The Red Cloud chief., 1881-06-16

more advanced studies. This. in =
measure, accounts for the fact that SD
many people find it difficult 10 master
any subject satisfactorily. No can
study a profound proposition TO any
advantage the p~ostulates OF which ne
does not understand
3. By working steadily and Persta-
entiy-not always in The sane line, or
in any one line too long ut a tin,e-but
| steadily enough to accomplish all that
needs to he accomplished. The more
one does, the more he is able 10 do.
The Joints Of the mind are wonderfully
limbered bv exercise. You begin your
work reluctantly and with an eifort-it
is a task and q gricvanre-but il must
be done. and so YOU address yourself to
| IL with rs good q grace rs possible. n
it soon grows easy and light, even
plcasureable. and Won may be sorry
when il is over How is this thing 10
be done" asked young John ot his
father. by doing it," was the reply.
No one ran tell what he is capable OF
doing until he has buckled To his work.
and stuck to IL pcrsistently. III The
mind is for the time thrown OF its bat-
ancc by anv petty troubles, the best
way TO bring it right is 10 20 10 work.
| Long intervals Of ineIt n are fatal To the
health and vigor of the mental powers.
Some of the grandest thoughts thai
ever electrified the world have come
from the minds of those who. in the ex-
ercise of an iDdomitable will. have
lifted themselves up out Of the deep to
..soar in the empyrean."
A.. By keeping the mind cic1r OF rub
b,sh. The working capacity of the
mind is INSTRUCTED by the intrusion OF
silly notions and absurd theories and
empty fancies. which the man mistakes
for realities. Some of the most prom
isine Young men that l ever knew have
come To nothing in this way. 1t Is also
very injurious To allow the rooms OF the
mind to become choked with useless
lumber abundant knowledge Of things
that are not worth knowing, TO the eN-
clusion of that which is of real value.
There are people whose heads are
crammed full of dates, and names, and
minute. unimportant facts. who do not
know what history lean Others VIII
give chapter and text for innumerable
passages Of Scripture, while the Bible
itself is to them n dead letter. Ii may
be necessary for a man to unlearn a
great many things in order to get his
mind into good. working order. The
mind is intended 10 be something else
than an absorbent.
5. By keeping the bodily machine IN
order. Fresh air is an Indispensable
condition of mental activity. The edu-
cation of our children is retarded by
the mephitic atmosphere OF the school,
room. The mind never works to the
best advantage when the body is over
heated, or over-chilled, overloaded with
food. or depleted by abstinence. The
man who sits all day long at his desk
would give us something fcebler and
better worth reading if he would occa-
~sionalIy 90 out and take a ride or u
walk. or do something in the open air.
| Wordsworth says that he composed his
best poems while he was walking Onthe
| shore of the lake, or strolling in the
woods. II is this which gives such q
healthy tOne to his work. and accounts
for the absence of everything which is
morbid. or over. strained, or dcbilitat-
inc. The old Grecian sages taught in
the open ar, and addressed 4 people
who were as skillful in athletic games
as they were in intellectual gladiator
ship.
6. BY keeping the moral nature i"
order. There is a very intimate con-
nectiOn between the head and the heart.
All the blood that courses through the
brain starts from the heart, and then
returns To the heart again. Disorder in
the seat of the affections seriously inn
pairs the healthy action of the mental
powers. Some OF our great men would
be much greater if they werebctter men.
"A sane mind i'm n sane body Is the
old definition of a perfect a and it
can hardly be improved. 1t is a sad
thing when a man becomes n slave to
himself. He serves 4 hard master. A
single dominant vice derangcsthc whole
order of our being, and throws every
thing out of gear. 1t is
"Thc insane rOst
That takes the reason prisoner"
Bishop Clark, in N. y. Ledger.