New-York tribune., 1866-12-06
ppnrEssoR YOUMANSs LECTURE.

mind auL p porta Of recognizing the physical laws Of
our being the educ ton Of the young. The subject wns
treated marked al ty and was illustrated by variety Of
views as ?ortant y original Tho Professor said
That tho oentifo method Of inquiry Is inadequate and nap
pcabe TO the higher study OF man. Wde prevalent notion
and which seems 70 great extent 10 DO shared ee b
the ignorant and the educated Hoang ,he cIe dca tl1
pertains only 70 tue material Wor Yy ueuoVfo hS
attempts o make human patue subject Of strict semitic In
quiry as an Intrusion into lequmase sphere Maintaining
that mans position supreme and excepuohe my ,lslst
he h only 10 be oomprehendcd oil in some partial peculiar
and irancendenta way In entire oonsstenoe win hA ny
heir function as teachers preachers and wgves profess 70
have that Knowledge Of which best qualities Tor directing
him In al relations arc class coniesedy Ignorant Oi SCI
ence There however and happily their NUMBER IS
Increasing who hold that this idea profoundly erroneous
that the very term human nature indicates mans place IN
universal order which ii is the proper office OF c'ence 70
explore and they accordingly maintain that it is only as tho
servant and Interpreter nature that he can rise TO anything
like a true understanding Of himself 49,
The method regarding man. which tradition has trans
mitted from the earliest ages Is at tho outset 70 cea'e
him asnnder and substitute the idea Of Wo beings for tho real
ity Having thus introduced the notion OF his double
there grew up series moral contrasts between the dis
joinc proluc The mind was ranked a the higher or sP
iiual nature the body as tic lower OF mhtl n9uIo Ao
mind said TO be pure aspiring mnatea the body gross
corrupt and pesable and thus the feelings became enlisted
10 widen The breach and pepeuae Tue bhlaeoh' !iu'Hb
disrupted lis nature into two alcl entities ana terms
applause TO celebrate the one while exhoung the YocaOu
larry Of reproach tie other the fragments given over
10 iwo paehe body tho doctors OF medicine and the
spirit the doctors OF philosophy who have agreed IN but one
should ever intrllde into the domain OF the Other
the 20 show thht inc
trine which has prevailed IN the past ana sun peuonnle y
doomed 10 complete nverson that what so long neglected
as OF account reality the first and fundamental thing
10 be considered that In short the practical study OF mlh
and character only be pursued Ia and through the oopoa
system and ask your attention IN the hIs place 70 SOM
facts concerning t1e WORKING OI the human iBa NIcH
this is sustained and for which we are Indebted TO
hasty glance ut the several steps by which has
been reached will help an understanding OF the present stale
Of knowledge upon the subject
The lecturer then rapidly reviewed the progress oi modern
research the working Of the mutual mechanism Of mau'
Irt The establishment of the brain tie organ OF thought
The chemical eucdaon Of organic matter and The
laws OF waste ana repair Jh'r4! a Ie
the mnutor structures OF the brain and nervous system
discovery of the duplex character OF the system by Sir
Charles Bell Fih The establishment Of the principal of
automatic action 10 The brain itself by Laycoo Carpenter
and others and Sere The establishment o the doctrine OF
cerehntio1 " OF intellectual elect BoAed OUT
unconsciously by the brain.
In the formation Of habits ard in the processes Of education
voluntary constantly becoming reflex 1t y
termed scoondary automatic" Thus learning 70 walk ot
m demands voluntary effort but nt length tho net OF wokng
becomes automatic and unconscious 50 with all aaptte
t ,,,i5e an rF 81 viii and then gradually become ..e.
