New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-04-13
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE,

nan distresesd By the sight Of mssryt n
the bachelor unhappy bscause his means VII not per
nit Rim To marry docs the mother mourn her Loaf
childt does the eurrant lament leaving his father
.ndi are som. sde uncomfortable BY having paas
their lives In dstasteful occupations and others from
having no occupation at al the explanation s st the
-sre No matter what the special nature ~ the evil
tits Invariably referable 10 the generic Cause
want of cOnRruity betveen the faculties api their
spheres q action.
Equally true !, 1t that evil perpeiuAlly tends to dis.
appear In virtue OF an essential principle Of fe thus
adaptation vi an organism 20 its conditions 10 ever
being recthed and modification OF one both. con-
iitu Until the adaptation IL complete Whatever pos
.elL inclusive, obeys tt. law We see i, illustrated In
the scclimAzaion Of llsnts In the altered habits Of
domesiieat't animals IN the varying chsracterstlcs
Sumner TIE siberian herbs aud shrubs spring up.
flower. and rilen their seeds IN the space oi Anew
weeks. ns,poscd to The risor OF Ncrt,ern winters
animals IL he temperate zone get thicker coats and
become white The eyhound. which. when nfsi
porte to the high pateans OF the Andes fails In
tbs from want Of breath SECURES In the oourse
OF generations more efficient pair IL lungs Cattle
which IN their Wild state gave mix but fci SNORT
periods. now give 1t almost continuously Amnnhe u
pace natural 10 the horsc yet there are American
breeds n ri TOW take Ia II without training.
Msa exhibits just the same adaptabity lie ai;srs IN
eoor according 70 tsmperasuieChs nsre up'n s,vW
n he faithfully eats nnptritous focd-acquifes me
power 81 long fasins us mode Of life isirregular and
ioSe t whom the SUPPLY Of food IL certaln-hecomes
seet and age In the wilderness and inert In the cry
.t,ains acute vision hearing and scent. when hs hab
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wksu thew are kss needful. That such changes are
TOW ard niness for surrounding circumstances no ons
can question When lie so"s that the dweHrt ~
marshes lyes atmosphere which 10 certain DEAN
10 4 sfr.nser-wh hen he that the Hindoo can ne
. down and sleep under a tropical sun while bis white
"nnssh can hardly get dore-when he sees that the
treenlsnder and the Nespoisn subsst comor'any on
their respective foods-bubbber and nacosroni nu'
would be r. ade miserable by an Interchange OF them
when he sees that other there stil this
TO lirt 10 climate and TO modes Of life cvea the mos.
vorf Nav indeed " he intcrprets facts Alright ne
viii hnd tha, the sction Of such Law !. trsceaos
10 tie uinuAst rsmifcatons Of individual ~. ~
In the drunk ard Who needs an ipcrcasing QushWy %
sprits 10 intolicate him and In tho opianesTr' Wy
has 10 keep taking larger dcse to produce she uas
.ec, he i1 ns,t 10. the 'ys.em EIsaIt 10 smoke
Who take srur or who hAbi,uslly use medicines can
> furnish lii. illustrations. Nor. In fact I. there .ny
. neImanept change Of bodily state or caPabiity WINCH
"a not 20 be accounted for on the same principle a,
This universal Law Of physical modification u.
G Law Of mental modinestion also Inc ,hat nays In
cour,e OF tim. rrown up between the Indian African
4 Monaghan and Csucssisn races and bstse tae y,
on. subdivisions Of them. must all b ascrocn 70 Wv
sooaemen, In ach IL fitness Tor Surrounding CIR
Y eumstsnces Those strong contrasts between wy
character, Of nations and OF times awhile h1oe ete
fed ~ a. admit Of no other conceivable explanation
Why all this divergence from the one common Origins
ty, II ads ptation Of constitution to conditions no
fhe cause what 10 the cause' ~, .,t.
