Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-02-24
KENNEBEC JOURNAL co.
AUGUSTA, MAINE
DEPARTMENT OF PRINTING

steam in them should not De uiSSi-
pated, but utilized to some great ad-
vantage.
The average man is about so per
cent. efficient. l mean by this that he
permits a constant waists, or deliber-
ately uses up power for no practical
purposes except to please his grosser
senses. When he makes no progress
up the river of life he blames the
world for the current against him
everything. Yet he has in him power
to go steadily forward and reach in
the bright summer time profitable
harbor.
There are certain internal secreting
glands and bodies in the human ma
chine which are constantly supplying
power. They work, quietly and regu-
1arly and as surely for the steady run
ming of the brain and body as those in
the most intricate machine made by
man. And far more wonderful and
lasting, far more powerful and etfi-
cient than mans brain can conceive,
are the little eenergy-producinS glands.
They need no adjusting, no atten-
ton, no oiling by us. But they are
affected by the slightest abuse of the
body and brain. Man can never get
from them all their power If he for
gets this fact.
To get the best that is in you to
work two facts must be comprehended
One is that blowing off energy which
does not help in developing your body
and your brain is slowing you down.
You will lose ground which you can
never, never regain. Another fact is
that to do your best you must have
to take interest in your work. This
may sound like moralizing. 1t is not
it is a physiological fact. Non-in-
terest or a grouchy and complaining
attitude affects the purity and the
amount of the secreting material
which is mans internal force-the
stuff that makes you do things.
Dissatisfaction with the work you
have conscientiously done is good
sign of progress--it stimulates the Sc
creting force. Disgust with the work
you have been put to do is certain
sign that you will fail in that par
ticular work It is this condition
of mind which makes both men and
women waste energy, causes ineffi-
cheney and ends in mere drudgery,
which too often merges into dissipa-
rion.
The things which waste the power
daily supplied by the energy-producing
glands, are alcohol, impure air, in
sufficient Sleep fits of anger and jeal-
ousy, rapid eating or not enough food.
and greatest of all, immoral conduct.
All these conditions affect the en-
ergy sources in one of two ways-ei-
ther by using up force at night which
should be saved for the next day. S
work, or in drying up the glands,
which means, in a short time, COM
plete loss of energy. This brings the
human machine to the scrap heap.
Let us take a few examples so that
you may get q fair idea of what l
mean. A railroad engineer has been
on a period of several runs. He has
been on constant strain, his eff
cheney has been almost 100 per cent.
during this work He has used in a
proper way his energy. Every Sec
ond he has been supplied by energy
drops from the secreting glands. The
run over, his big engine is laid up
for a days rest overhauling.
But do most men under this or sim
liar conditions follow the example set
by the engine? Seldom. The engineer
rushes off to some exciting meeting, to
fish with jovial companions, perhaps
to a dance and moderate dissipation.
When he next takes the engine out,
while there may not be the slightest
injury to the secreting bodies, he has
not allowed himself rest and physical
quietude to accumulate reserve pow
er. This reserve power we must al
ways possess if we are to be success
full, for one never knows when it is
to be needed, and when that time
| comes and we don't have it, we have
to draw upon the capital.
What happens to the man who
draws constantly upon his financial
capital instead of the interest? Bank
ruptcy, of course. The man who uses
up physical and nervous capital? The
human dump heap?
Every man who is doing worth while
work, whether as motorman or clerk,
must have his periods of recreation.
But this is the point-the recreation
must be such that it is really re-cre-
alton. 1t must be that which gives
all the nervous forces used in the daily
vocation absolute rest.-New York
American.
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