New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-05-10
One Hundred years of science.


! One of the most eloquent men in France is u. |
Dumas senator member Of the Tpstitnte eyroiy |
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| college de france. Wnen ne rises 70 address the
| audience there is a thrill of expectation and a
hnsbed nxietv To catch the words that are to fall
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lEoLu MS Ups. de mas an Vu4h7 aDa NnVlVusu
command of the njceties Of the French language,
and added tn this rnarve1n1a familiarity with the
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1 censiyt az She disulpuuons OF prizes a"afued Dy
/ the Polytechnic Association of Paris II. Dumas
eaya sketch of +ba co,5;tfon ~ eoia,tifc tnou,I
"a - T,,7.5 - , =; III.
uSS q iiAioie gu years ago, ana CphpaLe ca IL win
/ the progress of the present day. We translate
part of his address; Gg& 4 .sa
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et Ta5 q mystery, tLei5 @
q. s aHAtOuitule m Nes q pl4u l.fSl alu
ptaot5Ie, tilts ~ turn we uileteS
I @ 90 e q !he glope duu nov perhiIthB 10 any
PTTPoS Up W Ia ltss!L II peFinsnence 10 any Spot
~ etS CAAdnSes s'ilt lh0 " unis-
f ~ 'i0n M io. ii nlateIiat VI .le suLlaoe
o. f!. Ine glooe and metamorphese 1t according to
SA@ RhceS, nlu ~ ssihcatlon Ior ooL aI
Ses.Gr5, a. ne oIcu4t aiWays lh aGIoh, Whtcn M
i - ~ ~ plsitS % Wy e P9ase VI 5he 1oil; e ny
@ At l'o 81 penae VI Ile pleilL' anu mbch he
@ uthS W .ng SOL tlIousn w anal thAs WnLch y
mas lost tnose natlhonles OF nature Whlch our
Suhionesg ~ larhler now uHuefstihas, alu noG ehtei
nto Lne naglnation OF the proIouhdest philosopher
e century ago. H.
rQeology was was oniy inspired romance the crust
Oh the earth had not been explored the history OF
us iophatioh haa not YET peeh written u was Ihe1
unkIlowl @ M that IN Lne tossil remains OF rock Is
tle inlallele story ol us origin tnat II
r ILs st9ry OF lne development Oh the gooe Is re-
ag . ny leialFe ayes u Iue lIounCalhs aii9 tle
IS eue 70 Ghe FORMER condtlon Oh the alps ana Eyre
nees ss and their rival chains
st es Inoasanas OF plants mad oeen collected ano
s. named, Dut Jusslen mad not yet classified them
s. INTO natural families Gqyier had not applied the
same same avs 70 the animal klngdom. One could moi
IA saen men embrace IN one view the ensemble OF nature
ID ~ tOu neneH, whcn az tne SUNNY o.
he alps or on the confines of the pole mark the
ID ast palpitatons OF lie, up TO the giants OF tht
it tfoplcal forests, whose existence dates beyont
hlsV9ric g. ZINES; from the eqolVocai microscopy
of pfoduchons the last argument OF the partisans
g. spontaneous generation, up to man created in tn
ie image OF God Sod One could not, thus guided b
constructing IN their forms their aseect and eve
IN @ @sher hanltauons, the animals and plants whlc
d nave preceded the ADVENT OF man upon earth an
tb ooen US ban & on
ed upon our glooe.
to Today man mas mas acquired the rlght to say; Ma
ana bc ns IoFoes % Ton n o6eys % f R
or at some future period to discover me history
m the eafth mas no longer any mystery Tor me; al