The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-05-04

ton would neglect the mind. Proper
care of the body requires self control
the development of all the faculties
the subduing of the appetites and
passions and bringing them under the
control of reason-the suppression Of
envy, jealousy, hatred and fear,
which weaken and degrade, and the
cultivation of friendship, love, hope
and courage which strengthen and
ennobles. The doctor was an active
practitioner and had doubtless OBJ
served that an injury to the skull eff
fected the mind; that whisky taken
into the stomach turned men into
beasts; that baby knows little and
has little use of it's body, and as it's
body grows the mind strengthens
and when the body is fully developed
all the natural faculties of the mind
are in their prime and that in old age
and sickness the mind looses it's
brilliancy If you asked the doctor,
he likely, would say that the body
and mind are one; that the proper
development of the body I'M igOrates
the mind and vice versa. Tie mind
is clear in health and cloudy in sick
ness. Courage has always been con-
sidered the chief virtue, among men
and those of vigorous bodies are
usually the most valiant Good
health being most excellent in itself,
the healtt of the citizen ought to be
our first care, AMI We ought to make
the care Of the body the primary in
struction il OIL. public schools. Ma
ture has given each of us a little
kingdom wherein is a garden clear
Of nOXiOus and where the useful and
beautiful abound. In order to crop
erly care for the body, we must be
able to procure proper food and raj
ment. To secure these requires not
only skill and energy, but a suitable
environment So that for a people
to live well, requires a knowledge of
how to conserve the natural resOur-
ces Of their country and their rights
as indi Jiduals. Public opinion is
monarch, and it is important that we
have an enlightened people to form
it. If this be true, what could be
more conductive to our honor and
welfare as a people than to have the
ability to care for our bodies proper
ly and to conserve the natural re-
sources of the country and the rights
of man? Under present conditions.
our good men control our money,
railroads, telephones, telegraphs, fac
tories, mines and timber The COM
mon has but little chance for initia-
tiVe-he N st work for some cOrpOr-
alton or rich man and during times
OF panic, old age or sickness, he is
turned out like an old horse to live
as best he can. MilliOnaires and pau
pers are increasing rapidly. 1t has
been said that "Opulence engenders
weakness and effeminacy and that
poverty breads meanness and crime
and that both together breed revO-
luton. The mad race for wealth
is, or has been, sanctioned by public
opinion. We have wOrshiped at the
sChrine of mamOn. The rich man has
been first in our churches, halls of
Congress and in our thoughts. We
have believed that our home and
happiness, depend upon money, Of
flee and pOwer-that the source Of
honor and happiness are from with
out rather than from within and we
have therefore preferred external dis
tinctiOn to uninternal sense of JOY
and power, In such circumstances
the perfection Of ourselves is sub
ordinated to the accumulation of
cash Our education ought to be
such as to develop the best in human
ity and suppress the base. We can
have the best, if we pay the price.
1t has been said that the soul and