New-York tribune., 1868-10-22

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frttt lh" Wo!crH.'su ui o.. CONT h'," ,'t, u Won
regarding Cr >fai.ilc architecture i't go Iced IN
iH'tsc, CUna,t' iac ajn.D- dId iu'i','l ,r ,ane
!"'llgh uE % p'NFry'I"l ~ fr., igr case u rIys-
l!Poesi, is oyn q" }tI now ~" /" m , y,JT,aI tIrAi-
t@tt nm, , , b,'I 10 reject IT uow aHd !" en- ci.
clUde uat ne m"ceuS" "' li't , crj, thrT II would
ir r,or nj .rv 10 inyoee OF external agent 81 '
one and 10 j'ci u ll i' " ." I'm ,o thin slices nud
subj. Ie il 10 the pcon "f po.illcl I.ui, ~ ,f
,r,w,th In other words. lea tho molecules. po'i :" ~
corn, and Of the srt0uu0ug eutl Oe hrpi ~ ~ ,,e
agiiariorhi warm %. most Of go" h"1w, -, ~ LESS
80, ., ,r,o.c t,cnruuus mon culir motion UnH' 'iG
circumstances, tie Efiu ana 'i t,r Is tur
,s.nI, - tt, iuclirflun. bud is tnrnCd' lls va"
reaches hc surface, where 1t k eNp"s'1 10 10 .S W ,rr
which are also 20 b" regarded a. h''n o' lin wiiai
motion Andas the common motion OF htHi "l,A s a,
the grain end thg shstancs "d sii'n"S l. Sbsnces to
endowed enabled ihe gram nv" ,i. s,,'s r,ys now
coalcsce, The specific mnlgh m l'o su.i ciI
and fe r0ur1,s vnpor of the alpropgiahg hu| co-
stitucuts of both for winch The oiado hS -"
tr,rtlo and permitting tut other constituent 10 resume
Us place ~ ut ar "n,i lc ,l matter OF e r.nih
and p matter Uf The atmosphere are drawn t""hhthe
pllnt and the plant RuSucnt- IN sze. We nave - sue
ccssion the bud The e'llk ihe eat tr il corr ~ ~ 'e ~
completed bv tho production VI grains similar 10 'ia'
Now there is noing III ihs process which nee sslTiy
eludcs the power of mind as We know H. An lteltt the
raulrl he able 10 follow the whole process from begin
ming eud No entirely intellectual faculty w"u'i
he rccdcd for this purpose Tho duiycNn'nded lnbd
would see In The process and IT'S conSumuaion nn Ia
sanre of tho play OF molecular fore 10 wonld sac Iry
moccule placed u its position 10y ia" speclho attractions
aud repul>iUuS exeTted between u ANA other muches
Nay, given the grain and its enVifonmrt an lheli','
the same in kind hut sufficiently expanded
might trace JriOr every step of the process, ~
hy the application o. mechanical rtmcipi,s Nn'u pS
able to demonstrate that the cycle ot hc'ioh~ must td
it Is to ehd. in the rpr"ductirh "i forms h" st
win which the operation orgah sn,'hr mn ID m''rsstp
rules hero to that which rules the planets III 'he circuits
round the sun. =, .., .
Yon viii notice thar am stating my truth strongly as
at the beginning We agreed IT should bc stated bnt
still further, aud ahrin that n TIA" eye o Scrnce
the annual b)dB H. ius as much the IOdnct al motcuii
force Hs the stalk ANA ear oi corh o hs hc vi ~
Of sugar. Many Of its parts are Obviously mfhhn'.
Take the human heart for example, WIN ltS eAph'He
heat moreover is the same In Kind rs the neat oI mr.
hcing produced by the ,ame chemical process. hil
nlo0n too as directly derived f"in the food oI ihs
| asma as the motion Of Trevetnyok's wdlNlngeng'ne
| nal body creates nothing Which OF you 10y taxing
thought can add one rubt 10 his stHuet NJ thai mas
been said regarding the plant may be rthiAltd WIN re-
gard to the animal Every particle that eieis INTO the
composition of muscle, nerve. or bone, mas D,en
placed its position hy molecular force Aud unless ie
exsteHce Of law ia these matter" he denied ANA hc ele
meut cf caprice introduced must conclude that gwen
the relation Of any molecue ~ the body tu rs environ
ment. It's position IN the body might be predicted Ont
its oogJieIitg: and this dnicuiiy might be 10y The
simple expansion Of the faculties which man no~ pos
s,sSes Given this expansion aud gwen the necessary
molecular data. aud the chick might be drduced ~ ngor
ously And as logically from tue rrg ~ e sh'"ne' "i
Neptune doduced from the disturbances OF Ur un-
coical rofHction deduced from the nnduiory
theory az hight.
what many scientific thinkers "r less Distinctly he
heye. Tho formation Of crystal Pan or AZ "nlai.
