THE BRAIN 13! 



253. Dreams. When the brain is asleep, a few sets of 

 cells may recall memories so vividly that they seem real. 

 This is a dream. A dream is not an indication of what 

 is to take place, but is only the shadow of what has 

 already been done. 



254. What the mind is. No one has ever been able 

 to find out what mind is. It is not the cells of the brain, 

 for some of them have been destroyed in men, and yet 

 the men have retained perfect minds. It seems to be the 

 soul, or spirit of men, which lives in the cells and causes 

 them to work for it. We believe that the mind, or soul 

 of man, lives on after the cells in which it dwells are dead. 



SUMMARY 



1. The medulla oblongata acts for the head as the spinal 



cord does for the body. It also makes and sends 

 out the orders for breathing. 



2. The cerebellum gives us the power of balancing our- 



selves and of making exact movements. 



3. The cerebrum is made of nerve cells covering a central 



mass of nerve threads. 



4. The mind lives in the nerve cells of the cerebrum, and 



sends its orders out over its nerve threads. 



5. The mind feels with the back and lower parts of the 



sides of the brain. 



6. The mind sends orders for movements from the cells 



upon the top of the sides of the head. 



7. The mind thinks with the cells behind the forehead. 



8. By means of the nerve threads, the mind in the brain 



cells can talk with every cell of the body. 



9. The mind is the spirit of man which, we think, lives 



on, even after its home, the body, dies. 



