Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-06-16
BASIS or INTELLECT.

abolished by timely drill and disci-
pllne."
BASIS OF INTELLECT.
1T is now more or less clearly rec
ognized that no skill, no learning. no
intellectual greatness. can carry with it
its fullest influence without Il certain
element of physical capacity in the In
dividual.
HE may prove an excellent scholar,
but the terrible earnestness of the race
of life Is not best met by mere scholar
ship.
Muscles can grow only by exercise
and by the simple expedlent of using
them. The dislsed muscle wastes. and
becomes fatty and anaemic.
Movement indeed, within proper
| bounds is essential to the full develop
| ment and perfect maintenance of the
| health OF the body. The body Is a ma
| chine with the peculiar attribute that
the more Ii Is used, within reasonable
limits. the stronger and more capable it
becomes. 1t gathers strength by move
| nent, and that strength Is to be gagged
| not by mere muscular force. but by the
| perfect functional condition of every
| part and of every organ.
''Undue rest implies decay, feebleness,
| and n debased standard of functional
value. Absolute rest lie found only In
| death.
TEACHINGS OF NATURE
"The more mobile the extremities of
an animal are the more intelligent 1t
| Is. Among all birds the parrot is the
most intelligent. because It makes
| more use than do other birds of It's
legs. beak and tongue. The elephant
| IS more intelligent than all other wild
animals because he makes use of not
only his legs and also of his snout, as
| organs Of movement. The mutual re-
lation of intelligence and movement Is
| one of the most constant factors IN ma
ture. The movements always change
when the intelligence changes. We
need only consider the gait of the
Indians to convince ourselves of the
truth Of my assertion. Their walk Is
characteristic. being heavier and slow
er than ours. This change in move
ment is still more striking In the
case of idiots. In the artists better
than in other human beings is seen the
intimate connection between the
psychic processes and muscular exet-
cises. Powers OF resistance against
fatiguing labors. deXterity, and eapso'
ity for concentration are the secrets
of their marvellous life.
CASE OF GREAT MEN.
~ am converted that muscular
movements have formed the omnipo
tence of genius, just as vice versa, In
tellectual exercises affect advantage
ously the development Of the muscles
Michael Angelo ground his colors him
self Raphael while an engineer II
Rome. carried on excavations anC
painted the rooms OF the vatican, wrut,
a treatise on how the smoking OF III,
chimney In the kitchen OF n prince
might be prevented. AS Nasare re
lates;
These men who are the greatest rep
resentatives OF our race, have carried
the deNtefity OF their hands TO III,
highest degree Of perfection. The!
were simple workers who, laboring un
tiringly with their hands. lifted TIM
human mind to the highest Ideals {
beauty.
"If the Greeks excelled all other poo
pies In genius. II WAS because thcs
paid more attention than did the o;li
era 10 bodily exercise they brpugh
gymnastics, the study Of bodily posi-
tions and bodily exercise TO hcigh
which has never been reached by othe
peoples since their daN'
GROWTH or THE BRAIN.
"a child receives It's impressions
through It's muscles, large part of III
early education coming from It's crop
ings and 'mcddllnss' The sensations
that come this way make "A deeper inn
preston than any forward or warn
Ing This fact has given rise to th'
wei known saw, Experience teaches.
This adage has a muscular basis.
"Flechslg has demonstrated tina
our cerebral nerve flbers arc not com
plete az birth and that the white nerve
paths come fran the medulla extend
ing from the periphery toward The
center
''If the track Is thus incomplete, 4
o. evident that no impression car
travel from the bran at first. hut mus
make its way towards the cerepra
center and BY Us EFFORT complete INC
path
rIn man the brain develops later
than IN ali other animals because hii
muscles also deyelope later Whef
the muscular training Is complete, th'
brain should be AZ tho plentlucle OF lu
possibilities
'srhe brain OF man slowly inerease'
In weight up 20 the fortleth year
Kaes has shown that Gp 10 the inr
tieth year, there are formed IN th'
cerebral conVolutions new plennses 81
nerve fbers which are lacking u
younger brains"
FUTURE LECTURES.
At tho conclusion OF DR., Anderson.
address, Prof, Stewart announced u'@'