There are nc,e, however. who can with anything
Il like consistency combat this doctrine; for al use
ments that presuppose tts truth Even those 70 ,,
u preIudices The theory a mani indefinite aaAptaot
most cppos are continual bctrnyinG their invoinn
tsry belief IN IT, They do this when they attribute on
ferences Of national character ~ dinefsncee socs
% customs and rem ents and again when tncy con,
nrnt on The force Of habit and again when they dis
CUES the probable influence Of proposed measure apo
70 rubbc morality; and again whom they recon me ~
trsoce % a means Of acquiring increased aptitude
and again when they describe certain pursuits e,s
v-ving and others degrading; and again wnen .us
'alh o. getting used to spythng and again nnen
.dycc.fe certain systens Of nontsl dtscipune--vhe
they teach that yTfaogs conduct eventually become
n pessursbis and vh~n they warn against the power"
In f.cf n We CONSIDER the question clceely no othe
o. thing can b: r either .pn
thst the human being 10 wholly unatered by the innu
sso.s thai are broughs bess upon him-his oircun
nor: =: s ss n ssS 81 ted 70
u that he tends n becoms n'ted to them nths nr
irue then ali schemes Of education, OF so.ernm rns
social refprm-an ipstrumentsliti's BY when ~
posed upon man are utterly useess see,ps tns
u then The usy TO male ,irtnoss 10 TO accu,,or
him to vicious prsotiees and rsos rerso Both OF WHO
propositions being absurd We are compelled - sdmi
s Keeping IN nisd thea the two facts that oil evil r
sns from the adaptation OF constitution 20 cono
tons and thsr'w here this non-adspsAiion erss
aly being diminished by the changing OK con
siiiut.on suit conditions We shall be prepared 10
oompr,hs Bd,ns the y esent position OF she human rae
Ey the Increase Of population the state OF e1iepc
v ne call social has b@eu neoessisted. Men living
this state suffer under Numerous evi by the bypoas
ADAPTED TO such state.
. | In what respcct are they not adaptedf what j
The eca qualification hich the social state requres
IL requires that each indi, dua shall have such de
\. sros only may b. fully satisfied without tre2ohn'
uron The ability OF o,ter Individuals TO obtain Ike sst,
faction the desires of each not thus limited me
either al must have certain Of their dcsrcs unxrshed
OF ,one ns tei grsitcAion for them at the eoTres
" poSdirg trpen-e Of others both Of sieh ALTERNATIVES
Il nseessitsiins pain. imIiy hon. ada ptshor.
! Dot Why 10 no, adapted 10 the social ststsf
Simply because he yet partially retains the character
iscs iiat adapted him for an anteoedent state III
sr~.ts Ia Which he 10 fitted for his original predator,
G lie His priuisvs Circumstances required that IL
should sacrifice the welfare Of other bctnss to his ovn
present require that he shonid not az
% End far his Old sttrib0te still cngt 10 bin.
% IA /, he unit for the social state AL sins Of mel
zach ether from the csnnbslsm 81 tbs Carri
- TIE crimes and vcnrltles that we see around us W
fcoLcs tina, MI piisona the tickcries 81 trade 70.
class the corrupbess Of Institutions the ealoustes
4 cast. and tie scandal Of drawing rooms ha's tte
oaa,es compr,b b. nded under this geberalnstion
Concerning the present position Of the human rice
81 therefore ssy that man pcedsd one more mora
sttuioE 70 tt him Tor bis original state that b
eeds another 10 III him for bis present. state and tha
has betn 10 and vii long continue to be- 10 process
adaptation. BY the term ii.s'io. We sguJ tbs
change that constitute prsS'sss are the successive
steps 81 tho transition And the belief In human per
eiiby. merely ainOunts to the belief that In virtue
OF tlis process iii eventually beco completely
lsuited "a lis mode OF life
II the-s < sny eoncusvep In the foregoing srgu
nents ,uoh NTH 10 well founded. As commonly sup
ported b. evidence drawn from history. cannot %
eon si6sS<d trd.syutsbc. The inference that - al
hAs been hitherto the rule VIII be the rus
hen csfofh. uhy ts oALed plausible speculation but
vhsn IL 10 shovn that the enhancement 70 due 70 the
vortihg Of uversa law and that In virtue u thai
law 4 nust coptinus until the gie call perfection
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