Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1901-01-26
STUDY ALL YOU MAY.
THERE Is NO SUCH THING AS A
"TlRED BRAIN"
When n Man Thinks His Brain Is
Tired, IL IL Really His Stomach
That Is Overfed or Some Other VI
tai Point That Is Weakened.

Tired, II Is Really His stomach
That Is Overfed or Some other VI
tai Point That Is Weakened.
Every man should have impressed
upon him the fact that the human
brain is capable of absolutely unlimlt-
ed development. 1t can be developed
more easily, more permanently than
the muscles. Like the muscles, 1t Is
developed by exercise, but unlike them
there is no limit to its possible develop
ment and there is no age limit to the
growth Of mental faculties.
If you go to a certain hotel III Cat
cago you will find at the door 81 the
large dining room a colored gentleman
who takes your hat, overcoat and UNI
brella. He gives you no ticket When
you walk out again, to your intense
amazement he hands you your prop
erty, identifying you among hundreds
Of other guests and Immediately as
sociating you with the proper hat and
coat.
In a big store In Twenty-thlrd street,
New York city, n small negro lad, Ii
or 10 years old, works for a living.
One day at that store this writer asked
for a book apparently seldom pur-
chased. Various dlgnilied white men
were asked about the book. They
thought that they did not have 1t, but
to make sure they asked the colored
boy Without n moments hesitation
he pointed out n certain balcony OH
the east side of the store and told ex
actly where the small volume could be
found. Every one of the thousands
of books in that store was located In Il
definite spot in that young negro's
mind, despite the fact that he probably
had seen the insldes Of very few of
the volumes.
The two instances quoted are not
unusual. They indicate merely the
most superficial sort of development OF
one particular mental faculty, that OF
recollection A more remarkable in
stance of such development was shown
by Houdin, the French prestidigitator.
He could pass a shop window contain
ing perhaps scores Of different articles,
cast n glance at the window as he
went by and cnumerate without error
everything in 1t from that one glance.
Some men learn n score or more Of
languages.
Yet the greatest development of any
human brain has never taxed even to
the slightest degree the actual capacity |
Of the mind.
No matter to what extent you may |
train your mental faculties, no matter
how much you may use your brain, You
will still be like the Inaa who has spent
5 or cents and has million dollars |
In the bank
We are justified in believing that we
are destined to marvellous mental
achievements in the future, when we
consider the instrument of thought
that has been given to us and which
is so little used ut present
A scientist named Meinert calculates
that the gray matter Of the brain con-
tainS GOO,OOO,OOO cells.
That in itself seems quite compllcat-
ed. If we only had one thought stored
away in each cell, we would know
quite good deal.
But you must remember that each
cell is divided into several thousand
molecules separately divislble.
Every one of these molecules con-
tains many millions of atoms. I'm
each separate atom plays
It's part In the working Of the brain.
Figuring on a very modest basis you
find that your brain contains 1S,OOO,-
DOC, 100000 100000 separate atoms.
The theory that the atom is an lndi
visible particle of matter, which is in
Heated by its name, meaning uncuu-
Die, is only theory not by any means
There is no reason to
believe that there is any limit to the
universe in the direction of bigness or
ittleness What we call an atom may
De in effect an indivislble particle Of
natter or 1t may be a small universe
II itself However this may be, don't
TOu think that with brain organized
Is above you ought to be able to devel-
ID n good deal Of mental energy and
De quite free from any worry about
the machine which has
,een given to you TO do your thinking?
When a man thinks his brain is tired.
t is really his stomach that Is overfed
II some other vital point that is depict
d or overloaded. Keep the rest Of
our body in good condition, and your
rain will never feel any amount of
work that you will be able to give It,
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