Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-03
How Does YOUR Mind
Work When You Read?
The Answer That Question Tells You How Much Good
Reading Does You.

Some worry they REMEMBER what they
read
Very foolish worry is not REMEMBERING things read
ADLER The important question What and
HOW do you THINK as you read9''
Reading to the mind is like eating o the body
You REMEMBER the beeseak of week before
that does What matters is DIGESTION, the max
ing of good, blood the result of eating the
your mind a book, it remembering the book
that matters making of good thoughts the
of mental power.
Many mentally well physically. To swallow
of books for the sake of swallowing foolish
swallowing lot of food with the idea that will make you
stronger Only what you your strength
BOOKS dgested the BRAIN MEAT dgested in the
You should eat slowly with the mind as well as with the teeth
You should THINK YOUR WAY THROUGH BOOK, you chew
your way through a steak
1t is OTHER man. author thought and
important to you is what he MAKES YOU think you
read him
falling apple according the legend made Newton think
Of the law of gravitation.
dancing lid of think the
engine.
Reading humble Dutch opcan had glass that
brought objects made Calico think of the teescopn all
cases the thinking followed by ACTION of great
humanity.
Very likely forgot that apple and Calico prob
ably remembered after year just HOW
happened telescope But it REMEMBERS
ING that So do because you book and do
You might forget every word of and still be
ADLER for having read it.
today, perhaps other times well known
passages good writer's and what thought they develop
For instance:
Give Us. give US the man who sings ; his work. He wi" do more i"
sensible of fatigue whilst he marches The
make harmony they in
the strength of cheuness altogether calculation
endurance Efforts to be permanently useful must be uniformly
bight-carlyle
There are few strong lines Carlyle You may not
remember those lines tomorrow. What of it?
The question What thoughts if do Caryes words stir
up in YOUR OWN MIND2
you accept the made saying yourself
Very fine indeed do you think and question
confirm it with your thought?
you all very say Gve us the
who sings his work but is first necessary get
employer to give work at which CAN sing?
Stocking the hold of ship under terrific heat working
the hell hole of sugar refinery work conducive to song
with a sick wife and half-fed children may hard and
honest work, but he will do it without singing
Singing fine thing but the kind of work that LET'S
sing is finer and SCARCE.
The old kings knew, and know the value of
muscthat why they soldiers each other
with the band playing!
day they will playing men that do hon
useful worhe band will play for tired digging
cation bitches conquer digging drainage
bitches marshes instead of playing only
ing out TO kill
In that day when music the honors the uniforms and
medals those that work. those that
kill and rule there will be lack cheerful singing at their
work dyspep Carlyle looking down or up at the world he
and morose will very different earth and differ
raceor there is but WOULD sing work if
his work would LET him sing.
And II IS NOT true that efforts to be permanently
be permanently joyous for the built the pera
nenty useful roads UNDER THE LASH) days were not
Joyous and the mothers that have borne great permanently
useful men IN and uniformly Joyous
BY all means Give oh, give u.s. who sings at his
work"
But also and first of all give OH give civilization in
which work shall mean happiness, and desire to sing