It is simply a pump, and a
large part of its work consists in pumping blood to the brain.
The greater the brain, the greater and more active the heart must
be. A serpent, with little or no brain and a cold disposition
all around, gets along very nicely with little or no heart.
Those who speak of the heart as opposed to the mind mean to speak
of unreasoning sentiment as opposed to intellectual strength.
The lady quoted and many others say that the woman and mother
should be all affection, and that development of the mind
diminishes the affection.
We wish to lay down a few rules; we invite criticism.
The best thing, the only important thing about a woman, a man, a
baby, or any other human being, is the intellect.
Affection is a beautiful thing, but affection is BORN in the
brain and CONFINED to the brain.
A young woman looks at a splendid creature in a soldier's
uniform. Her heart beats fast, and she imagines, as all
antiquity has imagined, that the heart is the seat of the
emotions. Nonsense!
The emotion is in the BRAIN, which has just received, through
the optic nerve, a conception of the lovely vision in brass
buttons. The heart is ordered to pump more blood to the head of
the young girl, to supply mental activity and the becoming blush.
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