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CHAPTER VII
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CHAPTER VII.
THE SUPREMACY OF HEART OVER BRAIN.
To-day there has sprung up a rivalry between brain and heart.

Men are coming to idolize intellect.

Brilliancy is placed before goodness and intellectual dexterity above fidelity.

Intellect walks the earth a crowned king, while affection and sentiment toil as bond slaves.
Doubtless our scholars, with the natural bias for their own class, are largely responsible for this worship of intellectuality.

When the historian calls the roll of earth's favorite sons he causes these immortals to stand forth an army of great thinkers, including philosophers, scientists, poets, jurists, generals.


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