satisfaction in being in the van. It is fine to be the first to do a big
thing, especially if that big thing is something of the most practical
value to humanity. Mankind has always crowned its great generals, its
great destroyers of life. Here is a man who comes forward to preserve
life. That is his mission, if you like. Certainly it is his life work.
It is a noble work. The question in the writer's mind is, What will they
do to him? How will they take him in England? Will they applaud, or
crucify, or neglect? Probably they will show him something of the
generous hospitality of England, and leaven this with a plentiful
sprinkling of ridicule, because the subject of the goat lends itself to
humor of the obvious kind. But it is our belief that the hard, practical
common sense of the Anglo-Saxon will lead them to make the utmost use of
this opportunity of his visit, and, having got him, it is to be expected
that they will know enough to keep him. This is quite as much their
opportunity as his. While they sharpen their wit upon the sacrificial
goat and make merry, they are pretty sure to make full use of his
knowledge and skill while they have him with them, and might make things
so pleasant for him that he might say, when the summer is over and he
looks back upon the white cliffs of Dover, returning to his own country,
"This is a good land. I have enjoyed the trip. I like the people. I will
return next summer, and for many summers thereafter."

CHAPTER X

THE SPARK OF LIFE

+By J. R. Brinkley, M.D., C.M., Ph.D., Sc.D.+

Chief Surgeon, Brinkley-Jones Hospital and Training School
for Nurses, Milford, Kansas

(Written October, 1920)

For many years scientists have believed that a part, or all of the
glands of the human body influenced longevity. They believed our glands
contained the "life spark." Men for hundreds of years have been seeking
the "fountain of youth." Ponce de Leon when he landed in Florida and saw
the beautiful springs and flowers thought he had found it, and so
announced to the world. Long ago we learned that the pituitary gland
influenced growth and development. For instance if the pituitary gland
over-functioned we had Giantism. If it under-functioned the opposite was
the result--a dwarf. If the thyroid gland was at fault we would have
either the low mentality commonly spoken of as cretinism, or myxedema.
We found that by feeding children the fresh gland substance a marked
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