Are you asking, why the human organism was not so constructed that the
intellect would always be the dominant factor in the life? Had this
been done there would be no possibility of the organism ever coming to
perfection, for the impulses that are sent out from the inner life of
man through the brain at the upper end of the spine are so powerful and
so finely attenuated that they would entirely destroy the physical body
before it has time to become strong and tense and able to carry them.
_If the intellectual impulses of a grown man or woman were sent through
the life of a child the body would be melted just as the fine wire is
by a heavy voltage of electricity._
God was wise in creating this sex nerve center, or physical brain, by
which the organism builds and paints in glorious beauty and charming
grace the wonderful machine, the human body, and makes it strong and
tense so that when the work is complete the ego or spirit of man will
have a perfect instrument through which to manifest itself to the world
and perform its mission and live its life in highest nobleness upon the
earth. Because of these facts _God has wisely wrapped the intellectual
faculties of the child within its life, as he does the rose-buds in
the rose-bush, that when the body work is completed, that crown of all
His creation, the self conscious life of man, may manifest itself in
all its glory through a perfect instrument and that instrument remain
strong and proficient through the years_.
We may add this further suggestion to make our point clear. In our
statement of the slow growth of the intellect as compared to the other
two elements of being, we are dealing with the reasoning faculties and
not with memory, which is quite another element and is not dangerous to
the physical development, and may show a marked unfoldment at quite an
early age.