, 1861-01-18

There waa fair attendance at Metropolitan Ael
last evening to hear Professor fouman's lecture,
before the Young Mems 4Astoclatton, the "Grcas'
est Revolution Of Histou.'' The following IS IN |
outline Of his remarks:
/ take I'D the matter Of tho pattle Of Ideas, but
not upon blood-stalued batuedc1ds; rather the |
strife Of darkness with light The tend sncy Of civ
ization is shown BY the history Of the past to be
from the inmatezial 10 the material and practical
believe in the predcstined progress OF man. The
present are Is mado Etae It Is By Its uate1iality
and the workers In the realm It nfetter~offact.
Ecyptian civilization made its noblest conqassss
IN the field OF abstraction; its noble monuments
were monuments to sheer uselessne.s. There has
been grad al change going on In this direction.
Kfocs arc but efl:tes Of what they were; 1nagina-
ton has given up the zeius 0 utility.
In the department Of ideas and mental activity
It Is disputed whether the moderns or nncicnsa
should claim pre-emineuce. But when We question
tic latter as to their personal existence and the
ulsrisd laws Of the universe, their answer is ont
the un1ntelltgsble ta.gon Of infancy and isrota2cc
Surrounded by the strange myitcttes and une1
pJaiued phcuonena Of nature, man desires to PEN
citrate her SECRETS and have everything explained
Thls, was not wanting In tho darker a9es
Man questions By an innate law OF his na-
turo-but often answers without law or
reason. Ask the Ancient whit lightning ID He
reulies /" 4 strnke from the arm Of Jupiter A=E
the Modern the same question and he answers tnat
It u tho result Of electricity III the heavens AsE
the Ancient how s9 ooain e @ lFon 1ne
to Jupiter. The Modern points you to lightning
| rods and nop-conductols. Ask the Ancient Why
II man dis when sent s9 ths o1ttq M tse ., IN hs
It Is habitea By basalisk whoac breath DESTROYS
life Ask your child how you shall prevent ne de
strueton Of your nte and be answers; pu' aJn H.
Ancient, and he aays keep out Of harms way. III
the weli Or cellar up: Why have the Aneasnts t.
Etnd ~ ~ thown 70 b. equally as good as ours; hcE
| were m 10 our standard OF shreWdness and smart
ness. They lind the want to be IN 'heir methods
while tie Erratest rcvs luton ii history Is found iu
the gradual change that has been wsonSht IN r. e.
observe that the poets preceded the philosopher
-poetrT came before The. researches Of reason
dreaming and rhapsodies about how thsngs got nts
esans afta1 fame The sac thins he
css and poets LEFT of the philosophers hosan
They followed up the train o. tnouga they 1 a naa
nal cause Of al! because It perneated a1 mste
Fiji substance and flowed IN streams and hoated y
cloud and an Then n All, % taea nse' Dut a''es IL
ths{ hen Mst' cae upa0 Pato viii another great
He kent school In Greece. He had a seometrica
oraes or sn attempt Is hasmonlze the real with th
| unreal the substantial with the unaubssantt1l.
The Old philosophers had not the least diflc1lt 3
i psic
a9 sa9af.ctory-to Me,nselres OF couree they coul
no, be mistaken They supposed tha. @ taSash1 'S I wa
OF tie earth and bring up the eceIets God ha
niantcd there. They lad 10 tdea that the carfl
was but place to educate mind. They undesstoo
cnuld be constructed to lift water to certain di
tancc. But when called npon TO say Why III !: coul o
60 higher they could not answer i,r lae sa +
etars. and found Out that they moved. Then t The
ID thcy were necessarily fastened together. The
could hsar lher music tae music o. the spas5c*. e.
Aristotle. Theory Of ASTRONOMY WAS heEc quote
. But ;rcseutly came Kacmpfer, with his elliptic
orbits aa4 exploded tae G'esk do:mat u; s., ra x
cTavitatson. At this age the whole phcnomsna :l .
External nature was mere pom, OF tne num-. nuna
mind founded upon the eaane Ro"e, o. hcTc Nv
In erttnso, with thy optnion of that fase tha1 u
Y external world was ineIplicahle. , :,
Plato, therefore, eonst!ue:Sdd pnoSSpn5 pm55t y
n off. II Is amazing to sec how long It was oe!o
man came aud bean to aos, moss IN It, she ~ 1ls
s,r5nainr rain for foud whichis ofremoest osigi
4 Sotenn6raneous with civilization. 1t was 10
"a With two huge stones In tue haRdS ol s;ast ~
- Homer tell. Is that in the times Of Helen oi I!t
u il took twelve slavcs during all the day aud nl
10 10 criut sufficient grain foE food Tor the conEt
h | U1Tsscs In the fifth century connenceu tAe
:, f.ctfon ot pacanism with Christianity, the wat
~ snIrit with matter. These were tnc 41esllu
discussed: "Do angels speak atcck OF lisptc"
y "Iio,y many angels would stand on nesn!G.po
80 | and not crowd each Other uncnuioftabiy "
81 ctc. At litter day, In one Of the nnlscfsIaes
~ Europe. the following was gravely dcbatca nie
"If i hog IL led to market by q man Win g
IN aroul lie neck Of the hog, IL tho animal sakcn
- | 1narlrct hv the rope or the nlanf
y The Rcyolution-the greatest OF hlstcEt-s
Mt when mel, began 10 think Of matter, not os ~
i, md abstractions. Bacon was lhc nlst sseat *
u nent or the inducttvc mcth1d OF rsao1ng uatu5
=, Of the induc,iye scencc- lir was INC nist ~
ell Efau-the very opposite OF plato. inc spsc"a ~
Hacou's .ystvm sent men back TO manure y u
;, faYorably and lovingly Of the external wofa; =
| atll we have good deal Of the ancient is1t Aa''
d" | ii. ,,. c,1.
al There exists a force, principle, Wntcn hlls,
~ | yalr=, and charges everything. u Hows Nv
~ where It il electricity II tho nihd q o. -
n clients was SO great, why did they NOT usscoses
rd- It is bceauEe It was below the surface "nese
never went They knew that loadsfoue AZ aatsae =.
II. They made 1t sacred, aud laid It away- thes M
lle- IL it lost Its power goat blood Woala
Il was 17iG brfurc the Lyden jar WAS na:eose! s,
nm It was a shocking event III more Ways E tIan
In the 6amc year. Peter Collet satnefea a.! thn. a.
&C known on the subject aud sent 70 behlamtn =
lin. lIr commenced working. we nave hgAt
5rt di.coyesy II galyantsu cleet!o-EalyanlEns, In
the electromagnetic telegraph OIL Fsoi, A9fss.
steam engine. Davies safety nulP, aleonols co'
ali | form. So much for labor: