The New York herald., 1867-02-27

character Of the rocks Of the oldest and more recent
formations We have evidence OF Il in the chemical
identity OF the materials Of which the celestial
Of T silence aao has recently given US the most
complete observations The physical world remains
the ams the laws a, which ng goys1n nav shsr remain 1
acted the way Are. then, the different animals
which have existed at different times and which differ IN
the most varied manner the result OF causes which do
not vary which do not change, which act even in tho
same manners This is contrary to our argument,
have We cannot ascribe diversified results 10
uniform causes; cannot ascrbe as cause 10 certain
effects agencies, the acton Of which 10 known 70 us,
and the limited agency which known 10 US. Those
who are quainted with the effects Of light and mag
netism and upon matter and what are the possible
combinations between chemical agents. know perfectly
well that these various combinations these various nc
ons, different from the actions which we now wit
ness in the animal kingdom Therefore say that u ls
not logical to ascrbe the living beings TO those
and tFanscrbe the diversity which exists among living
beings causes which at one time existed say that
uniformity Of nature should produce uniformity OF
action / can conceive only possible for
this divers ity-the intervention OF mind We all know
perfectly well, In our own case how me human mind
abstain from manifestation. We know perfectly well
how in this manifestation we can recognize the
stamp Of him from whom II comes. We know perfectly
we'll that In the different works OF an artist we can re-
cognize his peculiar ways his peculiar mode OF mani
Testing himself, the peculiar stamp OF his mind. SO in
the case Of the poet and the painter and the sculptor
and the architect Why should we MT have something
Of the same kind in natureg Our mind is truly not =
dependent Of it to the extent to which we
know its freedom, and The extent to which we
can maintain its independence from surrounding nfiu-
ences And to that extent and in similar manner do
conceive the Intervention Of mind IN the production OF
living beings through all times, and plan laid out and
carried out beginning with reference 10 that
end And that there is that reference to the end Is
Is in man. in the reia ion which man bears 70
the lowest form-th fsh-tha there is such refer
ence TO is in the graduation which we
observe hro dgh all times from the beginning 10 the
end And that this cannot be the result Of simple nu
AucoG of MI ga coudf
fact which is constantly recurring OF the transfor
nations reproduced every day through the whole animal
here come to the closing evidence have
70 submit There several hundred thousand
Of an types or the ANIMAL kinydom now Now
every OF them has its nc If development and each
passes through certain number of changes Every
sparrow begins with the egg, ges through the changes
which characteristic OF sparrow life until 1t Is capa
bic Of reproducing itself in eggs, which which wn 60
through the same changes Every butterfly arises
from an egg, which pr a caterpillar; that
caterpillar becomes chrysaiis and that in turn
peeS aSma capable produons
another egg. So II Is with every living being There
those which are low and those which are high there
those which belong the lowest type OF their case
and those which belong TO the highest in fact the ami
NAL kingdom, as il is now, is constantly undergoing
snims Kingdom Kingdom a has passed ss through from the
beginning until now, and yet we never see
. one Of those animals swerve from me ,ane
ike itself That is the great fact Every living being
reproduces itself under conditions which the same
now as they were in the beginning Of the world I'LL
pow and yet they do not change. Whys Because by
nature they not changeable. That Is what must
er, and II those which II not changeabls
and do not pass from one into another, though they
represent all the changes which animals can
pass through, Is 1t logical to assume that those OF carrier
have become other than what the animal 70
be consequence OF changes and that the laws of
nature have changed In such that that which
does not take place now should have taken place In
earlier timesg say just as much the cycle which
every animal passes through in UNDERGOING its develop
men from the to its perfect condition progresses
according TO it's appointed law impressed II by the
CREATOR just so the various 0oms the remains OF
which We find through all buried in the rocks arc
appointed forms, which have never changed spon-
aneousy from the beg nning and simply the stops
through which It has pleased the Creator TO the
animal Kingdom until 1t reached man, the being which
is framed In His image, which s endowed with spirit
akin TO Him. by means of which alone he Is capable Of
understanding nature. We're not made in the image
OF the Creator did q spark Of the divine
spirit which is godlke Inheritance, how could We
understand nature, how could stand such rela-
tion to the whole world that it should not be sealed
book 1t is because akin only to the physical
and the animal kin gd0 but also to the Creator himself
that we can read the world ald understand that comes
from God loud appause.)
Mr. GEO. BAycRoFT, after paying eloquent tribute to
the genius OF the lecturer proposed the following
luton which was ut once seconded and carried by .
burst Of applause
Resolved, That the thanks of this great assembly Of de-
Ted hearers be syea % the asroas
method and for his exposition Of Of
happy hours which passed oxer too rapidly and Tor c1n
Influences Of which the memories win last through
lives
Gen. PROSPER NJ wrrsoRK fhen proposed q vote Of
hanks to the Society Tor the Advancement Of Science
Ind Art under whose auspicies the lectures had been
1evered The audience at made hearty response
md Immediately after dispersed.