, 1870-08-07

greAtes4 on ttsa l1tt, asad th3t Of tsnoetAture
On tha right The Porrapton OF WEIGHT was
difference in the perc@phon Of tho vzsi,.as
kinds OF sensasion is not due to tbs receptive
and conductive apparatus Of the tHo sldes OF
The body, but it appears moro IN accoFdanea
with analogy to plaza It IN the brain This BE-
;ng ad.oitted, The following propositions snas
~. These Is IN inboru impulse to use, to
excite motion, one hat tho brain {.he !est) IN
preference to ths o.Ler.
az. One-half Of tho br1in (the lets) hAs \
-zrc1e acRte perception Of tactiis impressions,
while the other The right diatinguishes more
readily different desrees Of tempesssnre Ana
IS: Ihis arrangement I. occasionally IT,
1T; T6ess ia 10 aouss that hi. inclination to
use one Lids more than tbs other is far greater
in men tlan in the lower animals in fact,
have ueves been able to observe my tfaee OF
it in them, but would not DENY, however, the
possibility OF it, existence When an i'm
preston il nA1e On one Of tho terminal
hlauents o. the med,1n nerve, 1t ia conseyed
mind recognizes that it IL Ia the nm and
not the leg, for instance, which has heau
touched, because the impression has been car-
ried 10 the particular group Of nerve-cels re-
sersed Tor the ned,an nerve, But bow doea
the mind know which lrm has been touched?
it il highly imp,ohatle that an impression on
oae side should he OF = different nature from
ono on tie other: nciteer II it 10 be guppoaed
that tue MUD epaEt from the body can hase
nns idea Ut right AuG left 1t must be drs to =
diEc1erce ip degree. Either through more A.
tcutiou being bestowed On ono side, or on Ae-
count Of a greater petceptise power in one hAl
Of tue LFain, the impression made on one OF
it, ti@es il more A:uta than that male on tie
o:Ecr. and. as The lIai: Of the Child becomes
educated, this difference In degree is as zig
tiieaut es difference in kind. In pursuance
Of this theory, would submit that, were it
u6t icr this asyrnmetsy, u man in tho d.rz
would 10 unable from any subjective sellsa-
tion to distinguish Lis right hand from lis
left. The existence Of ambidextH may per-
Eaps be aasan ced Il refating this theory;
hut let the fact that there ara such persona
he frat established There certainly are !
rery few who can use one hand about as well
as tie other. Int this appears to ba N acquired
faculty. do not remember ever having seen
ore who could be called psrfect A1utlde8ter-
Many wlo lsy claim to thus title wese'originally
elehtly left LANDED, and acquired, by training,
the pclfect usc Of tho right hand II would bo
M interesting experiment to test the several
kinds OF sensation IN the two sidea Of these IA
vorsd few. OF the organ Of special eeuse, the
oyc Ia the most easy 10 study Az alrea3 stated,
right, and it il aot improbable that in ozdiua1y
riaon the attention is chiefly devoted to the
mage on the right retina nevertheless, the
system OF comIuissural tibrea il such that
each side at The brain receives tho impress
sians On both retinB, Ono reason for this is,
that it IL not necs ssary for pa to know With
Which eye We $50 any object. OphthAlmolo.
gifts tell ~ Of Fcrsous who, y, account Of :
difference ia the Tet1a. tte powers Of the eyes,
l'e1haps, ali their lives used the one for dis.
trEce and the otler for near objecta without
| ever having been aware Of it. However prob
@tfn If Ia that -
acpse. We nse one sids more than the Other,
] and that each is directly connected with both
! sides OF tue brain, it xoa1d bo, at least, pre-
| Istnre, to Assert il.
"We shall probably never know The nature
and origin OF the Impulse to use one side in
preference. much less Why it il occasionally
! inverted, but, if We admit that it neither de-
/ lscLds OIL the arrangement of tho artes1al sys-
ten, nor il the result Of habit. bu, that it i !
| part Of our Organization. We elau have made =
! step IL advance"
I'VE will give copy Of the Liberal Christian
| fnr ora year, or any book that does not cost
more thhti three Iollars. to any one who will
| lu.Lrm Us who wSote tniA fragment Of verse.
| and Low We nay obtain the remainder OF the
poem. We found it on torn ecrap Of q
newspaper which We picked M in d patf
through the woods in Indiana, more thar
twenty years ago, and have kept the words il
.,.lr memory ever since.-Eu. Litr0l Chris
ucr.
An hour hefore. she epoke 0! fhlnss
iEat memory To the dvtug brinNr,
| And kissed Luz Ill tDe while:
1 Ihen, aftrf solic Fwret pattints HoHts.
4 SEE AcrMtl amhlE her lUWlES IT'D hl.iS,
Until she tel! asleep.
| Twas summer then: rIs autumn s,nr-:
| TIE ttiD'son feares tail nT the lm1gh,
/ And stEvw the r1arct sweep.
| NaE!cr du;vN &hc Eaftlcn walls.
-ALG MEsc Gil all tlle LakIJ tAk
| We had beneath tile H..eS:
Gi golden eyes when khc anil
SAT wxtch,tK hrtc ttls flushing sir,
1 Tie suusck anu the sen:
9f hcartl the children IN Ele lanex
Following LvlEc The harvest watts,
And shouting Ia their gIee.
1f'1t when daylight Ftcs away
And ships grow h1skT tn the hsy,
| These rcc0l1tctious cease;
and i'll the stiffness Vi the night,
ht.E: thoughts that emil In dreams as bright,
Communicate tegil peace.
I lsvaec and sec the no!n!nr sta-,
l And hear the breakers on The bar,
| The vntces on the Ehnrr,
And tlen. with teats, l long to be
AGloss \ tEnt, nns0unIcI sea,
| With her for csctnoEe.