SELF-CONTROL 549Man was not satisfied with the first crude method of transportation.
Those two little words, "not satisfied;' have been the starting point of
all advancement. Think of them as you read this.
As the human brain began to expand, humans discovered how to
hitch a bullock to a wagon and thereby escape the toil of pulling the
load. That was practical utility. But when the stagecoach was ushered
into use, that was both utility and style. Still we were "not satisfied"
and this dissatisfaction ultimately created the crude locomotive.
Now these methods of travel have been discarded in almost all
parts of the world. The man drawing the cart, the bullock drawing
the cart, the stagecoach, and the crude locomotive all belong to ages
that have passed.
Think about the transportation methods of the present. Compare
them with those of the past and you may have a fair idea of the
enormous expansion that has taken place in the human brain and mind.
Automobiles that travel at great speed became as common as were
the two-wheel carts in ages past. And yet we were still "not satisfied:'
Travel on the earth was too slow. Turning our eyes upward we watched
the birds soaring high in the elements and became determined to excel
them. And so we mastered the sky. Not only has man made the air carry
him at amazing speeds, but he has harnessed the ether and made it
carry his words all the way around the earth in a fraction of a second.
Any influence that causes one to think also causes one to grow stronger
mentally. Mind stimulants are essential for growth. From the days of the
man-drawn cart to the present days of air mastery, the only progress that
anyone has made has been the result of some influence that stimulated
their mind to greater than normal action.
The two great major influences that cause the human mind to
grow are the urge of necessity and the urge of desire to create. Some
minds will develop only after they have undergone failure and defeat