Evening star., 1932-06-22
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES z. TRAcENELL.

The true stimulus which healthy tis-
sues, all the way through, add to intel
lisence lies mostly In the drive to do,
to achieve.
Even the sick man. prodded by
events. might turn himself into q doer,
an achiever, . go-getter, without pos
sessing any real physical health.
The point Is. however. not that this
may happen, but that in literally thou
thousands and maybe millions of in
stances, who knows, true intelligence
never comes into the light Of recogni-
tion because the vital spark of fresh
flowing blood is not there to start it
of.
When children needlessly scream and
jump around 1t Is surplus energy in
them, which rightly directed in later
years, might make a new heaven and
earth.
Mostly 1t won't make Z new heaven,
or even 4 new earth-that much has
been proved by the millions upon mil
lions Of human beings who have gone
before. If physical health can keep a
human being reasonably healthy, as
we say, more or less free from active
hurt, the world of mankind feels that
it has done its God-ordained share.
But has 1t?
In all but a small percentage Of
cases it has failed to touch OF the
spark of mental achievement. How
this is to be done is q study for future
ages. Although some few dreamers
have approached the problem in every
age and in every nation. the surface
of great problem has only been
scratched.
The vast tides Of energy now going
l 1lx Mt II
athletics, golf, foot ball. base ball, bas-
ket ball, lacrosse and hundred other
sports have not IS yet been made to
yield up their super-dividends of intel
lectual accomplishments.
| These yields are there.
They are in the making in thou
! sands of human beings who by no
t means suspect their presence.
| That mankind believes they are there
is shown by the sayings OF the people.
In France 1t was said, and believed,
after the time Of Napoleon, that every
soldier carried field marshals baton
! in his knapSack.
In America every mother likes to
think, although she may not say so
! openly that her boy has chance of
being President some day.
These are traditions which tell Of
| the hope which springs eternal in the
: human breast to make more Of life than
mere physical existence.
1t is realized that through brain
/ power, and through the mind alone, the
path of humanity in eternity shall difIer
from that of the apes.
Physical conquest is essential, but it
| is part only OF mankind's long search
! for the truth.
| The laws of nature and of life are
being discovered through the applica-
ton of intelligence working with ply
sical forces, ceaseless wonders which re-
search tends mere ana more to show
are not SO different from the spiritual,
| after all.
Even in the making Of such an in
telligent thing as great book a man
must expend physical energy, and must
have physical paper, types, etc, for It's
issuance forth into the light of day.
/ Greatest of all contributions, however,
/ is the divine physical spark which says
/ Co" to human mind, which stands
/ there in the darkness of the blood
! stream amid the mysteries Of mysteries,
/ and prods man into dong his best.
! In the ancient days it was customary
| to call this inspiration and to look
above for ITS source. Today its source
| Is the same. but We have a new way
| 10 look at it, and q new respect for
! everything that God made. Shall the
physical go on forever being sneered
! at, and condemned. when the very
stars to which we raise our eyes are
made of the same divine dust?