Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-17
is legal method to collect subscrip-
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Two centuries back a young man Of
'twcnty-three sat in the quiet Of the
evening-thinking. His body was
quiet, his vitality, his life. all his pow
ers. We're conferred in his brain. Above.
the moon shone. and around him
rustled the branches of the trees in his
fathers orchard. From one of the
trees an apple fell. No need to tell you
that the young man was Newton; that
the fall of the apple started in his ready
brain the thought that led to his great
discovery, giving him fame to last until
the last star shall fade from heaven.
How splendid the achievement born
that moment! How fortunate for the
world and for the youth Newton, that
at twenty-three his brain had cult
waited the habit of thought! Our mus
cles we share with everything that lives
with the oyster clinging to his rock, the
whale blowing through cold seas, and
our monkey kinsman swinging head
down from his tropical branch. These
muscles, useful only to cart us around,
help us 10 do slave work or pound our
fellows. we cultivate with care. We
run, fence, ride. walk hard. weary our
poor lungs and gather pains in our
backs building the muscles that we do
not need. Alone among animals. we
possess a potentiality of mind devel-
opment unlimited. And for that, with
few exceptions, we care nothing. Most
nf n cit I'M in, rln
seeing the apple fall. would merely
have debated the ACCESSIBILITY of getting
the apple to eat it-just the process
that any monkey mind would pass
through. A Newton. brain trained
to think, sees the apple drop. asks
also. And he discovers the law of
gravitation which governs the existence
of every material atom in the uni
verse. Young men who read this, start
in now to use your brains. Take moth
ing for granted, not even the fact that
| the moon stays in her appointed place
or that the poor starve and freeze amid
| plenty. Think of the things which are
| wrong and of the possibilities of right
ing them. Study your own weaknesses
and imperfections. There is power in
| your brain TO correct them, if you will
develop that power. AS surely as YOU
can train your arm TO hold fifty pounds
out straight, Just so surely can you
| train your brain to deal with problems
that now would find you a gaping in
competent You may not be a Newton
But if you can condescend to aim Al
being an inferior Sandow, can't yor
afford to try even harder to be an in
ferior Newton? Don't be Il muscular
monkey Be lowgrade philosopher
IL YOU can't be high grade. and fine
how much true pleasure there is ever
in inferior brain gymnastics. 1t Is
poleon's brain are born the schemes
| that murder millions and yet push civ
| iliZatiOn on. The mere soldier, Will
| gold lace and sharp sword, is nothing
"a mere tool. 1t is the concentrated
thought of the English people under
Puritan influence that makes Great
Britain sham monarchy and real
republic now 1t is the thought of the
men of independent mind in this coun-
try that throws English tea and Eng
fish rule overheard forever. Don't wait
until you are old. Don't wait until you
are one day older. Begin now.-Or1
later. with a dull, fuzzy useless mind,
you will realize that an unthinlsing
man wigtht as we'll have been mon
key, with fur instead of trousers, and
consequent freedom from mental re.
sponsibility, or self-respect.