BRAIN BUILDING, SOUL GROWTH. 73 



by their previous training. It is said that Gen. Joe 

 Wheeler, on seeing the Spaniards flying before 

 his forces at Santiago, in the moment of excite- 

 ment shouted to his men, "Forward boys, the 

 Yankees are running!" This expression was the 

 result of a brain path formed in the '6os, when the 

 general was one of the most valiant officers of 

 the Confederacy. 



Parents -frequently make the fatal mistake of 

 governing a child through its appetites and pro- 

 pensities, instead of appealing to its moral nature. The Govern- 

 By so doing they continually strengthen the b ra jr n mcntofchildrcn - 

 areas of the propensities, with the result that the 

 child becomes so selfish and willful as to be un- 

 governable. Every time we excite a feeling, 

 faculty or sentiment \ve strengthen it; therefore, 

 by appealing to the child's intellect, love and con- 

 science, parents may so strengthen these powers 

 as to make them the governing elements in its 

 character. 



Brain building is accomplished in precisely the 

 same way that muscle building is, namely, by The Law of 

 normal, systematic use. To increase the strength ram uildm s* 

 of any brain center, so that the element of mind 

 that it manifests shall be stronger, it is necessary 

 only to exercise this element or power of mind 

 habitually, and its physical basis in the brain will 

 be developed and its co-ordinated nerve tracks 

 strengthened. Experience has proved that if 

 athletic training is to be of any special value to 

 the muscles three things are necessary : ( i ) the 

 exercise must be adapted to a definite purpose; 

 (2) it must not be violent or straining, but of such 

 a character as will call the muscles into normal, 



