to the mighty forests where herds of Nature's roaming kind served as my
food when I required it. Again I followed to the sea where, casting in
my net, I drew up myriads of the finny tribe to satisfy my appetite. Oft
drew I up such numbers vast that having naught to do but to amuse myself
I fed my extra fish the friendly pelican that had become companion in my
walks along the shore. A simple man was I with not too many thoughts and
only few desires. My body was my foremost daily thought, and little
cared I for aught else besides.



Thought

Albert Weinert, Sculptor



The ages have passed on and I more thoughtful have become, for mighty
revolutions have gone on within my frame. My mind, a once too puny
thing, has year by year grown stronger, until to-day I realize that
feeble is my flesh - a thing to be abhorred, and mind does rule above
all else. My very face which once was rude and lacked that fire that
strong intelligence does give now has a steady purpose and fine spirit
writ upon it. It is as if my flesh of old had dropped and like a
cast-off cloak had fallen at my feet. Then come those days when tumult
as of yore is waged within me, and then I grasp my new-made self and
yearn to hold my old position within the body walls. Thought more strong
than flesh does wield its strength and back I crouch beneath the feet to
stay till Thought is off his guard again.