ABSTRACT
IF a man be devoid of wisdom, how is he to recognize truth and to follow it? At birth, we all lacked wisdom—we were without even the first rudiments of knowledge. We have observed in the brief sketch of mind development which precedes, how the young child acquires knowledge. We have seen how in the brain there develop perceptual systems which are the material sources of memory, belief, and sentiment. As sentiment and reason develop, and a value is placed on conduct, there arrives the forerunner of wisdom, "the still small voice of conscience," the sentiment for truth born of experience and knowledge. Who has not repeatedly met this harbinger of moral judgment? If a man be without wisdom, it is only because his selfish desires have caused him to ignore this stirring of truth in his being. If wisdom sufficient to peace of mind be lacking, it is only because the moral self has not made the body conform to the little knowledge of truth in the brain.
