New-York tribune., 1922-07-30
AN IGNITION
FOR GENIUS
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'h"C 10 'ihiiiiieA0 5s thsC young George ~,
erick is to be told that daylight savjne 'ea
go into effect until next month and s..gs sSssaf
just as soon tickle the worries d,rino o d. ne
v2ntion8I sioLrs ''e con.
Now, there was such genius as ,n,,
would be glad to see in their children se,sas sas
doubt If it was fostered by any Of the mefs.s -
given in the books. We are sure that yems'
George F. Handel was not induced - 'Jals tas
against sheet Of jazz music. AK
Mythology is replete with valuabla t,x.
child training and nurture Hercpiey .-s .-s %
his infancy was permitted to gtran1le ~ mAO N
grew up to be man of considerable fo.Ys4%s fS..%
ness. he never stuck long on ore iob s.o',ui.
he did he did well. The goddess ~ ~ "nat
a remarkable child from TIE very ar.s. sas =
sprang, fu'l-panoplied, from the foreEe.,Ss sas
Jove. II that full-panoplied buzines. ,'@u - d
only be managed mere often think of 49,, ,''q
saving that could be effected in tiny gar,asr nass
Jove was nourished by goat and W.. .,'.'s sas
wise enough to break off one of bor any
which became the Horn of Plenty p., as
and Remus were suckled by wolf tba 's
type of that very animal which under =. 80 s,
conditions we are hard put to keep fror, NJ. y.
door when twins are born. A'
By shifting to more modern retb,s.
must inevitably consider the cb;Id..., W
George Washington and the much ones,,ss,
cherry tree incident. Georges father u,d,ar.
edly felt that he had conducted the l.d,a
ing very successfully when the ls+ta. '.ss'
fessed, II cannot tell lie." Very eood =.
as it goes. He could not tell lie. Rnt o..l,
the young hatchet wieIder tell a cherry 49,.
The idea was good, but we think he rnigbs i.
ter have learned about lies on. saw. e,..,.
wood sapling.
And then there was that athlet;c +..;.,..
Of George's-his throwing the silver d.u.
across the Potomac River. What We voug
have done if we had been bringing IN ,tT
in that vicinity at the time would have be.,
to admonish: "Son, there is a foolish vntt
who purposes to hurl silver dollar across 4.
Potomac this forenoon"
"Very well, father" the bright lad umu
reply at once. L shall make all haste to tie
opposite shore" A sreat thing, thrift.
Observation, made at some little eost 10,
convinced US that there is inherent in the ebHs
destructive impulses. If the child by trai.
ing can be made to bloom into genius recov
cry can be made later on this early damage
The child Sir Walter Scott was very fond j.
ruined towers. 1t may be that whenever be
found one that wasn't ruined, he went and
ruined it. Extravagant as that may have been
at the time, it is known fact that Scott later
wrote very entertain:ngly and profzbly s
ruined towers. The young Pascal heard that
plate on being struck gave forth musical
noises. The family china closet at the CO..
cluslon Of the ensuing investigations must haw
been horrible to contemplate, but future great
scientist had learned something about vihra.
tions.
How often have told you, James, not to
play with the silver at the table," must have
inquired the mother of young Master Watt
when he put the spoon over the teakettle spout
and blew off the lid Mrs Watts training in
table manners had been good, but it hadn't
been too good. Otherwise the boy never would
have discovered that there was something
stronger than tea in that pot. We refer, Of
course, to steam.
Thus it may be seen that these somewhat
rough tactics in the young may presage notable
careers and bring glory to the child in Later
life. host of examples may be quoted, rang
ing from the meddlesome son Of the sculptor
of Winged Victory" to Napoleon, whose "a
vorite toys were small brass cannon.
Pope learned to write by initiating PRINT
Possibly these limitations were executed al
over the parlor walls and Popes parents wers
Inclined to think at the time, as he later wrote
that little learning is a dangerous thing
But it turned out to be for the best.
When he was less than three years old Sam
uel Johnson listened to sermon, and sermoIs
in those days were not so short as they mlgh
have been. After that little experiment ID
training, Sans parents were convinced tna'
theirs was an unusual child and should
treated accordingly. Another genius cary
recognized was the young Calico, who actuaa
repaired his toys instead Of shattering taea
in the customary manner. That and smM
unorthodox procedure later resulted in his lA !
by the inquisition.
Isaac Newton was in boyhood dexterous
the use of tools and fond of apples, the dloP
ping Of one Of which on his head caused ih
to PROFOUND the theory of gravity. Hss
tribute to the training of Isaac that the ~
of the apple made him think of sonetnas
besides eating it. But, remember, it was
apple that dropped. Newton did not orlginaA
the present vogue of dropping tools. uss
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