CHAPTER XVIII
SELF-EXPRESSION AND DEVELOPMENT
We have already seen that the mind and the body are associated in a
copartnership in which each is an indispensable and active member. We have
seen that the body gets its dignity and worth from its relation with the mind, and
that the mind is dependent on the body for the crude material of its thought, and
also for the carrying out of its mandates in securing adaptation to our
environment. We have seen as a corollary of these facts that the efficiency of
both mind and body is conditioned by the manner in which each carries out its
share of the mutual activities. Let us see something more of this interrelation.
1. INTER-RELATION OF IMPRESSION AND EXPRESSION
No impression without corresponding expression has become a maxim in both
physiology and psychology. Inner life implies self-expression in external
activities. The stream of impressions pouring in upon us hourly from our
environment must have means of expression if development is to follow. We
cannot be passive recipients, but must be active participants in the educational
process. We must not only be able to know and feel, but to do.
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