Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-03-24

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radiates represented from the beginning.
Lately q fossil has been discovered IN caDaas
and described, which purports 10 be the first
not even fully asceftained, there are confrD-
rersies upon that point, and within the last
few months discussions have arisen IN learned
soc eties whether this Aoz0ns CanadanHs
was or vas not the remains Of q liV-
4 Ing being say let us IN such m
tions which ars 50 Gar Gus of the path OF all in
4 formation obtained before reject those observa-
I tons until they are 20 clearly sustained that
i LEI the Aoz0ns CaRadensiz out OF consideration.
uutlI itis known that Il was living being,
/ some theory can be predfcated concerning its
an3nitles. Among ln0llnsks we have 5iyalVe
shells existing from the oldest time 70 the pres
ealls existing from the Oldest time 70 the pres
| sng day. Among worms we have those with
solid covering up 70 tns present Gay e,y and
\ time. Among insects the trst we nud belong
to the carboniferous period, and not 9s-
| have. as I have shown goa, fishes from The
\ beginning, Notwithstanding ths objection
| 70 the statement l made before. Then We
I have reptiles from the earbcniferous pc
Rod we havs birds either from the
| Triassic or the Juriassic peFiod-it - ques-
/ tiOnablo which-and we have mammalia
| also fr,,rn that period. You see then how many
classes we had from the beginrtrg, and how
many of these were cotem poransous with che
another. Can it be said that animals which
were eoteTnk oraneous were descendants OF one
another, or that animsls which appeared to-
eether al tl,e same time were derived one from
the other ? Certainly not. II IS not So We
have at least 50 many beginnings as are repre-
sentatives OF these different classes in the ear
Hest strata. Bot this is not all The poiyps
have existed from the beginning through AL
ages; but the polyps Of the earliest period are
among the lowest while We have polyps OF a
much higher grade living now. The aealsphs
OF the Oldest times are among the lowest
while we have acalephs OF much higher
1sting then were OF the lowest order, while
we nave echinoderns Of a higher grade
new. So It seems as IL all these types had
changes and as IL those changes had led sue
cesSively 70 something higher. So it seems, but
u Is not so; because while we have polyps
pov which are superior to those which for-
merry lived, we have by the side OF them,
poiyps which are as low as the earliest known
The functions and structure at the present
est epochs. The crinoids to-day are as low as
the earliest known Now 1 would ask, what
gave them a capacity to become something
higher? What gave them the power a. the
same time TO remain on the lower level? That
is the character OF the facts as We have them.
We have certain lowest forms rising gradually
higher and higher, and we h ave the lowest forms
by the side of the higher at the same time; so that
we should have, according to the transmuta-
tion doctrine, beings capable Of changing them
selves and At the same time remaining as they
were; at the same time, Influences which would
produce change, and which would prevent
change from going on say that Is not logical, /
and that doctrine which has facts against II
so glariEg is not true interp~ or nature.
We have the same here with mollusks. We
have the iipgula, the lowest btvalve shell known
10 this day, while we have the braehlpOds, the !
clans, the fresh water muscles, Of a higher
type. What started the Hngula to change to /
these other FORMS and at the same time secured |
TO il Q condition in which it should not changer
do not know physical force, and 1 DO not I
know a natural agency which IS capable OF |
producing such results. But know that mind /
can do 1t. know that when an author sets (
out to record the processes OF his mind he can /
do ii at every stage Of perfection; he can do Il
in such manner that the records 1
may be the evidence Of his grad !
ual progress and In the end may be the I
evidence OF his highest culture. which at the /
same time he may record, If only for memory's /
sake, the doings of his early days by the side OF
the produetisns of his maturer years 1t is Just 1
earlier manifestations o. creative pawer, and l
we have the later znd higher productions, And /
We have by the side OF these later productions /
the reproduction, as u were OF what had been |
tr the beginning. This Is to be traced in the /
gasteropods, of which we find TIE lowest for1as /
here at present. 1t is the case with csphalOpods
OF which the earliest forms are here now ana /
by their side the nautili nd all the variety
OF eephRlopods belonging to our day. So il is /
with the worms. So II Is with the crustacea- |
So may say, IL is also with the insects, though /
that class begins only in the carbOniferous /
period. The fact that the Insects begin only 1
in that age Is another indication Of the /
working OF mind ia this process. For dur
ing the earliest periods Of the earthis /
history, the whole of Us surface was
terrestrial animals But when vegetation be-
gan TO be extensive, and especially terrestrial /
animals in tie production Of insects. Here let
me call attention to another fact. Is IL because
stnre has undergone successive changes that
animals and plants have made their appear
ancef or is 1t the physical change which has
called into existence these living beings or l
have the physical changes aa they have taken
I NfaNf n
pare the home upon which living beings could |
be distributed in manner suited to the condi- |
lions prevailing on the earth ? The question is
SIMPLY TINS: Has the physical world in its !
changes been productive OF the organic world |
OF has there been an intellectual power super |
the Whoie IN SucA manner thai the
physical condition should be brOpgbU about BY
which the living being should sud an !
appropriate home for tfelr growth3 An |
plause IN other words. has man sprung upon
earth because our earth had become what It !
