back foot, the arms swinging naturally without tension. Walking
with a free body is often one of the best forms of rest, and in the
varying forms of motion arranged for practice we are enabled to
realize, that "perfect harmony of action in the entire man invigorates
every part."

XIV.

MIND TRAINING

IT will be plainly seen that this training of the body is at the same
time a training of the mind, and indeed it is in essence a training of
the will. For as we think of it carefully and analyze it to its
fundamental principles, we realize that it might almost be summed up as
in itself a training of the will alone. That is certainly what it leads
to, and where it leads from.

Maudsley tells us that "he who is incapable of guiding his muscles, is
incapable of concentrating his mind;" and it would seem to follow, by a
natural sequence, that training for the best use of all the powers
given us should begin with the muscles, and continue through the nerves
and the senses to the mind,--all by means of the will, which should
gradually remove all personal contractions and obstructions to the
wholesome working of the law of cause and effect.

Help a child to use his own ability of gaining free muscles, nerves
clear to take impressions through every sense, a mind open to recognize
them, and a will alive with interest in and love for finding the best
in each new sensation or truth, and what can he not reach in power of
use to others and in his own growth.

The consistency of creation is perfect. The law that applies to the
guidance of the muscles works just as truly in training the senses and
the mind.

A new movement can be learned with facility in proportion to the power
of dropping at the time all impressions of previous movements.
Quickness and keenness of sense are gained only in proportion to the
power of quieting the senses not in use, and erasing previous
impressions upon the sense which is active at the time.

True concentration of mind means the ability to drop every subject but
that centred upon. Tell one man to concentrate his mind on a difficult
problem until he has worked it out,--he will clinch his fists, tighten
his throat, hold his teeth hard together, and contract nobody knows how
many more muscles in his body, burning and wasting fuel in a hundred or
more places where it should be saved. This is _not_ concentration.
Concentration means the focussing of a force; and when the mathematical
faculty o