Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-06-14

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ago), and this last (in the illustration,
but first in actual operation), dynamic
action of the sun we know not, but sup
pose to be the result of contraction aud
condensation from primordial nebulous
condition, which is next to chaos-than
this even speculation can 60 no fur
Their This continuity is but the form
of indestructibility
FIFTH-CORRELATION AND cOSsERvA-
TON
As the genesis Of power involves both
terrestrial and celestial physics, deseends
from the celestial to the terrestrial, so
eorrelatives run into the domain of mind,
and reascerd into the celestial, thus com
pleting chain in the philosophy of ere
alton aud this is the final conservation
of power. Let us continue the illustra
ton above, following the other end of
the chain. The sound of the waves
along the shore, stirred by the passing
steamboat, is continued in infinite rami-
fications throughout the atmosphere, diff
fusing itself in heat, which again distrib-
utes in correlatiye effects, which in turn
become commensurate causes, and so on
ad infaitmn But a small portion OF
these atmospheric vibrations is caught
by the tympanum of the ear, and through
the auditory nerve transmitted to the
brain, which is the dome of thought,
the palace Of the soul in its material
or corporeal vehicle, the telegraph
office; and this sensation thus pro
duced is quantitatiyely, if not
qualitativeIy the cOrrelative of the
power thus employed, or that por-
ton of the power which acted on the
auericular apparatus. Of that specific
portion of power, other things being
equal, this mental sensation, free from
extraneous influences, whether from in
ternal or external cause, is in exact
cumulative correlation. And this diff
ferentiation of mental sensation from its
physical predecessor, mediately or i'm
mediately, is again reiterated in mental
emotions or physical demonstrations, or
both, always, however, keeping in exact
correlation. From The New PhilosO-
ply of Herbert Spencer We read -" All
impressions from moment to moment
made on our organs of sense, stand in
direct correlation with physical forces
existing externally. The modes of con-
seriousness, called pressure, motive,
sound, light, heat, are effects produced
in us by agencies which, as otherwise
expended, crush or fracture pieces of
matter" mighty or minute, generate
VIBRATIONS in surrounding objects, cause
chemical combinations and reduce sub
stances from a solid to a liquid form,
and l may add, into gaseous, and
rice rersa {" Hence, if We regard the
changes Of relative position, of aggre-
cation or segregation, or Of chemical
condition thus arising as being trans
formed manifestations of the agencies
from which they arise so must We re-
gard the sensations which such agencies
produce il, us as new forms Of the powers
producing them.
These mental sensations develop emo
tions which may be stamped in psyche
metric pictures on the tablets of the soul
as imperishable as the power that pro-
claimed them. Seneca says, He that
writ the fstes follows them; He did but
once command He always obeys." 4
volume in fifteen words, as grand, as
comprehensive and sublime as the vol
ume of nature a power of the human
intellect that shall sound upon the
shores of future ages like the voice of
the Gods
Moreover, these imperishable impress
sions which constitute our potent ordeal
of education, and which we have traced
primarily 10 the caloric and aetinie ema-
nations of the sun, develop ultimately
mortaliaedhacceities either intheir in
dividualities, or absorption in the God
head through grand Deifc contraliza
ton, will complete the chain of creation
and prove a benefcent conservation of
power. As another interesting illustra-
ton, which We only suggest without es
say of analysis or synthesis, behold the
popular orator haranguing the multitude
as Seurry, of Texas, or Lamartine, of
France, the former by his stirring elo-
quence arousing to enthusiasm the apa-
thetic Texans, the latter by his thrilling
appeals quieting the tumultuous mob Of
fiery Freuchmen Here again we have
a perfect blending and cooperative ae-
ton of physical and psychieal power,
first the one and then the other appa- |
rently predominating, alternately the
adequate cause and the cOrrelative
effect, with the same origination and ulti-
nation of power.
From the Pickering rays just emerg
ing from the mist and throwing their
first feeble food-lights athwart the ghm
mering horizon, this general theory, de-
rived from the facts of modern science
and predieated on the truths of intuitive |
philosophy, exhibits as intimate eOnnee-
tion of mind and matter in the ex-
ternsl world of inanimate organic ma
ture, as is exemplifed in the internal
organic nervous system of man and in |
every view and every connection it com
pletes chain that forms a circle of ere
alive power as continuous and ubiqui-
tOus as natures infnity of domain aud |
eternity of duration 5. s. REMBERT.
REMREkToS, (uear Bemphis), May, 1855.
what Man II Made of.
While the gastric juice has mild,
bland swGetish taste, it possesses the
power of digesting the hardest food that