Is in their eyes purely mrchInlcl pI"pl'n' Nhtn
differs from the problem ct Ordinary hrchAnloS w 'he
smalness " the and the cUmpicNty of tile r
cesses involved. Here you have one ~ our uhhi
truth; let glance at tie Othrr hait A,-",iht'I
S,a ,, ~" - errtein thIn th"ss of piyscs
but betWcr' nch and the mechanism We discern un
| hc think lore; hut how does cOsoio"s'ess lifu~e
itself INTO ihe proDlen The human brain is s1ih !" Toe
brain feels IT, when NC ponder II - the brain mat tlnhs
when passions affections are excited Is through
OF the brain. Let CttFuNor Ia lee
little precise here. hardly lmagne tiut any pro-
found scientific thinker who hccicd upon ihe subject
exists who would not admit the extreme probability of
the hypothesis that Tor every iHct 81 Nslonsnrr'
whether ~ The domain oi sehrF ot 'sht "i "i ,uo'n,
| a certain definite molecular condition IL set up I'm the
brAlh lha' tns ielatioi y, ~ p"! p!, =, -, 49,, 80, ar,
variable 80 mat gwen tho STATE OI we oi'l, coiL'
poudlng Thought feeling might he uirrrcd or RiNg
might be Inferred But how nferrrdi II Is at bottom
not eff logical Inference nj all. but of empirical
of science this character to Inference FOR example.
that an electric 81 gwen direction will fleet a
this that passage from the current to the needle. n
denIonsralr is thinkable aud tha We enietrn no
doubt as the dual mechanical solution of the problem
but the passage FROM Ia" physics oI me nls 70 @ ,ho
Grnntsd thut u definite thought ard definite moiecu
lar action Ia the brain occur simultaneously We do not
possess the intellectual organ. apparently any rl1
ineni Of the organ which would enable 10 pass by
process Of reasoning from the one phehomeu"h la 10"
other They appear together but we de- not know Uhy
We're our minds aud senses expanded strcnghenrd
aud illuminated as 10 enHhe NJ to see anh fri the very
molecules NJ the briin we're we capable OF following an
their motions. all their grouping al ter electric AIS
| clurgps II there bf, aud We itliu1tTly
auainted with the corresponding states Of thought aud
feeling should be m FAR ever from tine solution OF
The pTGSD & Inc dSs Of Are tfss eSos 'S Se
tween the two clasres ~ phenomena Wond stl rcnan
intellectually npassable LIT the Consciousness of lore
for example be associated with night handed spira NO
ton the molecules ~ the brain, and The CONSCIOUSNESS
know when we love that be motion is IN one direction
when hate that the motion Is IN the other; but the
In affirming that growth Of the body Is mechanical
and that Thought, exercised by us, has It's corcaiyc
| k.Nh nf 1lfh gf flHf
MateiaSt Is stated rs far as that poruon j. cna-
BILE think the materiaiS VIII be- able hnaly to
maintain this position against all attacks; but do not
think the human md Is NJ present constituted, that
he can pass beyond IT, donot think he Is entitled to say
explain everything Ia reality they explain nothing
of phenomena, whose real bond ab-o.
lutte Ignorance. The problem OF the connection o body
the prescieutihc Phosphotous is known TO enter
into the composition of the hui IA brali ahd cour
ageous writer has exclaimed, ~ ~ rehchant Geran
| "ohne PbosphOr klein GedanEe.' That may or may mot
both sides OF the zone hero assigned to the
! hun whence ia this matter u which we have
been dscOursng, who what divided 10 into nloecules
ming into organic forms lie has 10 answer Science also
Is in reply these questions But II the material
entitled TO answrri To whom has the secret been re-
veaedi Let Us lower our heads and acknowledge our
ignorance and all Perhaps the mystery may resolve
Itself into knowledge n some future day. The process Of
things upOn this earth has been one Of amelioratOn IL
s long way from the IgnaDodon aud his contemporaries
the President aud members Of the British
And whether regard the Improvement from the sci
entic or from theological point of view The result
Of progressive Development or the result Of successive
exhibitions Of creative energy. neither view entities
20 assume that mans present faculties end the series
that the process Of amcliOron stops at him. time
may therefore when this ultrrscenthc region by
which enfolded may offer itself to Terrestrial.
II not to human investigation. TwOtllrds OF the
emitted hy the sun the the OF
vision The but the visual requisite for
their translation into light does exist Aud from
this region OF darkness and mystery which
rounds u.s. rays may 10 dartng which require but
the development Of the proper intellectual organs 10