Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-02-25
INNATE IDEAS
NV II, II. Hudson.

Professor Hyper had long hair and
h,gh brow. He could think in several
languages. His appearance LED people "
believe that he had a master mind. Inc
fact was that Hyper was great reaoer.
For years he had prided himself on Wna'
he had read. Then he saw MS mlstahe'
To become a great man he would nave
to dig I'D new ideas rather than ABSORB
old ones. In other words, he woul1 ha'e
to leave the scholastic smoking car anu
go out and pick up things before the
ans zine of urogress reached them.
So ambitious did Hyper become that he
changed his diet and ate almost nothins
hut eggs. This would give him new life
and new strength. and he needed BON
The professor began to concentrate MS
mind, and walked with bowed head. quite
often he ran into tree on the college
grounds. so absorbed was he in running
new ideas to earth.
Finally an inspiration came. His men
tai guns were teething. He remembered
that there were. innate ideas and acquired
ideas. Innate ideas were those which
came at birth. They were the ideas when
were born with the child. Man had IN
deed sighted his prerogative. 1t was
doubtless intended that he should upllf'
the lower order of species
professor was versed in the occult He
had also studied telepathy, hypnotism'
and like sciences. He FASTENED to the hen
house and secured fresh egg. He
fastened it under his left armpit to keep
IL warm. Then he began to center his
MIND on the egg. A chicken would event
ually be Matched, endowed for the frst
time with innate ideas.
The professor even took the egg to bed
with him. His last thought before slum-
Der was to Undue the innocent, uninspired
protoplasm with future possibilities. FL
nally he took 1t to the hen house and
placed 1t beneath a setting hen. The
rooster observing his act. blinked Its RED
eyes and Grained fits head curiously. With
the rooster the course Of true science was
not running smoothly.
The egg had been carefully marked.
Professor Hyper returned to his study.
For a spell each day he bowed his higr
forehead is the depths of his long fingers,
giving the egg the benefit Of his knowl-
edge of telepathy and charging it with IL
nate ideas. His mind pictured the
prodigy which would emerge from the
shell, and the intelligence which would
beam from the eyes of the newborn crea-
ture when IL saw its benefactor. The bird
would be capable of infinite progression.
This would be a triumph OF mind over
matter.
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Frequently, Hyper would go to the hen
house and stretch his hands toward the
nest and concentrate his mind on the egg.
This process he would continue until he
was tired out. The rooster always
watched his movements. The professor
understood the sheepish look in the eyes
of the father fowl. 1t doubtless under
stood the intended Improvement over ma
ture.
The professor even went so far as to
prepare a lecture on the elevation Of the
lower species. He calld his lecture "A
New and Better Life for the Feathered
Kingdom Explained" This lower order #
creatures would henceforth be able to
assist man In intelligent endeavor. They
would partake of higher mentality, and
a branch Of animate creation would move
q step forward.
AS the Matching time drew near Pro-
fessor Hyper could scarcely contain him