The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-07-16

II you say that although he did not endow these bo
ton Of them, be produced body which had not before
existed, and which, therefore, was new admit 1t will
ngyor to combine bodies and change their exterior
forms, is by means to create Precisely In the
a mechanic who is making article Of fur
niture, may BY some mistake give to it shape which
mechanic had given before And ihe do he has
produced body which never existed and
Is new Andsoif apothecary, In compromising any
Of ms mi1tu, accident minse his ingredients
TO be mingled then he has BY peculiar combination Of
his ingredients produced body that before exist
ed and which Is therefore Wherefore, both the
awkward mechanic and the laundering apothecary are
entitled to place among those who by originating have
won unto themselves dssthess name and ought Of
in our scientific mythology. But this 10 absurd you
will say These persons donot produce any thing abso
lutcy newthe article Of furniture which the mechanic
makes is still article Of furniture whatever be it's
shape-and the compound Of the apothecsry is still
mixture OF certain Ingredients, whatever be their pro-
portions And answer-so the mixture Of the
less monk 10 still saltpetre charcoal, and sulphur In
Whatever proportions they may enter into his destruc
Steam il steam whether they use 1t to force piston
upwards and downwards be allowed to float to hea
ven and join the army Of the storm-cloud king. In
word combination cannot be a creation changing the
forms Of material objects Is masking material
discerning the hidden Of thngss not producing any
hidden uses. However new the invention may be TO
ignorant men, IL is addition to the creation Inven-
tors therefore, are neither gods demgods endowed
with superhuman creative faculty. but simply OF
strong logical mndsaoute observing faoulteeand pa
tient application in investigation And they emit
tied to credit only for their patient application No
thanks due to them II they possessed oompre-
hensive faculties but thanks are due to them that
while other men were wrapped In ssnsuaity-gud-
ed by impulse-dancng, fsasting, revealing, qua
reling killing, the animal suggested-they live alone
intellectual and lofty life-searching and oontem-
plating the wonderful works Of God Searching out and
plating, say; for mono but those old dreamers
the achomiss who lived in the twilight Of science and
to whom therefore, all things distorted magnAed
or dmmed by the misty light in which they were snve
loped some obscure mailman hunting after perpetual
motion, those yet more insane who sought in gsvan
ism for the principle Of hsthe breath Of 0sdexoept
these, say. has dreamed Of adding to the
material atoms elements OF forces with which earth
endowed originally when the morning Of the 9th
day she shot forth into space all arrayed In her
verdure and and grded with her belt Of
to roll onward during her appointed 10000 years.
All this 1t may be said, is true enough No one will
claim that originates any material thing or that
by the aid Of science produce any element
which, to another, is impossible SCIENCE at best,
only investigates" but :" art creates" Science, at
BEST only generaises phenomena and writes down their
generic name but art produces phenomena which SOL
encs may gencraze 1t Is not to be expected nor to be
desired that man should originate any material thing;
here does not lie the world Of his productions The poet
n net rasr Of felsss olodds his world ID not material
but yirit wovsdl As boay, " may h. isboslas ~ IN