The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1882-06-14
Material Metaphysics.

~ Material Metaphysics. as
The '.painstaking'' man derives the
most pleasure from his work. Hurry in
any degree is but another name for men
tai, and often, physical uneasiness. An
act whereof the mind precedes every
detail gives pleasure in the doing. Even
the carefully shaped, symmetrical letter
on the written page Is itself an expires
sion of pleasure, and the scrawi one Of
painful haste. People must put their
minds into any sort of work to enjoy it
and mind can be put into a beefsteak
while it is being prepared for the table
This principle extends to the smalles.
details of life and action. Walking to
the professional pedestrian when no.
carried to extremes, confers pleasure be
cause he puts his mind into his legs
Perhaps most of it lies in those members.
No matter. No one need quarrel with
so harmless sort of enjoyment. He
has for walking's sake studied how to
breathe, how to move, and host Of
minor details, all Of which render the
act easier and pleasurable.
Haste and slovenliness Of act come
from the dispersion and frittering Of
brain over too many objects at once
Let a person walk rapidly and at the
same time endeavor to concentrate his
mind on some plan, scheme or study,
and his physical strength will be ex.
hausted much sooner than if his whole
mind be concentrated on the act of walk
ing. Those interested in combined
mental and physical development should
try this experiment, Walk up steep
hill and concentrate all your mind on
Iarro tha ,,rOr,ar- h,-o fbiner and fhA
time to breathe Gall of which Nature soon
teaches If her hints are respected and
the ascentis much easier than If the wits
are allowed to stray off wool gathering.
The physiologist tells US that It is injuri-
Gus to read and eat at the same time, or
to eat while working, or to engage in
mental or manual labor Immediately
after full meal. The organization re-
quires that but one thing be done at a
time in order that it may be done well,
and that all the force in the body be
concentrated on the act The epicure
has q great deal of reason and philosophy
on his side. There's an intellectual and
mechanical order of eating. One puts
mind on its palate and thus enjoys and
strengthens. The other begrudges time
to eat. puts mind elsewhere while eating.
and bolts like an anaconda-worse than
the anaconda, for that is the snakes
natural fashion of taking food, and very
possibly all its enjoyment therefrom re-
suits from the digestive functions, while
the mans stomach, abused through the
food not being by teeth and tongue pro-
perly prepared for the digestive process,
rebels. .... ..s
Scripture philosophy endorses all this.
II saws s.What thou doest do with all thy
might" not with soul and body racking
and hurrying might and MAN," but
with the might of care, repose, elabora-
ton and mental concentration on the
business in hand.
The pleasure Of living depends on
smaller things than are generally count
ed of value. Here comes in again Scrip
tural philosophy in support-'.Despise
not the day of small things" And
many of these things on which depends
human comfort are so small they have
not vet all been seen or even suspected.
An hour of chill while sleeping. the
body being exposed through derange-
ment of the bed coverings, may destroy
n persons fullest vigor for the whole
day. Nothing exhausts strength quicker
than the escape of vital heat, when the
body should be recuperating during
sleep. A musty egg and protesting
stomach may spoil good bargain or
poem
A hastily swallowed fish-bone NAV put
the king in his coffin. An hour of mem
tai effort. talking or writing. in damp
room, may result in pneumonia and an
undertaker's bill.
Perhaps the crying evil of our busy
aee lies In the attempt to do too much at
once; TO crowd too much work in too
small compass of time, 10 attempt the
doing of the work in hand while the
mind Is planning or worrying with re-
gard to the amount of work ahead. Men
scratch off letters with half their brain
focused on some other-perhaps half q
dozen other-subjects. f1i
In such spirit houses are built, cloth
woven, clothes made. tits all mechani-
cal-all for show-noreal interest in the
work-no soul in it-no desire save to
make false show, and finish as soon as
possible-no Incentive save greed or the
necessity of working under such ruling
influences to gain bread. What is the
resultP Sin at the start and q harvest of
evil through such sin. Houses fall
asunder or burn like tinder, or poison
through bad ventilation or bad plumb
ing. Boilers burst. steamers burn and
food poisons where It should strengthen.
The wind of haste and slovenhness is
followed by the whirlwind Of disaster,
agony, disease and death.-M T.
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