was, or has the earth been prepared for man /
that he might deyelop IL that way his Capaci-
ties IN the most appropriate manner upon its
suFfaOeY II We l0ok at the order OF the sue
cessien OF vertebrates, we hud an answer to
that question. We hud, first, that fishes have
existed as long as the surface OF this earth was
in tse condition during which all these aquatic
animals could alone exist. TOen reptiles have
been called into existence, lust at the time
when the land above the sea had become *.
tensive enough TO put forth prGpQ- abode for
the large masseg of ESptlles at TIE earliest re-
rieds. Ne lind aflerwArd the Introduction Of
birds at ths time when our atmosphere had
been deprived Of its accumulation OF ear
bon, before whies birds could not breathe. The
accumulation Of coal in beds, in the carbon
ferrous period freed the atmosphere of az elg-
me1t 1gS35r,,4,l which bad gS sEstsl o 4 saeh
the existence o. warm. blooded ami
mails would have been impossible. Here
ton OF these living beings which requires a
purer Atmosphere Now the question is has
Ihls freeing, OF .,le atmosphere OF the car
bon 9een The Gauss OF the coming in OF the
birds snd mammalia, or have the processes OF
nature, been so eOnducted by a surprising in
.ellect that at a certain time ths atmosphere
should be free or its Impure matter tat bis-fIer
forms Of being might be called into existence?
W hen we see that there Is such a gradation,
ate forms, tt seems hardly possible that causes
and influences which are ever acting ii ~
i1 5S@e Tay S sA6gls & bsyS gG4FSgd 7S tbig s sIss
sument upon this point. / viii only sum up
my evidence in a few sentences The physical
causes are the same now as they were before.
Chemical agencies physical agencies, act now
rs they have acted from the beginning. We have |
he evidence Of this in the identi3al character
mationsss ge hsve evidence Of 1t in the ehemi- !
al Identity Qf the materials Of which celestial
% les are feFmed, ot which the more recent
nVesogatlOnE or pnyslcistS have given rs satis- !
actory demonstrations. The physical world |
the same The laws which govern ii |
remain the same, and from the beginning until
now they have acted in the same way Are | ,
hen. the different animals which have sxfstect
1t different times, and which d.reg ia tae most
'arled manner, tho Eesufb II causes which do
not arg, which aEt ever in the same mannerS
This IS contrary TO all argument contrary TO
my evidence we nave: We cannot ascribe di-
Tersihed results to uniform causes We cannot
scribe the cause OF certain facts TO agencies g
he action OF which is known to Us. Pnysi-
lists and chemists know perfectly well what 4.
what light what magnetism can |
produce. They know perfectly we'll what 7
re the possible combinations between
heIaieal elements and they know perfectly
veil that these various InbinatfOns and THESE
'arious causes are different ffom the causes
whose effects We. witness In the animal king
iom, Therefore say that Il Is net logical 70
scribe the diversity which exists among living
'eings to causes which exhibit uniformity OF !
nature snd Uniformity or action. / can con-
eive only one possible cause, and that is the
Of mind IN such way that il |
hsn pFodros what We have seen. We know .
rec 1t is aud how in its manifestation we
ecognize the stamp or him who Iaanifests I
limselL In the works Of the highest intelIect,
We recognize the peculiar mode and manner
n which bis mi ad manifests itself IN the poet
n the painter, in the architect, in the lpfor
u all times we see this manifestation. Now
Why should we not have sonaethf az of the same /
rind in natGrsf Mind is 1ot a manifestation ]
4 matter. II is something Independent Of it.
o the extent to which we can maintain inde-
,endence OF certain influences, to that extent |
md in similar anner,do conceive the inter-
'ention OF mind IN the production or living
,eings for all time, upon a plan laid out and .
srried out from the beginning, with reference
o an end, and that there is that reference 10 sn
nd and that the end is man Is seen in the re-
alton which man bears to the lowest verte-
rata, the fishes. That there is a reference to
nan is seen from the graduation which we OBJ
erve through all times, nom the beginning to
he end. That this cannot be the result OF | /
merely physical conditions, is further shown
" the fact, which Is sonstantIY recurring of
he traDs4oEInatipns reproduced every day
through tie whole animal kingdom, i'll the pro-
luction of new individuals. And here come to
he closing evidence I would submit. An 4
wing beings are born OF eggs and de-
-eloped from eggs. All end their growth
n changes which have begun with
he egg. Every successive generation |
'egins anew with this egg. Since there have
'een men or quadrupeds on earth, since ami
nails have existed, they nave reproduced In
very generation all the changes in their ,
roWth and transformation which are charac-
eristie Of their race. Now see what this / :
mounts to. There are several hundred thou | :
and different kinds Of animals living on this
lobe Of the different types. Every one OF them
las its line of development. Every sparrow
egins with the egg, and goes through az the i :
hanges which aTp aharacteristic Of sparrow
lie, until 10 IS capable Of producing new eggs
u! !eh VIII go through the same change. Every
utterly comes from the egg. which produces
he caterpillar, which becomes a chrysa- |
Is, and then a butterfly, laying eggs
f1a.a nfT.ir. I