. Science in story. Sammy Tubbs, the boy doctor, and "Sponsie," the troublesome monkey . THE TROUBLESOME MONKEY. 105 relates to physiology, says that every time we see,hear, or learn anything which we can afterwardsrecall, some new nerve-fibres grow in the brain,and new nerve-tracks are formed. These twofacts put together must mean that the psychic fac-ulty or soul records inthe brain everything thatwe learn. The formerwould naturally put those ^^memoranda referring tosimilar things near togther, just as in our filingletters away in our letter- Jboxes, we put letters fromChicago in the pigeon-


. Science in story. Sammy Tubbs, the boy doctor, and "Sponsie," the troublesome monkey . THE TROUBLESOME MONKEY. 105 relates to physiology, says that every time we see,hear, or learn anything which we can afterwardsrecall, some new nerve-fibres grow in the brain,and new nerve-tracks are formed. These twofacts put together must mean that the psychic fac-ulty or soul records inthe brain everything thatwe learn. The formerwould naturally put those ^^memoranda referring tosimilar things near togther, just as in our filingletters away in our letter- Jboxes, we put letters fromChicago in the pigeon-ihole next to the overflow-ing Illinois box, and let-ters from Boston in thepigeon-hole next to thecrowded Massachusetts box. Just here Sammy paused, looking as if he hadother ideas to advance, but needed time to putthem in shape for utterance. Both Doctor Hubbs and old Mr. Johnson cast. THE MAN. 106 THE BOY DOCTOR AND glances of proud satisfaction at each other whilethe little lecturer was proceeding with his argu-ment ; and when Sammy came to a protractedpause, looking a little confused, the Doctor ex-claimed : We catch your idea, Sammy. You think thatthe phrenologists, in grouping certain faculties to-gether, such as those called the perceptive facul-ties, others known as the reasoning faculties, etc.,are sustained in their method by what MonsieurPapillon tells us, and by what would naturallyoccur where an intelligence was guiding the for-mations of records in the brain. It is true that inour business affairs we classify our memoranda ;that in writing or speaking effectively we classifyour subjects ; and it is but fair to suppose that theintelligence within us, which leads us to adoptsuch systems and methods, is no less methodicalin its own work. Hence all that occurs belong-ing to the region of our perceptive faculties wouldlay new nerve-tracks there ; all that ap


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