acts
Orisom Ssostt dlarden.

George Staunton slept for
five bed studded with sharp they could be
without actually hide had become almost
thick that Rhlnoceros The skis adjust itself the
individual hckened the terrible conditions
that the did mind the terrible 1t like
that sensbiy deadened by vicious habits
habits be- Habits
altogether gulf
good under law But left free choose his habits
might responsible builder of
character.
repeats widening deepeni
his organism the path for the and making
difficult the find he for months
habits without The force
pulls against Judgment just
Niagara slowly pulling
vigorously pulling
might have freed themselves from the pull of the
when feeble they the FALLS the
more they
In release ourselves from the of long
continued habit and form Professor James, We
wrench ourselves with and decided
We all the possible
which shall reinforce the right We ourselves assidu
ouy position which the We make
incompatible resolution
every This will beginning such
that temptation break down will NIGH
during which breakdown adds the chance
hatit will ALL We however suffer
unit, the habit securely M Each lapse
like letting fall ball of which carefully winding single
slip undoes than great turns will wind again.
Character like which gathers increased force by the
thousand m and vulets until swels mighty
river, increasing in volume and velocity"
Drop precipice will the first
eight the eighty feet the third
and continued fall seconds would
thru three hundred and four feet of space"
habit is like that of gravaon Its forces
ua After each of life quite the
the tendencies habits but
something from
weight of character
There cumulative force repeated which almost M
said OF mind results
physical changes that repetition the probability of far
repetition facility doing and when the mind has
line great becomes after while al
will follow that particular AL
ready
commercial traveller the doc
the minister the Yon the
Cleavage thru the character the tricks of tho the
udices shop which andby
than his sleeve suddenly fall folds"
young criminal could the habit of his
mechanism and brain he would find the beginnings the path leading
directly the continued repetition what he regards
acts, at first absolutely within his control.
you actually thing and
tomorrow? That take drink to-day and let alone
That idle to-day That
hado thing when don't feel like and do well when
you you to-day
To-day deception the
truth-and be absolutely honest tomorrow?
Few of realize that think thing do thing,
hold upon ves and that later
cannot let it alone take it choose.
One of the indous things life the belief and conf
change whole method of life and
do the opposite from what we have been doing
young with splendid takes
position which little questionable him frst but he tells
himself when he has secured something bet
that meanwhile he will lower his ideals
standards right and much shocked when he
while he He dreamed of forming such
habit the little enough to turn the bargain
orderhas mad track the and brain tissue
until almost physical
still thinks he easily the habit but the chances
r he will
The occupation thinks drop at
that he habit of dissipation that he
drop of lying deceving but this habit of nvng others
buying the thing which know what
becomes real profession after me like that of the de-
(Contnasd gsfour.) s3.