MIND IN WORK.

Temuka Leader, Issue 405, 25 June 1881, Page 3

MIND IN WORK.

Medical men. (says[ ,ihe .Lancet) see a great deal of life, and nothing strikes] the observant family.'practitioner more than the number of feeble, sauntering, and loitering minds with which be is brought into contact. No inconsiderable proportion of the ; com in on, and some of'the special ailments by v.-faich the multitude are affected, may be traced to the want of vigor in the way of living. The human organism is ;>. piece of physicoiiiental machinery, which c?u only be successfully worked at a fairly high pre'ssurp. It will almost inevitably get out of gear if the propelling force is allowed to fall below a moderately bigh standard of pressure or tension, and that degree of tension cannot be maintained without So much interest as will secure that the mind of the wt>vker shall be in his work. The men who work in hard material are men of iron will, which is equivalent to saying that men of what is Galled hard-headed earnestness find a vent for their energy in work that requires and consumes active power. On the other hand, the worker in softer materials is commonly either theoretical or dreamy. There is a special type of mental constitution connected with almost every distinct' branch of industry—at least with those branches which have existed long enough to exercise a sufficient amount of influence on successive generations of workers. We are all familiar with what are called the racial types of character. It would be as well if some attention eould be bestowed on the industrial types, both in relation to educational policy and the study of mental and physical habits in health and disease.