The Mind and Its Education - George Herbert Betts

answered at this point, but a general notion can be gained which will be of service. Why We Need Minds.— ...

that the images themselves are for the time driven to the margin, and the mind is occupied with its sorrow, i ...

youth, every fiber and nerve is a-tingle with health and enthusiasm, I live in every part of my marve ...

When you say that you remember a circumstance that occurred yesterday, how do you remember it? That ...

CHAPTER II ATTENTION How do you rank in mental ability, and how effective are your mind's grasp and power? Th ...

thing is always to attend away from a multitude of other things upon which the thought might rest. ...

this machinery, seventy-five pounds should run half of it," so I opened the valve. But the powerful engin ...

related fact. As long as these related facts lead back to the cloud each time, that long we are att ...

FIG. 4 The Rhythms of Attention.—Attention works in rhythms. This is to say that it never maintains a ...

many hours on study." At this commendation the class brightened up visibly. "But," he continued, "judging ...

The Three Types of Attention.—Attention may be secured in three ways: (1) It is demanded by some sudden o ...

Indeed, it may be doubted whether this is not the case with some persons for days at a time, instead of ...

attractive B and hold them resolutely on the less attractive A, then A will dictate your course of ...

little points of everyday life and experience. We are not to shrink from tasks because they are difficult or ...

Have you noticed the same thing for whole schools or rooms? Do you know of children too much given to ...

CHAPTER III THE BRAIN AND NERVOUS SYSTEM A fine brain, or a good mind. These terms are often used inte ...

settled. Yet it is easy to see that if the mind must use the brain as a machine and work through it, ...

outside world. FIG. 5.—A Neurone from a Human Spinal Cord. The central portion represents the cell body. N, ...

3. STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM It will help in understanding both the structure and the workin ...

FIG. 7.—Longitudinal (A) and transverse (B) section of nerve fiber. The heavy border represents the medullary, or e ...