chacal performed with but slight voluntary cKeTton
And also in the purely intellectual operations whore
tb cerebral eciiemcpt i.oad OF taking effect upon the mo
tor SYSTEM cIpeud Itself the production OF intellectual
eects state Of CONSEQUENCES psag INTO another accord
OF the vol but partial and the mental actions are esselY
automatic In the case ol memory We all know how ht'
simply willing IL; flr II Is necessary condition of
act Of Will that there saonld BE- already IN the
mind an i4ca al Wtai - Slcd When We ty ~ remember
something which Is course ont oi conscouncss the ofceof
o will simply TO tx The attention upon some idea already in
The mind which may real by the automatic law Of assoca-
or The thing dc.r,d We have an psrencc this impotence
ofhc wi 20 recover fTsoiten name or incident which may
subsequently Nash lho consciousness siter tne attention hts
long bees Withdrawn from the search The thing is OBJ
served n the exercise OF tho gnaye faculties IL Is said
poets painter musicians, that they born
madelat b. tacT genius endowment Of nature
giel organism ieI u'ss's s 80 lsn y, @ hsu
matte action When Mozart was asked how he set TO work
are 20 will mover write anything worth hearing
write bccaue cannot Jean PAM remarks Of the poets
voa must hear IL not merely H. takes place
dfclms dictate you. not you. 20 IT, poet who must r
no-io tie dew, win hlnr An anhor may be as much as
ion.sAo A. ae banY o. ia shw wth n.I1a'lo.s q ai
Tlackray tho table admiring surprise tie
| The mental neous which constitute reasoning arr %. mo
nature The action Of yo0n being A. n tho
~sia hs rdul bleeding Of Tie hke IN different ideas into
cannot WI aloch conclusion bui only place steadily before
TIE mind the problem D. soed Sir Isaac Newton thus dis
closes tie secret OF h Immortal discoveries keep the sub
Jet constantly before and wait i the lint dAWnsngs ogcn
By lt- and little. into a iull lisht'
Ceyul action has range Of limitation, due %
the yabe volume mental organ but also modified
n numerous ways and Humteess degn BY accompanying
power depends upon change and change upon circulation
ngs AMI heart therefore inmedatey Involved To agh
eseat And these organs again. fall back upon the d
gnstrc apparatus whc l co0c may impair The cspaey OF
tou and even c caprice Of appetite lhS stand m direct
dynamic relation TO intellectual resulls
tbe st stnreasd FOODS drpts and dr,g. af, sr~cicay
tho appeics passions and thoughts To become c1haratcl
and 6 un charges hs blood VITA cKalt the
ssons ho akes hahish TO secure brilliant fucy and n,u.
nous Imagination hc opum to abolish consciousness Oi
PAIN. hf brpnthei YapoF Of chlOroiDm
Tho'e auctnaons of feeling with which aIi are more or
less familiar the alterations of hope and dependency
vtay connected with organic siate In high health the
look confident th1ro JOY In action and courage In enter.
prise bot with low disiurbod circulation thin morbid
blood aud bodily exhaustion there Is depression Of spts
gloom uacton paralysis Of viii and weariness Of life
The doctrine Of he pertcnce OF energy and tie mutual
conyerby o the various iorcs Is now accepted fuadd
mental lA u science nor tee any gouad TOT regarding
the vital forces exception 20 The principle That the or
ganism cannot create Us ow power tat s energy sentcy
derived nom the codingese and which n s point of view
IS merely stored force beyond question and tho source being
thus limited tha It, eIpenaurein one direction makes @
possible 70 ue h IN another equally evident This principle
applies even In moro marked degree 70 The cerebral system
lower the mental activity that Is the forces are diverted nom
The ban and hrogh upon the stomach and muscles and Tor
Ike reason potuced and energetic bodily ekoon are incom
patblc with high mcnial activity.
That the purely neecina powers arr subject 70 limitation
r. unguesionabe All minds hssured with ncapaoics IN
one direction or nnohef-ehpped away on th SIDE OF on that
all fagmentary There may be great mathematical ability,
large executive power Will deficient Judgment proficiency
language, and failure In music Whevel had powerful /
Hamilton cultivated the oyo OF philosophy a. the expense OF
his power Of orguation and organization Prescott
resoue ha he could only spur hmsoi TO h literary tasks
by the stimulus Of betting with his secretary that ho would 40
certain amount of work In given tine Theodore Parker
IsS Oh that lad kno%n he art Of Ne or found some book
man. tell how TO I've 20 study 70 take exercise
Of mind vague spiritual enTi they throw us back mme
datey the organism whose acknowledged limitations oier
solution OF tho mystery These mental naptudes
be either organic DEFICIENCIES result Of concentrating
euey directions and is consequent
withdrawal from others Thus viewed every attainment In.
wolves the exercise Of brainpoHereaeh acquisition Is
cerebral growth
The great physiological law upon which bodily and
mental health alike dependent Is che alteration Of action
ropOse which results tho limitation power The
eternal equation Of vital yg0r h rSH equals ererie lhat
tendency 90 ry thmc action, which 10 marx all displays
Of pow IN the universe is coBspcnousy manifested in the
organic economy allowing tho muscles Of respiration eight
hours Tcp0se out OF twenty four aud six hours rest 10 those OF
the The cerebral rhythm Is dumal Except that rest
which parts OF the brain may obtain when only other parts are
notion the finds lis apponate In seep Inn