...the persistence of motives in consciousness and their power of appearing in consciousness at any time seems quite reasonably to be at the base of moral...Trustworthiness, conscientiousness, kindness on principle, fair play, reliability in friendship, etc., are lessons derived from social education. These lessons...

...to p. Then, if x, y, measure any the field of ideas at the moment is little. occupying consciousness if at all, related to it, seems quite reasonably to...proportion as they persist long and recur readily.'* On this we have to remark that the persistence of a motive (or as we should rather say, the persistence...

...in the whole range of various traits and determining their interrelations, is the non-moral factor, Persistence of Motives. "For the persistence of a...proportion as they persist long and recur readily" (3, p. 60). Folsom's similar Statistical Study of Character (4) emphasizes as general factor something...

...-77 -41 -74 -91 Suppose these partial correlations are wholly due to p. Then, if x, y, measure any the field of ideas occupying consciousness at the...proportion as they persist long and recur readily.'* On this we have to remark that the persistence of a motive (or as we should rather say, the persistence...