, 1865-05-06

ing the formation Of this germ. This apore.
cell or yes'cle, according to Dr.. Carpenter,
can not be distinguished by any microscopic
power, as the germ Of IN oak, or man, OF
an oyster. It grows at first By absorption
and duplication unt1 It becomes q mass.
This growth always results from heat. In
the vegetable seed the absorption By the germ
Of the materials around It, superinduced by
the warmth Of the soil, may be delayed for
thousand years by keeping down the TEN.
perature and excluding the air. But when
this absorption begins 1t deve1opes addition
al internal heat with its growth, untu the
germ consumes all the starch. albumen and
other materials stored up in tbs seed, by
which time It's dbres begin 10 absorb from
the soil and atmosphere. In the ova Or egga
Of animals various provisions are made for
developing the primitive sporadic cell or
germ into the living fetus and offspring, but
in ali these the sole force is heat ya.iously
obtained. In mammals the heat is supplied
directly by the body Of the parent, in birds
BY The incubation Of the mother, or in some
cases By depodting the eggs in the sand to BE-
warmed BY the SUMS ray. Ia srpents the
eggs are hatched By either mode, In some va
c,,h,t,on ar -.he n,n,a rav amonr ,nsacta
eo,,a ,,,sto.a ,f +ha f,,a-.raa;o.. ,te. oo,.a.-
rord;nr ~ +bst ~ ,nsnrn.1a r. tba ,va,nh
or Of birds and serpents in the
egg, a1e ushered into the world
hrinne 1,cco,ninq orranfzed or unotnrc -
n tbe catern,,1a7 for1n. These rat their Nv
n rotnrity az to the Quantity Of nattcr ~.
onjrcd. and then pass into chrysaiis atota
corresponding to incubation. and ara hatchrd
into the nerfect insect. In all thes. cases
heat supplies. according TO The new rh11aso
pby, the sole causatire power. when tha
Insect, animal or man, Is complete M l1r;ng
organization, It derives its motive and sen a.
rial powcr f. ON the heat gupp1ied tn sta e1s-
lem bv it's foed. which is constant1v ha;,.
burned IN its lungs. The 1pnes arr tha hn1,a,
and the heart the engine of the human .,rt ccan-
omv. IT In hnt a hr;ef etan fro,, ATT = 49,
o"P Ao.A .uh " lue
operations Of LIE brain, all Of which, aHec
tons, emotions, thoughts, will, judgement
tasle, auu even WORSHIP, are caused by the
consumption Of atoms Of the brain 1,v that
animal heat 1rh;cb ;s dor,vad +h.s's,, -! 49,
eia enaal ue4e Nu:n IS oei1'ea through our
fro,n Tho sun 1Jfa acccnd1n.r :, 4,,,s t,,saN
:. 1.4a1Su" ~ ' aeroluuk ~ to1s tneoFs,
Ii ate'any name, aPplseo py the sun,
ana DEAN results from the body growing
cold-tae IRE going out, not from the exit OF
living spirit.
OF course 1t is impossible, In stating thus
b,tef1y what these essays set forth In 43s
pages, to do Justice TO any nice shades Of
thought. We have stripped the idea Of the
work of the prolixity and occasional obscur-
ity necessar to q careful statement Of it's
argument. Herbert Spencer does not hesi-
tate to carry out these arguments to the ex-
tent known as the Development theory, and
indeed these essays do not fall much, il any,
short Of 1t. The soul principle as an
element in life. and the existence of
Gcd as a creative power, are every
where in this work denied or ignored.
while the work itself claims to account for
all things from creation to dissolution, from
life to death, By the SUMS ray. 4 ft1t:her
essay, accounting for the existence Of tbs suu
and 1cr the wonderful qualities Of It's ray,
would be now, in order. As it stands the
work is an interesting. learned and ingenious
fAsaton u tne lnaoo iao!c 1uAt 'ne eaftn
rests on an eiepnant, ano the elephant on
tortoise, put leaving nnsolTed the question
what does Inc tortoise rest upon Had these
philosophers started with the assumption o1
the existence of mind as veil "A of matter, NJ
tho,. h-,1, roat ~, ~ .,.7,. s.aae ~ 49, -.
I"es po1n 'co' VI tue satAe Ploo1 u our
seGses aho our consciousness. they might
have produced an equally interesting work
to prove the indestrnctibillty Of all mental
and moral forces, and perchauce might have
demonstrated that there is a sun Of righteous.
ness whose ray impaEts light and hest that