snatchable

Updated: May 10, 2025

These are, as it were, short-circuited by the current sweeping through the higher centres from see to smile. Beg and smile, thus substituted for the original reaction snatch, become at last the immediate responses when the child sees a snatchable object in some one's hands.

William James - Talks To Teachers On Psychology; And To Students On Some Of Life's Ideals