, 1866-01-07
THE chENISTET OF NATURE.

We have read With much tAt~sv4t two lee.
ta:ct upon - The C.ctuis:EJ Of Natu-e,r late,
II delivered by G. =. Harrington bes,r- The
Philosophical sne3ety Of the l4:c Ct Wight
Mr.. HsT7:rgtnn Is II tnd~.>ndrnt and original
thinker, .nd mary Of hts tdeo-ics concesntcs
natural phenooleEa ART drtnc1eattv po<e!, Nat
The tscta AID fca6oniagt upon which .Ley a.p
fpundrd desire, st least. > candid ezs,ntEA-
ucn- We win tndeavor 10 present, IA 4 cpu-
Es.s+ct form. 4 fair s.atcrnent Of tLc principal
rolnt- emessced In shcse lectures. 1he coz.
clnsilna rrz-hed arc remark a1ae E,r thclr tosss.
nes. xnt esrn ,llsu5h none nt th.ra should
eetas'and acceptance, the inss-n!oaa aad striA-
iag Hralaer Of theis presents a.l1r rrndrs the
discszs1sou c1rreatnEay Interesting.
: Cuc Of The ucst pasadoIical OF NJ. La
F.rgson's roAltione Il an Ab-qlrte denial Of the
eamraoaly receised theory that III visible o.
jerts 1re ~ceu nr means Of rzys OF light, aeat
emitted Or rrteeted from such vi.!el~ objects,
and then, sises passing through .Ee crystal.
line lens Of :he eye, ImFLgiag On tic tcttas
to firm ahe tnXees Of thos<, oL!cSs4, Ia til:
x.rnt Way II different eolored rsyE ct ligat
i1rrin.,r on d Vhlta FGrfAtn to form Lie In
kee. r~rrc.er:ed b5 the magic lautern. "
II H. Indeed, stsaEEe tist therr should b.,
ertu now, no urtrrsa)lr accepted scseacn
Of 1tsioa; although evtry mc1bes Of the
hur1ssn rscc has enjoyed the Csc Of two cses,
tsnct The <iaJ1 Of Adam, tacd lor several thou
taad se.1s previous, II the chronology of D:.
Henne ard OF the Ee!ptsaa A[saetho Is 10 be
eredtsed.) The carly philosophers. accepted,
With N easy iaith. 9hat u poFu.nsiy called
toe tdrat obtained ty tho n-e of Their eyes
A-l f4.k% ~@t
ever. We do not kxvr these seut.. oseause
y. Use hetn,'' sA1d Ar,stotie; !" bat We use
item becarsc We hare thtm.-
T1is simple theorr, however. has 1enG becn
exploded and. In fact, whi1r the uncitnt
worthy ahove quoted, knew very well how 10
Iee tls owo eyes, he ats st.y little nj the
"a1! Of rseeIus." Finally, IL the ,aet crnsu.
tary, Bishop BerkSe5, by his sratl~ on op-
tics. Vas eansidescj to have A-mons1fated
thai the eye. 10 mn-r tt3n the car, hA my
natural Fetcc1too CT diE-nee, ex.saslou,
Hacc. &c, aad that its iuisul-ot Of these
Qualities Is acquired by thc eenkc Of touch.
Thus thr expression of the t,e-
lssElter-d Macbeth i literally tsue u
Ill meg, aaa -'ou1 eEes arc E,ade
the h,ol. Of our o,her scutes-r Most readers
arr familiar With lscrktey's later sna nnorr eel.
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