Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1863-01-17
LOCAL NEWS.

LECTURE ON MAN.-Prof Guyot lecturodlnst
evening, to a large and apprcclatlyo audience,
on the age Of Man and lis relation 10 tho law
Of life in the animal kingdom and human ma
ture.
Geology shows us, he said, In a most con-
vincing manner that this great system Of life,
of plants and animals, was not created In
moment, but through successive ages. Thus,
the mighty history Of life can be traced out In
three great epochs-the vegetatlye, embracing
the development Of plants alonoj the age OF
partial progress, comprising the lower types OF
invertebrato animals, aud the age Of mOmmols,
before mans appearance on the stage, display
ing the highest typo Of the yertebrates, and the
lawn, at least, of tho moral sentiments. These
cpochs may DO further divided and subdlvidod,
according 10 the various pecullarltles Of exist
ence occurring in them. Thus, In the yegeta-
tive ls distinguished tho time when the vital
principle dwells chiefly In the leaves OF the
plant, and the time when the same resides
mostly In the stem; and In the age Of partial
progress ID separated tho periods of the vegeta
tive, trophic and motorial, etc.
We find the continents beforehand retpoct-
iiYely prepared for these three great grades Of
life. There was the oceanic formation cNnc.lv
suited to the growth Of plants, then tho rise Of
the rocky isles, which, covered with' sparse
vegetation, subssted the lower orders OF AMI
mas. and iaktly. the dry land appeared, the
domain Of higher life. How beautifully these
harmonic with tho structures Of plant and AMI
NAL, what nice adaptations they exhibit TO the
different modes Of being. But, arc these all
Vherc IA tbe great ave In which life compriscs
all tho varied elements of existence In one vast
unityi If we analyze the law Of development,
VIC see on the enc side number aud variety, and
on the other, concentration OF life. As soon 10
= 49, Il
bruiea- birds. aShes. &c. tho diversity dlmin-
Iahea and tho concentration of life largely in
crosses. iii this mighty pyramid of life teTmI-
nate IN nne Grand adure man. In him. geolo-
0iats aav ali The com6InatIona of life are found.
and reach their utmost perfection, He Ia tho
great Step from n alter to Deity, the glass
fhrouulrswhIc 10 Wow I'm dim pcrspectiyc' the
snIrIt world
what then cbaracterizes man "A tho repre-
aeniatIve M snirit Among the other Rnimala
Tho erect form. tho perfect symmotry OF a com.
nlIcated orpanism. the speakInp eve tho calctl-
iatIng hroyS the mastery over s.lf The sponta-
neous gathering into socIetIes the large bene6-
cenee not confined 10 hIs own specIes Bubiec-
tIon NJ IpferIor creation 10 himself. not by
strength Of body. but Of mind. proclaim him
what be ia the Grentor,s yicogerent here below
and Inc king Of the earth.
Man ia compound being with A unity.
which mskea our berannnlitv combat accordinp
10 IN. PauI. Of body. soui and spirit. Tho
bodv rcnresenta lower nature carried 10 ia
gTcs,sst nsrfectjon and spbscryient N a higher
nature. elevating and refining IL.
what ia Inc ds6nitlon of sonII Il ia InteIII.
u gence ncrcsntIon anRlysis understRndInp
FEELING. and love
TheIs ia stiII n HIGHER agency In man. Epirit.
possessIng faculty entirely different from any
~ tha ty1o otbers and Tending In another
worId That focnIiv is conscience and when
nnriaed nv rslirIon. faith. n imnels us 10 look
tnwardIv 10 road tbe onorations If ihe mind,
and Inv Il ,ye feel tho prespnce Of an INFINITE he
inc In its unregpncTate statc n NAV nromnt
man 10 benevolent acts: but he IL y,d only what
"a called Inc natural nan when the DeItv
himssiS come. N dwell In tho bumap snirj, "a
Ma cboIecat bahItation on earth, then oniy do
q re recognIza the trne coInnIetc and sniritnaI
I man, The intelIect's aim ia The anits. and
,Tith1p the range M The ssnsss Rut therc ia n
C,cnlty In syerS man bevond The senses which
sneaks Of an In6nite world and pron,nta his
denendence on nm InsnIto heIng 'Tbia IA con
Science INC aIeenIess norItor within With
ont IhIs facnItv inc ,dcs Of Deity would fade
away. and our pace never attain the goal OF
their evidence.
This InanIte end can pnL be ,,rasned nv the
intelloct which acts from bnIte pTenIses. and
such mnst aIwayS contain AnIt6 conclusions
ThJa ana f,Ils ,yJthIn tba roaIIn of snjrt alone
and N errfore We arc endowed with a CORES,
nonSjr, fsc,,,,,, 20 fs.i itS ,o1rer mi Ne csn
o,sr H. yoaiI,S i,o h.So hcco,no IL
nN NQhR 4
honJ ~ nnJon Snr Cod a. Ioys Ana ,his ia
nc end for which every man ,TSs made iii Ibis
"a nndsrsIood ia can not he f,IIlv sTnIainsd,
HIsn nav no saId 40 cons,itnta a brid,se from,
saSth ~ S,hs ,,nncr ,rorld JnSt a. ne rianIs
sssm ~ foTm anS hstSssn matter and animal
ia Ha h ths incSrnStior ~ snIrii into tba
hodv N nstnya
above the other In the order of power. The
body is the lowest, and must be the servant Of
the next In height, or tho SOUL while the spirit
is the ruler of both. Tho mere intellect is gov
erned by definite laws, but In the loving prin-
clplc, OF the spirit, there is an ever active de-
yelopment. To study man, It was necessary
TO seize and combine all the clements of his
physlcal, mental and moral natures, which, Of
course cannot be done within the narrow limits
of lower creation. The body represents the
past in man, for IL is fully developed In the
past, but the soul 10 the Acrlal man, and rep
resents his present. Here we have the three
great phases Of human nature in order OF rank,
fIsnd the same ideI seeming 10 run through
thom that peryadea the three aubdIylAIonA of