Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-03-10

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moral acts, since every time va pnf
pose an action tho hrain coll thut plaus
it is gorgcd with blood and it's structure
strengthened? VI certain calls OF csrtain
brain areas ARE not exercised they he
come atrophied. Why snuuld We not
be able 10 take child from evil sur
roundings and atropny the cells whufe
his evil memories dwell, and build up
tho ones that nre filled with good
memories and inpulseH! We have not
achieved this yet, hut we may hone ii
can Ito done in tho future.
Our memory and imagination depend
on what we receive through the senses.
which give all the material for thought.
Do We realize what goes in through
what Bunyan caleb our five gateways
Of knowledge? IL our eyes are dull the
material received through them does
not give TO the brain vivid images.
Often ono Hays, 81 would like 10 10
able 20 express myself we'll; / have n
thought hut cannot express il clearly
and Htrongly." 1t is not usually laclS
OF language, but Of clear thinking, OF
sharp, vivid images in the mind. We
nerd stronger training of the senses
Rni 10 get into the mimi images that
shall make it rich. We think it would
tire us il the mind wurhed up TO its
beat; this 10 mistake; our life is
most ylyifying when the mind Is most
active. We are careful TO feHd our
bodies, yet the mind needs food ms
well; We do not afford TO buy desired
book, and deny our mental side while
giving tue physical abundance.
We cannot think clearly when we
have only vague images. and remember
hast what came to uH vivid aud strong /:
We need tn look at things with grasp
in our eyus. The memory has three
| olliceH. TO receive, to retain. and recall.
| Sometimes we cannot recall thing at
| will, but ii comes to us suddenly,
whom we think We had forgotten it.
We need to be careful about what ia
registered on our minds for il is never
| wiped out. One difference between
minds great and small is in tho power
/ If attention which becomes by and by
the habit Of concentration. But there
| ia no use in training for concentration
until you have learned attention: If
you catch the oye you cntch the mind (;
| il you turn your eyes away from an
object your mind turns too, and your
attention lapses, People indulge In
restless motions, tapping the feet,
| swinging a tassel, &C., which ara all
waste power. The mind is always
working, but its involuntary work
amounts 10 little. How much mental
| action goes On in the conventional,
| automatic Phrases of societyf These
require hut the small coin of thought,
and IT ia necessary for tine mind to
have hank account, and to be putting
something in. If you wish to draw out.
Mental action consists Of three pro
cosses: First, impression, that is, what
| the mind uoes with the raw material of
| thought. Sometimes, nothing happens,
no action takes place; the mind Goesn' t
work; 6econd. reimpression, or classiii-
cation and comparison of material re-
ceived; third, expression Of what the
mind has digested. Our schools are
partly responsible that thase three
normal processes do not fully take
place. The child sees aud hears with
an impression that is strong and vivid.
His questions show that no is re-
impressing the thought and no 10 ready
to tell it, but the teacher says ''don' 4
talk, except in recitation where the
thoughts are furnished and his ex-
preston ia turned into normal channels.
As We grow older conveutionality lays
hold Of us and NO must keep to our
selves our strongest, deepest feelings 81
the processes fall into allegiance. This
is why thGre are SO few original people
to be original you must give your i'm
pressions plus your personality; tel
what you see md bear as it looks to
you. Never add to another's expression
OF opinion, 81 think So too;" you can i
think SD too; you must think 1t in
your own way. II you wish to be
original think about what you see and
hear and tell frankly how 1t impreasef
you. Intellectual honesty ia the first
requisite Of originality.
Imagination ia great spiritual
faculty; il is the "magic carpet,' or
which one can 60 whether Hhe will and
lit herself out OF TIE daily drudgery
OF her life. Sho eau shut her thoughts,
like doors aud windows, on her sur
rounuings. Ii iB not possible to have
sympathy, il one has not imagination.
1t ia a powerful aid to the memory,
anu the power of imagining at will il
the source of all art and science
Brooklyn Bridge stood in the mind O.
its builder before one stone was placed
The power of involuntary attention j,
born with you and tuts you at tht
mercy of every passing impression, hu
trimmed attention and concentration arr
the results of will-powsr. At Homt
crisis of your life it ia necessary t,
make an important decision, hut tn
next day you are sick ut heart wheI
another view, quito overlooked, sud
, denly occurs tn you and you wish yol
had mad the power TO hold tho subiec
in your mind till it had turned ever,
side to you. 10 have the will power Il
say mot at home' 10 Impression tina
come TO you through eye, ear. ant
touch, when your mind has importan
work, gives power. 1t is dreadful Ii
own mind you haven't control over
that's runs away with you. Three
fourths OF our montal action goes Ul
below the level of conHcinueneHs W
dump into the mind q numher Of fact
and its tendency is to arrange them il
logical order, but We need to make i
work fast: like chain-lightning. 1t j
exasperating to have ''staircase wit,
the bright thought that arrives tho da
after it was wanted, and hes been dow
meanwhile in the consciousness. |
is like having telegram delivered
week tou late On9 can increase, in
ten5ify, and quicken thought, and adj
to the control of tina will ny exercise
which will form mental habits and i'm
I prove the memory. Hiss Patriuge exer
cised the attention ami memory OF ne
I hearers by exercises on tbs blackboard
1t is hoped that class ia menta
!, training under her teuching may h
formed.
Centuries ago, people used to fear wha
they called the pestience. 'Black Death
= was the most terrible thing in the worl