Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-16
vitosophy, the Wise Way of Living

VItoSopny, tne WISE way OF Living
Copyright 1907 by William Windsor.)
A BOUT 150 years ago German
~ schoolboy, who possessed brain
of strong power and was thor
oughly aware of the fact, became very
much disgusted because he could not
make himself understood to his teach
ers.
He observed that other students who
did not actually know as much about
the subject as he did often obtained a
higher grade in the classes and were
frequently promoted over his head be-
cause they possessed a ready power of
expression.
This boy had the power of observation
and analysis unusually well developed
and in time he discovered that those
pupils who were most successful In re-
citing their lessons and in gaining pro-
motion had large, prominent eyes.
Persistent observation convinced him
that there was no exception to this
rule, and this fact was the first ra-
tional step toward the formulation of
the complete system of character study
which he afterward gave to the world
under the name of phrenology.
The name of this schoolboy was
Franz Joseph Gall, and he was after
wards known, and is known today, as
one Of the greatest philosophers in the
history of science.
Gall studied medicine, and in the
year 1886 he began to lecture and pub
lish his discoveries In this line of OBJ
servation In the city of Vienna, Aus
tria.
In the meantime he had extended his
observations to criminals, great men,
idiots, paupers and every class of hui
manity that could be distinguished for
remarkable traits, or the lack Of them.
Constantly revising and improving
his discoveries, he finally formulated
system known as phrenology. in which
the prime factors of human character
were for the first time given to the
world and the analysis Of human capa-
bilities made possible. In this he was
assisted by his most brilliant pupil,
John Gaspar Spurzheim, whose name
ranks second only to the great dis
coverer in eminence.
Spurzheim classified, arranged and
perfected the system which Gall dis
covered, and their joint labors left a
wonderful legacy of intelligence to
humanity at large.
Gall and Spurzheim formulated sys-
tenn of character reading, but they did
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They knew that energy was developed
in the human brain, that this brain
was encased in the skull and that as
the development of energy called for
more brain cells and increased and en-
larged that part of the brain that was
most frequently used. it was quite
easy to determine the various forms OF
energy that were developed, and to To-
cate them and classify them accord
inor In tbair eitt1at tiOn in the skull
1t was easy to understand that nature
would not develop energy in the pos
terror portion of the brain for the same
purpose that she did in the anterior.
and the head that was wide and mas
sive at the base of the brain exhibited
peculiarities thoroughly distinct from
one that was high and wide in the up
per portion.
Slowly, and with painstaking and
scientific accuracy, Gall and Spurzheim
mapped out the various portions of the
Uranium underneath which different
forms of energy could be predicted
The conflicting forces Of various
forms of energy resulted in the varied
dispositions of the individuals.
They recognized the existence of a
mighty power, which has been de-
scribed under the various names of in
but they. could not disclose and did not
know the essence of this force, al
though they could understand 1T, de
rect and control it.
About the same time Benjamin
Franklin, with his historical kite,
caught the lightning from the clouds
and began the wonderful process OF
Harvesting it for the use and service OF
man.
Franklin did not know what cleo
tricity was and the modern electrician
does not claim to know what its real
essence is. In this, however, he is
about twenty-five years behind the
actual progress of science and so are
nearly all universities and schools, en-
cyclopoedias and text books, which pre-
tend to teach the facts of electricity
and magnetism
In Harvard university few months
ago professor of physics asked
student the question, "Mr. Jones. what
is electricity?" Mr.. Jones had not
studied his lesson, but he supposed that
the professor was asking a question
which was answered in the text book,
and he sheepishly answered, Il have
forgotten, sir" "Well,' said the pro-
fessor, "if you have forgotten what
electricity is, you have forgotten more
than anybody else knows"
However, the Harvard professor was
wrong. The secret of electricity and
magnetism has been discovered but it
was discovered by an obscure philoso-
pher who died about twenty-five years
ago in New York. This man, who was
never known to fame in his lifetime.
solved the most momentous problem OF
the ages and left to science legacy or
knowledge which is more revolutionary
in it's consequences than anything that
has ever yet been accomplished by the
discoveries of any one man.
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