New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-11-21
The comparative anstcnis, hss studied snlyzed, ana

desp or among the fossl renans Of lost for ns OF
being; and he discovers that they al without efcep
ton sre analogous: that the induction becomes -
resstble, that archetype existed previous 70 tle
creation Of the first Of the kind.
Shall we then hesitate 10 believe that the system o.
law likewise pervades the moral world We cannot
shut eyes 10 the established fact that an ifet or
srchetype, prescribed the form 81 animal life; and
shall Lot believe that the type Of al intellectual
life likewise exists IN the divine mind
know that there is pride which calls this fatal
sm and which rebels at thought that the will of the
Father Of life should control what be has made Theirs
are those who must needs sssert for their individual
selves the constant possession of that power which
the great English poet represents the bad angels TO
have lst heaven tor once attempting 90 usurp; they
are not content with being gifted with the faculty Of
discerning the counses of God, and becoming happy
bv conforming 10 his DEGREES, but claim the privilege
of acting irrespective OF those decrees Not satisfied
the liberty 70 countersct His will They do not per.
ceve that cosulcal order depends on the unyer.
salty and absolute certainty OF law that for that end
events In their not merely AZ nxed as ArsraI
ard the Andes, but follow laws tnas are Inusa older
than Andes or Ararst that are ~ old a. those wnicn
upheaved the mountains. The glory OF God ID not
contingent on mans good WILL but all existence SUD-
serves his purposes The order Of the universe ~
a celestial poem whose beauty Is from all eteraity,
and must not be marred by human interpretations.
Things proceed as they ordered in their nce and
we'll diusIed and perfect harmony-so that as the
hand OF the skifl artist gathers music nom the np
strings history gathers il ron the wl tsned cnorus vi
time. Not that this harmony be heard while Vents
are passing. Philosophy comes after events, and gives
the reason Of them, aud describes the nature oil their
results. The great mind Of collective man. may,
one day, arrive az selfconsciousness so ~ to inter
pref the present. and forete the future; but as yet
the Of present actions though ourselves take
part in them, seems shapeless and unintegible But
all IA one whole; men, systems nations, the race, al
march in accord with the hvne will and when aoy
part VI the destiny of humanity is fulfilled the
ma of proxtiap yrndicasa1 Tha AnkaOOni.ma of
imperfect matter and the perfect idea, Of liberty and
necessary law become reconcled. What seemed IT.
rational confusion, sppears as the web woven by
light liberty and love. But this is not seen till great
act in the drama of life finished. The prayer of the
patriarch when he deeired to behold the Diylnytace
to face, was denied but be was able to eaten
glimpse of Jehovah after he had passed by; and so
II goes with our search for Him in the processes Of
life It's when the hour of conflict is passed, that
history comes TO right understanding Of the strife,
and is ready TO exclam: " Lol God is here, and We
knew it not At tie foot of every page IN the an
nails Of tinae, may be written, God reigns Events
q they pass away proclaim their Great Original;
and if you will but listen reyerently, you may hear
the recedDg centuries Us they roll into the dim dis
tancss of departed time, perpetually chanting TE
DEUH L,UDAsus, with all the choral voices OF the
countless congregations OF the ages
H. It is because God is visible in history that its
Office 10 the noblest except that OF the poet The
poet is at once the interpreter and the favorite of
heaven He catches the first beam Of light that flows
from uucredted ne EoPcots tho meSst w
OF the Infinite without always being able to suayze
IT, and often without knowing hos he received IT, or
why he was selected for its utterance. Bat history
Yields in dignity to him alone, for It not only
watches all the great encounters oil hie, but recais
what had vanished and partskng Of bliss Ike that
of creating restores II TO animated being. The min
eraogst takes special delight in contemplating the
process Of capitalization, as though no had caught
nature at her work As geometrcian; giving herself
ND TO be gazed at without coneeameat such as she
appears in the very moment of action. But history.
az she recnes in the lap of eternity secs the mind OF
humanity itself engaged in formative efforts, con-
struciing sciences, promulgaung laws, organizing
commouwe alths, and displaying its energies IN the
visible moveme Mt Of its intelligence OF all pursuits
that REQUIRE analysis history therefore, stands hrst
1t is equal to philosophy; for as certain az the actual
bodies forth the IDEAL 80 certain does history contain
philosophy II is grander than the natural sciences
Tor it, study is man the last work OF creation, and
the most perfect in its relations with the Infinite.
In surveying the short period during which man
has been the tenant Of the EARTH the proofs OF pro-
grtss are so abundant that we do not kno" with
which of them to begin or how they should be clas'
sifed He is seen in the earliest stages OF society,
bare Of abstract truth unsklled in the methods of lu
dgctiOn and hardly enancpated from Bondage to the
material universe How wonderful IL it, then, that
being whose first condition was 50 weak, 50 humble,
and so naked, and of whom no monument older than
forty centuries be found, should have accumu-
lated such fruitful stores Of intelligence and have az
tanned TO sucb perfection OF culture
Look round upon this beautiful earth, this tempe
rate zone Of the solar system. and see how much man
has done for its subsection and adornment; making
the wilderness blossom with cities, and the seemingly
inhospitable sea cheerfully social with the richly
fre ighted aeets OF worldwide commerce Look also
at the condition Of society, and consider by what
amenities barbsrrm has been soitened and refined;
what guarantees of intelligence and liberty have su-
perseded the awlessness Of brute force, and what CO.
pous interchsnges of thought and love have taken
the place of the sombre stoidty Of the savage The
wendenngs of the nations are greater now than they
have ever been in time past, and productive Of hap
pier results. Peaceful emigration sets more myriads
in motion than all the hOrdes OF armed barbarians,
whether Gauls or Scythans, Cloths or Huns, North
men or Saracens that ever burst from the steppes Of
Asia and the Northern nurseries Of men. Our own
city gives evidence that the civilized world is becom-
ing one federation for, If you enter the storehouses
our merchants, you behold collected there Tor mans
use the products OF every region from fars that are
wbiieI ed by arctic SHOWS 70 the spices which are
rpeDed by the burning sun Of the equa'ori and you
classify It's inhabitants you find people which % the
representative Of all the cultivated nations Of Europe
Every cline u talked also to enlarge the boundaries
Of knowledge. The minerals that lie on the peaks Of
the Himaayas the animals that hide in the densest
iunges Of Africa the flowers that bloom in tho s0li
tudes OF SumatIa, the rackless sTamps along the
Amazon, are brought within the Observation ind do
main Of science.
With equal diligence the internal structure Of plants
and animals has been subjected TO examination. We
may gaze with estonishment at the advances which
the past fifty years have made In the science u CON-
psrative ply sioogy. BY mott laborioas aud long
continued of the microscope, and by vast num-
Der OF careful ard minute dissectons man has gained
such insight into animal being, as not only to define
its primary groups but almost 10 dTa. the ideal archie
type that preceded their creation. Not content with
the study Of his organic alton and the comparison
Of il with the Fauna Of every zone he has been able
10 count the palsstons Of the heart Of caterpillar TO
watch the flow Of blood through the veins OF the silk
worm 10 enumsrae the millions Of living things that
l. -
lures 90 small that parts Of their member. remain in
y.ble 70 the moot powerful micr0scope 70 trace the