, 1864-02-15

method. A brain crammed with mass of uuaa-
sorted cts and ideae is ve,y apt to become czazcd
but no man was ever yet made mad by their meth
odical requirement. 1t is not knowledge, but 'ia.
formation on the BRAIN" which drives the falsely
called Student mad.
Aeasslz is wonderfully methodical. He holdsi ii
his hand the rod oi Moses, which, being stretched
out, caused the waters to divide themselves onths
right and on the LETT. Whit to others is jnmbled
macs is by one Of his mantpulations assorted and
a.rarsed-order comes ont Of chaos. He detects
rceemblances. annlogies and identifies, where
others only see differences. When he speaks, II
is Every nan to his tent, O, 1sraelr' The null
tltude Ia distributed into ibes md families zela-
ttous are discovered, distinctions pointed, quail
ties dseected ont place Is found for everything,
end by the time he has done with the subject cv-
erything has found its place.
AgnsFiE draws. We refer not to his audiences,
but 10 hts blackboard productions. Surely, never
n,an handled chalk lite him. Talk you Of spirit
painting, Of wonderful occult agencies which will
direct the hnnd Of a clslrvoysnt to draw picture
in 60 many minutes Assesiz beats them hollow
andto rccur to the former fgure-tlcy stand in his
presence dumb as did the magici4ns OF Egypt be-
fore Moses. The man who wrote that" One
touch of nature makes the whole world kin
surely spoke OF Agneeiz. Watch him as he shows
tethy! There is the worm 20 naturally drawn In
the tWinkling Of m eye .hat you almost see It
Crawl when, presto! one fell swoopo OF the arm, and
the Insect lie before you, not certainly tinted with
hues, as in uature but perfect In outline
and aimost breathing.
Tie lecture ofSaturdsy evening was the applica-
ton Of the three which preceded It. Mans true
position In the ecale Of nature was proven not as
serted. md shown 70 aptly that he who runs could
read. The following abstract will convey but y
faint idea OF his reasoning to those who were de-:
barred from the privilege Of hearing him.
In order to bring ont the point Of his lecture
more distinctly It would be necessary to partially
recall the substance OF his two preceding lectures
vided into tour great classes 1adlatcd-1ay shAped
mollusca-eoIt bodied with the weight OF the
structure thrown On the sides; arttcu1aIa-jointed
sehza,a-anima1s with back bone. In each Of
these branches we haye dtstlngulshed number
Of classes not radically differing, but varions IN
the execution Of the sa1ne design. They are thus
Radiafa-Po]yps, Acalephs and Echinodcrms..
.Mo4g9tcd-Ac*phala, iGastropoda and Cephalo-
19t,c.lata-Vezmee, Crustacea, and Insecta.
Te1te5Tata-Fishes, Reptiles, Birds and Nfamms-
er number Of classes; W sabdivide these into
minor divisions. Among reptiles We hare the
hmphibla and and reptiles proper. Then birds
themselves follow, and the maumalta come
last. inclnding whales. cqadrupetls and man.
AL this framework Q! classsncauon has been
reached " an anatomical Investigation OF living
animals N their tulI Crown state; the groundwora
Was laid by Earon Cuviez It has 9en nght1y alteE-
ed subsequently. Animals at their first time OF for
mstion hare 3 comparatively simple structure, and
have oittn dlhefcnt enaFe TO Waat taey h1Ee sub
seQuentlT. Some animals pass through MI theis
radical changes Of form In the egg: Others princi-
pally ont Of 1t, hut all animals Undergo
change eacn N Ms o"n wy; We nna u
1 Or
animal q some 1nlsE1oE eiass1 50 iaai We pave
ready means Of determining the felaltre place IN
To- as sees ane bnes Is es Rs osss:
OF the science Of e1nh1yology: 1t enables ne to de.
te1m,ne not only the relative standings o. classes.
e1t ebeq 1 MI
infancy.
