New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-02-10

.L.,f u-h.. ,a~ knowledge concerning the Un
verse DO they communicated 10 may indeed nov
unns,uraliy occrr that questions Ike these are ~
their nsture unansverable, thn they resemo's ses
inquiry why is mans frame constitutes |"
and that the only answer of which they are sasceP
tible lissi in the statement Thus was formed our
,vs;cm-thus fesrtuy and wonderfully was u
made That singular collocation. 4. may De SAID,
is inexphcsbie. becsuse the planetary scheme eA
listed simply as il now 10. ami with these arrange
ments a. its constitution, was launched INTO tne 40
main of space by the immediate and direct hss OF
the Almighty. This perhaps 70 the most nasara
explanation of these circumstances one 10 apt TO
give namely. ths, the system exists a. II does De,
cause God has made IL % % exist Now toward
that most dread of ali NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. the rne
when or the mode how-these arrays OF hnite
forms were projected from Himsefby the unchang
able Mind feel that dare not approach and
wc1ld venture TO express Il with al reverence.
that such an endeavor-one so utterly unhtfed Tor
the highest powers Of Mar, 10 imPerstively forbid
den BY all philosophy. Placed BY the Eternal IN
the midst Of His gorgeous material inverse, We
are endowed with the most glorious privilege |"
A,oS on Hmsefss mirrored there by the manner OF
His high workings but upon the intellect where.
with we must interpret these workings, He has aid
conditions that IL must obey. Now one OF the
most indispensable OF these conditions IT, that IN
less in cases where through supervision OF the Nat
ural Laws and other undenable tokens the great
Parent should choose TO make manifest HIS desire
and declare directly concerning HIS purposes We
Are bound By the necessities Of our being IL search
forth explanation OF every physical part through
its relations with actual causes present or past -
IL & not given us to hope anywhere or to gay tna'
W., have known oil around US on every side 10 the
unisthomsble. aud the farther knowledge increases
the larger only grows that circle Of darkness which
bounds its light. applause
| would not be understood to say there was no
beginning. Most undoubtedly there was-tho1sn
removed from us by infinite ages that have rolled
away-such period bat TO that period man oy
means of the faculties he now has can certainly
20 back Our knowledge OF the Solar System,
with ia chsracteristics seems 10 NE something
ike this. II you present blossom to the insect
called the Ephemera-whch is born and dies with
in the hourif that creature could LOOK unaers'shn'
inslv upon that blossom IL could say thus was the
blossom made: but rs 70 the changes when
brought that blossom into existence, II could divine
nothing IL could not reach the trnth that the
blossom is the result OF growth Just 90 the Soin
system lies before the human mind. We see an
external constitution, and We are led to say win
ths Ephemera and with conclusion m legitimate
thus and thus the system was made. We are,
therefore. say bound TO look upon that mere ar
rar4emeot as a circumstance which we must AZ
tempt 10 sxplain-whOse origin we must atteinp'
20 discover il the mode by which the solar system
arose out OF ps'or system Oh oelng. "a Az Ps..
OF Physical Scisuce the opposite course has been
maintained Men seve said, here you must stop
Inquiry may not be extended farther than this.
Bat think il is the experience OF all philosophy
that in every INSTANCE the barriers which have
been thrown up along the highway OF Science by
bgotry and tinidity have been broken down. AZ
Ear. indeed. as man sees amid this august immsns
ity. thero is no resting place-no barrier that no
cannot pass A traveller bold and free, an,ia re-
eion thronged with mighty mountains he discerns
before him range behind range In majestic pros
pectve rising until vision cannot pursue them; 50
they have hid their SUBMITS ytas'b is heart feels
nlists of the horizon !. conce siment only and no
fu u we..5os aud ever and anon. a. the ages roll
s6at white cloud psrtl like the unfolding OF roya
gate, and 10, through the opening some noo,e
peak never seen by mortal eye, its top burning 10
the S snl- (Applanse.l
Again pursuing inquiries togeain,, Cosmogony'
persons find many contradictions betwe m 'neh re-
suits nj vi the results Of the Investigations OF eoer
indvidu ais, these contradictions have always seen
brought forward and insisted upon az the groun.
for stoupl ~ inquiry Ia this diracton- Noxs IL
seems 70 N that We are never in position 10 de.
eide when results do actually contradict one another
The state in which Man seems TO mo TO no placed
in relation TO all Inquiries OF this sort 10 the fol
lowing;