The Washington herald., 1907-08-12
POISON OF HATRED
1t Is the DeadlieSt Known
to Scientists.
COLOR OF ANGER DISCOVERED
Appliances that Measure
Ideas-The Mental Effect of Strong
Thinking on External Things-Evsi
Thoughts of Men Are Fatal when
Injected Into Animals.

1 4 HNAe-A~N
Is hate. Pref. Elmer Gates, OF the lab
oratory Of psychology and psyehurgy.
Washington. is the man who has
| found Il out Al least he Is the man
who has demonstrated It. Many other
scientific sages. however, have apprecia-
ated that there Is connection between
bodily operations and mental operations,
and they and their works all have been
remembered by one Aaron Martin Crane
in his studies in Right and Wrong
Thinking" They serve 10 introduce US
to Gates greater work. says the Chicago
| Tribune
President Hall, of Clark University, has
said that there can be on change OF
thought without a change Of muscle. He
also suggests the possibility that the
right course In thinking might develop
muscle as well as the right course Of
physical exercise.
Prof J. Mark Baldwin. Of Princeton,
says that every state Of consciousness
tends 10 realize itself In an appropriate
muscular movement
Mental and Bodily Changes.
Prof. c. A. Strong. Of Columbia Uni
versity. assures as that all mental states
are followed by bodily changes. that all
consciousness leads 10 action. This is
true Of desires. Of emotions. Of pleasures,
and pains. and even OF such seemingly
nonimpulsive states as sensations and
4 ideas. It is true. in a word, of the entire
range Of our mental life The bodily ef-
fects are not limited to the voluntary
muscles. but consist IN large part Of
less patent changes in the action Of
heart. lungs. stomach. and other viscera,
In the caliber Of blood vessels, and the
secretion Of glands.
Prof. William James. Of Harvard Uni
versity, AYERS that all mental states are
followed by bodily activity Of some sort.
The fact is. says ne, that there is no sort
Of consciousness whatever. be it sensa-
ton. feeling or idea, which does not d.
rectly and Of itself tend TO discharge into
some motor effect II may be only an
/. alteration Of the heart beats, or breath
ing. or a modification OF the distribution
b OF the blood, such as flushing or turning
/ pale. or else a secretion OF tears. or what
not But. In any case, Il is there in some
shape when any consciousness Is there.
I Prof Munsterberg. OF Harvard. ar
gues that the slightest thought influences
the whole body, and that there rever is
a particle OF an idea in our mind which
is not the starting point OF some botis....y
action He says thinking increases the
activity Of the minute perspiTatiOn glands
, Of the skin This has been measured SO
/ accurately BY the proper apparatus that
Z Il is possible to determine the activity
! or intensity Of a person thinking by its
effects upon those glands.
Blood and Emotion.
Angelo AIasso. OF the University Of Tu-
rim, constructed an apparatus by which
. the body OF a man could be balanced in
z a horizontal position. This was made so
{ sensitive that II oscillated according 10
5 the rhythm Of the respiration. II one
speaks 10 a person while he is lying on
the balance horizontally. In equilibrium
and perfectly quiet, Il inellnes lmme-
! dia;ely toward the head. The legs be-
? come lighter and the head heavier. This
: phenomenon Is constant, whatever pains
Z the person may take TO move, however he
may endeavor not 10 alter his breathing,
10 suspend il temporarily, not to speak,
to do nothing which may produce a more
copious flow Of blood to the brain The
experiment was once tried on a sleeping
man. Some one was about 10 enter the
! room. and had scarcely turned the handle
! Of the door than the balance Inclined to-
, ward the head, remaining immovable for
= four or FIVE minutes without the sleeper
! noticing anything or waking II was
e proved By the balance that at the slight
= est emotion the blood Tushes 20 the
= head. This work with the sleeping man
] shows that the thought which is not per
= ceived and does not awaken him IS as
D | certain 10 affect his condition as the
: thought which he knows.
e Or William G. Anderson, director Of
T the Yale Gymnasium. has made similar
s observations upon the athletes Of that
university with like results. A man per.
fectly balanced on the table would find
= his feet sinking IL he went through men
e tai leg gymnastics, thinking about NOV
ing his legs without making the move
. ments. This shows that IL is thinking
, which sends the blooo 20 the legs wher
they are entirely at rest He balances
: students before and after their writer
q examinations, and after the examination
: he found that the center of gravity hat
a changed toward the head, varying in DIFF
4 ferent cases from only 1-l6 of an Incl
TO almost 211 inches.
n Effect of Pleasure.
n Experiments comparing agreeable exer
2 eises with those that are not so agree
4 4 able showed that movements in which
4 men took pleasure set in motion a richie.
2 supply Of blood than did those which
$ were not 10 their liking Pleasure bl.
thoughts send blood to the brain: dis
agreeable ones drive 1t away. The olC
poet was wise when he wrote; In what
ever you swet indulge your taste"
This prepares US for Prof. Gates ex
traOrdlnary experiments He has showr
the same motor influence and effec
Of mind action in an entirely differ
t. ent way. He plunged his arm into jal
, filled with water up TO the point Of ever
flow. Keeping his position without NOV
ing, he directed his thinking 10 the arm
with the result that the blood entered
the arm in such quantities as TO enlarg,
It and cause the water in the Jar t,
5 overflow. This merely is demonstrating
by another method the same facts tha
were shown by Prof. Masso and DR.
Anderson.
Prof. Gates went even farther thai
I. this. BY directing his thoughts 20 hi
Ee arm for a certain length OF time eacl
day for many days he permanently In
creased both its size and strength. an,
he Instructed others. so that they coul'
produce the same effect on various or
/ gans Of the body. Thus he demonstrate,
the accuracy OF President Halls state
ment that muscle can be developed by
proper course Of thinking as well as b,