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(2012) .. or (1890)
First line... These are excerpts (emphasis mine) from William James's 1890 classic, Principles of Psychology, Chapter IV, "Habit":

Blog post author, in 2012, is quoting from the book written in 1890.

A description of what someone is copy/pasting is not original content. Historically this has had both dates attached (as is customary on HN)
Great post, I encountered it many years ago on HN and for the periods in which I adhere to it, it has made my life substantially better.