FLIES AND MEN

Radio Record, 17 July 1936, Page 56

FLIES AND MEN

WHAT we really mean is this: "Is a fly really stronger than a ‘man relatively to its size, or in proportion to its size?" The answer is certainly yes. The last thing in the world that distinguishes man is bodily strength of the kind which is shown in lifting weights, and so forth. It is by skill, made not by the muscles but by the brain, that man lives on the Earth-skill, not strength. If we weigh the proportion of the bodies of different animals that is made of muscle, and if we also weigh the proportion that is made of brain, then. we learn how muscle’ has been getting less and less important, while brain, with all that brain means, has been getting more important. Not only a fly, but animals in general are the superiors of man so far as muscular strength is concerned; but then the question of muscular strength is an inferior one, and man is master because of what really matters, which is mind. . The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but to the wise, who use their brains to good advantage. .