Some Eyes Find Things Easily.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 31 July 1914, Page 2

Some Eyes Find Things Easily.

All good eyes do not see alike. People whose eyes will show the same focus by an export test do not see alike. They may look at the same object and see it entirely different. Some men are adepts in finding something" with their eyes, while their companions who may possess just as good vision are not able to locate objects at all without great .dHlieulty. The man who can walk about the lawn or in the park and pick up four-leaf clovers has an eye that is worth big money to him. He can easily lie trained to see things that the ordinary man will miss, or have to look a long time to find. Some men who go hunting can see a squirrel in an oak or hickory tree with apparent ease, while others will go strolling about tho timber and never see the animals at all. It is the same way in the open field. The rabbit can be found sitting by sonic while others will almost run over the creature before they can detect it. This ability is a gift. It is not only a gift developed by some and undeveloped by others as a result of their surroundings, but it measures the exact amount of intelligent effort they have expended in attaining this ability, also their perseverance in this line of endeavour. Aside from the external causes that have made u.s what we are, environment and heredity, is an inherent capacity of individual intelligence, or in other words natural ability. "To define intelligence is not herein attempted, the purpose beingonly to ■ show what natural ability iiidi'd by the right method has done and may still do. it therefore remains that it is not thi- ph.sical condition of the eye alone that determines the difference of perception, but how well it has been trained, along what line and the innate capacity of the individual intelligence that directs it. The brain is really responsible for our ability to see objects better than others. Our soul has a closer connection with tilings material, and the powers of the brain are prompted by those inner powers that man is at a loss to fully understand. We are benefited by the development of quick perception simply because the movements of man in this age are so much more rapid than in former ages. We must .see and grasp the situation quickly, or our time and efforts are spent in vain. The brain is supplied with impression plates as a camera is supplied with plates to catch the object to be photographed, and unless we can expose instantaneous brain matter we are slow. Physically speaking, the reason why some men's eyes are able to perceive more than others is due to the effort made in training both eye and brain intelligently and persistently. Heredity and surroundings are important factors, but the inherent capacity of individual intelligence, or natural ability, is the physical reason. Thus natural ability, aided by intelligent effort and perseverance, perfects our faculties. Howwell we have done so shows the strength of our will power, the degree of intelligence, effort expended, and how we have persisted in that line of endeavour. This ability is a. gift, and it may be cultivated to a certain extent, but there must be the natural ability before the education will make the gift extremely proficient. Some say they never have the luck to find anything, while others scarcely go out but (hey pick up money or something of value. The eye simply does not take in. the situation. As proof of these assertions, and for the very best test or practice, let a person enter a room and re-

main a given number of seconds or minutes, and then let him retire and tell what he saw in the room. Practice of this kind will make persons much more proficient, and it is an excellent test for those who need their perceptive powers sharpened up for some certain vocation.

Such development in man to-day is very valuable. Our movements must be rapid, our understandingquick, and our action immediate if

we are on a level with the events

of to-day