Ray V. Pierce Professions : U.S. representative Born : August 6, 1840 Died : February 4, 1914 Browse All Authors Famous Quotes by Ray V. Pierce The brain is not, like the liver, heart and other internal organs, capable from the moment of birth of all the functions which it ever discharges; for while in common with them, it has certain duties for the exercise of which it is especially intended, its high character in man, as the organ of conscious life, the supreme instrument of his relations with the rest of nature, is developed only by a long and patient training. Ray V. Pierce exercise heart character Similar Authors Benjamin Harvey Hill us-representative Douglas H. Bosco us-representative Durward Gorham Hall us-representative David F. Emery us-representative David D. Aitken us-representative Howard Wolpe us-representative All Authors