The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-12-23
Words On Use d Brain IN Indus
rial Pursuits
TO PUPILS Of Two SCHOOLS
Direction b. Thossht-ConnbinA
ton Cor an Achievement tdu
cation In Old nawAu

ia bic address to the pupils OF the
Kamehamsha schools ON Founder
say. DecemBsr ~. 1885. ". y. Arm.
strong said
Girls aud boys Mr. Do. wa a-.
signed certain subject upon which Do,
Was asked to addusss yoU and / vas as
signed 10 spsak on another subject
1u, De has occupied some OF my ground
o. Do case uf getting into my taro
patch and taking my good. And there
slts h.s Attorney General without max
lng any attempt 10 arrest him for lar
ceny
wish 10 talk 20 you about the brains
and the hands The hands are only the
Slave of the brain Cut the hands Of
and the brains can work. and 30 great
| things The HeTishons who make the
| swIfUrs, yachts lD America are blind.
/ Their brains work for them Fasten
! 60 into your minds that the hands are
only the slaves Of the brain, and can
do no more than the brain tells them
to do. The ape has small brain and
therefore his hands do little work II
hs had a large brain. his hands would
! do better work. when YOU climb a
! cocoanut tree. for the first time. you
! twist of nut r. falls and breaks.
Then the brain works. and says TO the
! hands. let rs try another plan. give
the nut a twist when IL starts down "
! The hands do II. and the nut strikes
on lbs point and does not crack. The
hands did MOI train the brain.The brain
| educated the hands. Practice and cN-
! pericnce teach the brain how to direct
the hands. II the brain knows how to
work II can direct not only the hands
Of its own body. but the hands of other
psople-sumcrimes hundred hands
sometimes a thousand. Mr. Brassey' =
brain directed 10000 hands in building
railroads. Here Is a piece of iron ore
II is only worth 81 q ton. The hands
that showed the ore got 30 cents per
day. The brain behind the hands does
not know much. The hands get tired
and ask the brains TO do better. The
brain then goes to some school and
studies the making OF iron. Il tell,
the hands how to mix lime and char.
coal with tn" ore. our Of this ore then
comes iron worth $40 and the hands
are paid s. instead of 30 cents. Then
The brain gets more education and
learns how 10 make steel, and the
hands earn more. The brain gets more
education, and teaches the hands how
800 Of iron goods Then into $1,000
worth Of goods. The hands and brains
earn more money but the brain really
earns the money. There are few peo-
pie in the world who can live without
the labor OF the hands. OF the 20. 900 600
OF people In the United States the great
majority must live upon the work OF
their own hands. So must you. And
you must keep in mind that 1t is your
brains that give value TO the work OF
your hands. II you stop planning and
thinking and comparing. then you give
your hands poor work to do, and when
they do poor work, there Is only poor
pay. Work in the machine shops, and
on farms does not train the hands, but
| done; and the brain holds to this
| knowledge and directs the hands.
When the New England pioneers went
| Westward a 1000 miles, they settled on
the prairie and they had little money.
! But the brain knew how to clear land,
| plant corn, take care OF stock, raise
food and build houses. The brain of the
emiSrant knew how to do II, and if the
hands We're cut on 1t could use other
hands Manual training Is really the
education of the brain. In France there
are 6,o0O.O0O of farmers. The size OF the
average farm Is 3l2 acres. Yet the
French farmers are the richest farmers
in the world. They paid in ten days an
indemnity TO Germany of 81 ,000, 900 600.
| Nv i'H'H Iai Ih'l StlS Ilplt Oul bl
his little lot than the American farmer
gets out OF fifty acres. His hands are
not better than those of the American
farmer, but his brain Is better trained
Put his brain into the head OF the Am
erican and he will do better, until the
American brain Is trained and then II
does the best of all.
You young Hawaiians are in the
world with brains and hands. You
must make your living. You cannot be
professional men, but working men. as
a rule. You are in strong competition
with other races. Your brains must
take care OF you. You need, first OF all
homes-small pieces of land which are
your own. are to be your homes. Get
these places upon which you can live
and be independent. Raise first that
which feeds you. The Englishman calls
his home his castle. In 1t he can defy
the world. The man who has home
and can feed himself and family from