The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-09-23
CHARITY.
KNOW THYS6LF F. ! , ~sa.,,i l.' %
Human Life

blood is wonderfully elaborate and mi
croscopicaIly minute system Of irrigation
and drainage
@ The blood supplies new material to all
parts of the body and bears back to the
lungs the worn out matter.
80 The warm fluid is often spoken of as
the flame of life"
80 Tenders, cords, and sfnews, knit
the marbles" or bony framework
strongly together as with thongs
Q0 The frame work Of the body ia
linked with the guiding reins" Of the
mind by those trembling chains" of the
nerve tubes, or nerve fbers.
0D All the tissues of The BODY are
formed primarily of cells" Cells. open-
ing form rings, aud these rings unite
in certain cases to form nerve fbers
Hence these nerve ffbers may well be de
scribed as myriad rings in trembling
chains"
az The threaded zone, or hollow of
each nerve fiber contains ! fluid sub
stance like that found in the brain
n3) The seeming white light" is made
Up of seven primary colors: Red. orange,
yellow, green, indigo and violet.
90 The ball of the eye, through
which the humors the rays of light
cally termed the window of the soul
The wonders of the eye, like all other
organs of the body, are many.
d5l The air, whose vibrations in the
chambers of the ear give the sensation
which we cal sound
G@ "C,oven sphere"-the two hemis-
Dheres of the brain; the seat of "all
thought 1t is in the brain that We
think and viii and reason. 1t is
delicate organ and is lodged in the skull,
which is the safest and strongest room
in the house we live in
~ That receives impressions through
the nerves of feeling, or ''sensory
nerves.
d& That sends forth its commands
through the motor nerves, or nerves
of motion. " The nerves Of feeling ana
the nerves of motion are, as far as
known, the same in structure and COM
position but the offices which they per-
form are entirely different No one
knows how the mind receives impress
sion through one set, and sends out mes
When the finger has <been directed to
touch a certain key of the piano and by
chances touches the sharp point of a pin.
the nerves of feeling send information
to the brain and the nerves of motion
Immediately send a command to remove
the finger from the place of danger
G9) The nerve cells forming the gray
substance Of tfe 81 The bSain IS
made up of millions of cells arranged
in ridges or eonvolutions, in quantity suf-
ficient. if fatteDed out. to fill many score
square feet
GOD Glossy threads the nerve threads
or nerve fbers.
Oliver Wendell Holmes. the sen OF a doc
tor, was Kern at Cambridge. Mass,
Aug. 20, 1865. He graduated from HAIR
ward and sth3ied law. but soon direct
ed his attention to medicine. spend
ing several years in European ho5pit-
ais. In 1859 he became professor OF
anatomy and physiology in Harvard
college, and early assumed COM
manding rank in his profession. HIS
widest fame, however, IS as q poet, a
wit and writer. All his literary work
is OF rare originality and excellence.
He was also a most fascinating ard
instructive lecturer, and was widely
admired for his genial social quail
ties. The first collection of his poems
appeared in 1886. Between 1856 and 1860
his Breakfast Table books appeared.
This brilliant series of works gave hfIsl
much fame. His poems and short
lyrics are rot surpassed by any IL the
language, while his various medical
addresses papers and pamphlets ere
of the highest merit The poem ore
scented herewith "a Living Temple
is & sample of his constructive genius: