CHAPTER XI.

THE INTELLECTUAL EFFECT OF MANUAL TRAINING.

Intelligence is the Basis of Character. -- The more Practical the Intelligence the Higher the Development of Character. -- The use of Tools quickens the Intellect. -- Making Things rouses the Attention, sharpens the Observation, and steadies the Judgment. -- History of Inventions in England, 1740-1840. -- Poor, Ignorant Apprentices become learned Men. -- Cort, Huntsman, Mushet, Neilson, Stephenson, and Watt. -- The Union of Books and Tools. -- Results at Rotterdam, Holland; at Moscow, Russia; at Komotau, Bohemia; and at St. Louis, Mo. -- The Consideration of Overwhelming Import. 113