Compare these daseea lfom anosncr pom, ,,,e o.
ew awo ki4dy , q asa roance yoaoE u 4Se 1S
eEg different kinds OF birds; one bird, which has
no fort Of relation 70 nnother, passes IN the es;
are produced by m intellectual agency. all con.
tfolled BY the same power, which must be u
must DO impaired to e.ch At The outset, specific
individualzcd poTcE which cannot DC altered BY ex
tenor Influences. LII were nol g. thcn ne world
drous t changcs, &hich We CANNOT detect, ior shs IL
species a!e on.fnterchangeable-
The animal Kingdom 1s not Of yesterday. Plants
sas Snsls ante ow q a
gether distinct from those which Formerly exist
ed. All the present ones, from the polyp to man
date a. 9;teI tnose o. me nts. soImanons Geo 60
animals anterior to man. he Tonla sketch lew
Of the principal glasses of anterior Me.
is pIobatle tasi a. one tilne tae earn was n =
state Of ieneons m1ion; tnat0 cfasf formed, then
yap1r, an atmospacre, an ocean, then the nov Of
the Iides resulted trom the lunar motion, and by
The changing 81 nc "aleIa tne roeEs Wefs eraSea
rocks the crust has since heca gradually thlcken
iqg From ~ shese canses Then Ihsn from Tathln came n
the i1uption o. volcanic doFSes, prodqefnS 1t ine
elevated was formed aiong he northern PAT Of 1h'e
continent, and the study Q! It's pecrlsasttes h3e
specially engaged the attention 81 one q Chic3go's
earth became f to sustain life animals and p!anti
were creatcd-they 9prang INTO existence. Let u
see how It vas possible We nave Gtass o. focxt
nsins q liz arc found. The rocks are throw
wards ttlng the easth to sushtain shhs lse Aoun
different PERIODS and We hsTs n9 ascs5tans ,S 1n
" the aeposas Taen a a5e 1aeFe % 1oana1 sne som
patanye ; age o. thas9 ~ sn1 sstaSa y
xshieh I'VE We don's Know tho relative sge, a. u
ps IT. nna yt dar t,". tha Toti ~
rne snccees,re ne,;o1s @ mi i
.aW..5 $780,. +bnsa rrbaernia Thn 49,
.1s3 X s;nt3sn sxste snnnti,oes diVidea int
~ Ea,n1tan v and H;in1fan and even ;nto cIes,
~ ,,,7T.fer ~ ncTinds ~ ts,rse ~ iyie eenlor
III 1a 1hronotot,T into diiferrnt perods OF chaE
1e2a 1 IT, GivI;e The bistnST ,nt6 tiree ner1ods
1e5s. eeas W and terfarror ancient mi5fI]
Pr 21ode1n sInee III III e. frat dtyIsion we hsT
sIn st;i fn"3Ser snhd1vied aud there vii probably
= SUI ~ 'caet stTtr sir1snns II, order to s3m]
seqn.ea la7 a. ~ r;assad, ,a;fon 'teoA'
sasR Ss1ssts =, xs hsys H. nsv3as eot
Deas aoose t, mr n1r al ahars has ~
| VIII S Iau ~ t-e1- '' .o,a,,eT ~. ~ Foron.
geI g esassGs J rt,a o.a thoess - ~ +hs tn.+;s
olotsAe 1nu aaseS a.e 'u1 III r. ~;
y. tne laHsI peanE etto seconqny ,,5n. AZ ~
Eeo,oas e. llncis's aye N 10 thesc se t1scG III
earn anterior 70 eseI.,n1ngi .1i WIN "niSa wd Z.
| familiar IN the eon8utIuon OF me E1oo<
When VIC speak Of What exists now Wo 1ncan tn
geological present. though thst may not nave cxis
! it'd for Xix thousand or more years. Geo!oT end
| where tradition and history begin. we examin
| these lowest rocks We find that elmnltancousl
hare existed Representatives OF all fonF OF th
Grand classes 1t il not true that ono OF these ca
ses preceded the Other. You see at once what TIL
fro1a the radiate. nor the articulat
| fhom either, for contemporaries cannot b
ench Others nnccstors. They are independent, nc
| dcEved from each other. It may be noted ais
tllal each class e1i-ted en the game plAu. thong
tic spec1es a1e different. There Is not stngI
| spetiea ii any two periods which are fdentica
| ;ITet ns Ee tnd now TINT each climate has in thl
inv different class Of animals OF the same nam,
Il The very outset. We have po'yps at enc enc
hosu; esss Are Epowa to have existed IN evcry sat.