Ninety-nine hundredths or, possibly, nine hundred and ninety-nine thou…

William James
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Ninety-nine hundredths or, possibly, nine hundred and ninety-nine thousandths of our activity is purely automatic and habitual, from our rising in the morning to our lying down each night. ✨ William James (1983). Talks to Teachers on Psychology and to Students on Some of Life's Ideals, p.48, Harvard University Press
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