Word: instinctiveness
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About the peace he is more deeply concerned. It would be a fatal mistake, he feels, to impose upon the Japanese a form of government "for which they have no instinct, no wish, and no preparation. . . . The peace must be thoughtful, the conditions wise, and Japan's vitality and insistence be constantly in our minds." Here those who are familiar with Japan will think of one great lack in Dr. Eckstein's book. His acquaintance with the Japanese is largely confined to the urban middle and upper classes. Of the tremendous proletariat he knows and says little...
...Wadsworth bill would compel all boys reaching the age of 18 to submit to one year of military training before they reach 20. The purpose of this legislation is to forestall the very strong instinct for disarmament after the war, which, if undertaken too soon or too suddenly would render the United States unable to back up its collective security with force if it is needed...
Keep your power to receive everything; only learn to select what your instinct tells you is right...
...will put an end to the onerous tedium of making a living. . . . The idea women have that life is marshmallows which will come as a gift . . . has defeated half the husbands in America. ... It is as responsible for the absurdity of keeping up with the Joneses as the bare instinct toward conformity. ... It long ago became associated with the notion that the bearing of children was such an unnatural and hideous ordeal that the mere act entitled women to respite from all other physical and social responsibility...
...conflict between duty-to-comrades-and-country (herd instinct) and the instinct for self-preservation may disturb even a well-balanced, man in battle. Under stress, he may suffer from intestinal disturbances and disordered heart rate. A man with poor mental balance may develop hysterical blindness, paralysis, stiff joints, which will genuinely disqualify him as a fighter (hysteria rarely occurs in newly wounded men-presumably because real wounds eliminate them from battle). Another common type of war breakdown is the hallucinatory reliving of terrifying scenes. A psychopath may quit fighting, give way to panic, or commit suicide. Still other...