The Washington times., 1919-08-05
How Much. Do You Assay?
Ike Pencil and Paper and Make Analyss of YOURSELF.

gen. chlorine sulphur, phosphorus, and few other ele
nens The ground mole the elephant the mosquito and the
aorse are made of the same elements about the
proportion.
Man is the inferior of animals in all things except brain
power The dog has keener SCENT the eagle has better
ye the deer feet the gorilla is stronger than man
The only difference between and the other animals
that he has been developing brain during the centuries
while they have been growing tusks and claws and fur
As result makes the horse and the elephant carry
hs heavy loads he makes the fur into mu tus and
claws he turns into piano keys and watch charms.
Mans superiority over man is derived from the same
mans superiority the other animals In
the development of the little cells of the human brain lies
the progress of the individual and the world
Your place in life is determined by how your brains
win assay by the amount Of carbon phosphorus in
your tissues
The chemist assays ores to find how much valuable
metal they contain he reports there is much gold so
much silver, 50 much copper, so much dirt.
The miner thus finds whether is worth while to work
certain ore to obtain the metal from it. If the Of
metal is too small he knows the cost of separating from
the vaueess matter will be too great to make the process
worth while.
Human beings can assay their brains if they will take
the trouble and find out what they have Of value in them
now much there is of matter in proportion to valuable
material.
Would you like to assay your brain? Here are of
he valuable metals in brainore: Thinking power, Perse
vsrsnce, Honesty sefrehance.
you find these things in your brain, put them down
the left side of the page with the percentage of EACH
against the whole contents of the brain
On the right side of the page write Frvolity Lazness
Dependence Others Dishonesty Put down the percentage
Of each opposite Add the columns and compare them.
There you will have assay of your brain. you find the
right side of the page outtotals the left your brain power
is negatiVe-you poor ore, and not worth while
the left side is greater than the right you have good
metal enough to pay for development of your brain mine
Mr. Cofman in the cartoon on this page shows chem
ist in the act of applying the acid test to human being
The test for gold is nitric acid which eats away the
other metals but does not affect gold The acid test for man
is the competition of his brain with those of his fellow
you have analysed yourself correctly, you will prob
ably find that you where you because of what you
you in the industrial dross you there be-
you have shown valuable metal Consider your
station and consider your assay.
Your thinking power is your gold. Train yourself to
think Start Think about this editorial and then
write better the subject That will exercise
your BRAIN and will create more thought-power.
Perhaps you work seven eight nine hours day
What do you do with the other hours? Do you drift along
with the dross do you try to make yourself valuable?
Your fate is in your brain No else can make
your mentality for you W. Henley aptly expresses it,
1t hon. strait the gate,
HOw charged NTH PuaishmeHts the SCROLL
am the master of my fate;
! am the captain of my soul
Perseverance is next to thinking power It the metal
that brings him untouched through the acids of
adversely and sorrow, and keeps him eternay fighting for
a goal
Honesty says the old saw, is the best policy. Honesty
with your fellow is not important than honesty
with yourself It is hard to form honest opinion of your
SELF You probably find yourself inclined to cheat bit in
sssaying yourself You will accomplish nothing in your
survey Of your BRAIN unless you make honest Job
Of ii.
Self reliance is Of the hardest loads that man has
to carry It is easy to let George do it. Shakespeare
says it easier to tell twenty what good to be
done than to be Of the twenty follow the instructions
In these days of dgested foods gasoline ranspora
on eoncordances and book reviews is easy to rely on
others to do the work and the thinking