80' 1 \L III.KKMTY 197 



-lit in a mo iv Laical inann- r, hut because the tradi- 

 tional material which is handed down to each in<iividual 

 has been thought out and worked out more thoroughly 



ami more can-fully. While in primi' ili/.ation tin* 



traditional - ,l,t.-d ;m.| . d hy only a 



-. tin- number of thinkers who try to 



free themselves from t rs of tradition increases as 



civi ad\;iii' 



It is evident that custom imitation is the conservative 

 aspect of imitation, ami is a much mop. pow.-rful force 

 thaii fashion imitation. Tin- former in-uivx tin- preMf- 

 U of usages, the inheritance of >.icial practic.-*.. Im 



ii i> a coiisTvati\.- force in so far a- i* 



with hahit. For hahit ^t> narrow limit- to innovations 

 which imitation wouhl in' is a tcn<l<-n<-\ 



for nil mental processes to l>eoome easier hy npetition. 



'ii of habits of thought which 



become more am) more tiv-.l in the in.livi.lual as he grows 

 i\ a temlen.-y of s* ration t imitate chiefly its 



predecessor rather than any foreign model. 40 The fa- 

 miliar, the local, the popular ways of thought and a 



*! to the chil.l. !"n. influence 



of these usages, a strong 1-ias is determined, earli--! 

 hahits an* formed, so that the individual is air- 

 molded t rn of hi- class, his locality, when ho 

 comes umler the influence of for. ign models of imitation. 

 I .-apal-l.- of hut little cham:\ and, save in a small 

 ree, is refractory to their influei 

 This tendency to the formation of habits and social 

 usages becomes a ten- con\< rt means into ends. 

 With in:; n on and analy- 



their motives, the ciuls of their action* *,.l,lom come 



.. p. 806. "McDougftll. op. oil., ?, 



