New-York tribune., 1867-02-27
r.ntion Of mind In the rroducton Of vIng benes tr an

,ion q, mind in the production Of living beings for all
time, upon plan laid out ana carried , OUT ,hrn mo,
the beginning with reference TO an end ana that theIe
is that reference 10 an END, anu lhaI une Snu -
man in the relation when man pears 70 me oNeSC
is seen from the eradation which we observe through an
times from the beginning TO the end Inat ts @ caHhos
he tbe result OF merely physical conditions ls fuIif
shown by the fact which constantly recurring OF INC
transformations reproduced every day through e %Je
onima, kingdom in the production OF new lndlVluuais
And here come to the closing evidence would sunmt.
All living beings are born of eggs and deVel3Pes O h
eggs. All end their growth in changes when nave
begun with the egg. Every successive generation
begins anew with this egg since mere o nto ested
they have reproduced in every generation all tS
in their growth and transformation which are eafgtr Te
jstc of tlrr race Now what this amounts TO- lheTe
are several hundred thousand different kinds OF ana
living on this globe OF the different types EHeS ;ns po W.
them has its lire of development Every sparrow begins
with the egg. and goes through all the changes wnsh e
OF sHar5ow& Will r % tbrong n c Same change
Every butterfly from the egg, when produces
the caterpiar which becomes chrysas, and then
butterfly laying eggs to go through the same changes
so with all animals whether OF higher or lower type IN
fact the animal kingdom as it is now, is undergoing
greater changes every year than the whole ANIMAL king
dom has passed through from the beginning until now
aud yet we never see one OF these animals s%erNe h
grSot fact Everv neing reprodnces itself Ider con
ditions which varied they have been from
the beginning of the world until now ana YET yet,
they not changeable. That is what we must
infer And if those which live now are not changeaOe,
sent all the Changes which animals can pass through is
logical that those early ages have become
what now in consequence OF changes III sue
gencratonsl Have the laws Of nature changed
in such o manner that what does not take
place now has taken place In early times
say, no. l say, just the cycle which every animal
passes through in its development from the egg to s
perfect condition. returns to the plan impressed upon that
animal by the Creator just have the various forms, the
remains Of which wend preserved in the rocks, been
from the beginning the steps through whcit has pleased
the Creator 10 carry the animal kingdom up TO man,
that being made III His own image, who is.endowed
with "a spirit akin TO His by virtue Of
which alone we can understand nature. We're we not
made IN the image Of the Creator did we not possess
spark Of that divine spirit which Is godke inhertanee
why should understand nature Why Is it that nature
is not sealed booki II is because akin TO
the world, not only the physical and the animal world
the Creator himself that read the world ana
understand that il comes from God. Applausel
The Hon. George Bancroft made few remarks and
offered resolution of thanks TO She distinguished Pro-
ssOr the Of lectures Of which the above Ii the
close, which adopted.