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Term: 
Habit
Quote: 

Habit plays somewhat the same part in the history of individual that natural selection does in that of the species; namely, it causes actions to be directed toward ends.

Source: 
Peirce, C. S. (1880). Logic. Chapter I. Thinking as Cerebration. MS [W] 354; MS [R] 748a; MS [R] S104.
References: 
W 4:46
Date of Quote: 
1880
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