The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-02-08

simpis organs or diesstioa ars capable on re- |
solving into Dourishmsnt Coz their feeble
framed. So that by this We see that oil nat.
uralists sright In clAasing them with the
world d animals instsad Of ssrcsatle life,
because their life is sustained by process
Of deslation and digestion but how i'm
msnse Is the distances In the scale-e devel- 1
opment between them rooted as they are
to cold rock in the midst Of silent
waters, their only sense that Of touch and
man, the former Of civilized society. possess
ing fre perfect senses, and master Of q
boandless realm of idealtty.
And why this differences Simply mans
life is intensified Of every natural element
and affinity Of which we have or can have
any knowledge-certainly Of many Of which
We have at present no conception-we are
gifted with exquisite senses, open to the in
huence Of all nature by thousand various
avenues, and are acted upon by all the forces
Of the universe: we receive knowledge, pain,
pleasure, and delight from countless medi-
ums Of communication with which we are
brought into contact and unison with the
ever circulating influences Of the whole har.
monious life Of creation.
Our life ia q concentration of all lower
forms Of existence; there is not q single
element Of difference. or a process OF ex
change in all inanimate nature that does not
find an answering affinity in mans life !;
we're this not 80, how should We gain q con-
ception Of what we are brought into contact
withs As If we had no sight, now should
we know that sun Was Illuminating ali
space above and around as ? Or how could
we convey to one born blind conception Of
the pleasant harmony of colors IN a picture
or their beautiful blending in the gorgeous
flower Or how should we convey to enc
deaf the enthusiasm Of music. TAX. and
examine the process by which animal life is
developed; it il in all cases the same in prin-
ciple.
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which We can detect either the principle or
its development Of life. A mi-iiquid mass
without any precise, well defined form al
first, it, under circumstances favorable to it's
development, soon assumes outline and &C
ton. In the interior the different elements
OF its composition fall into regular move
ment; converging and diyerging tendencies
are established, centres Of accumulation be-
gin to appear and exert some special force
upon the surrounding mass ; the whole, lit
tie by little, undergoes chemical transfer.
nation, and certain afinities concentrate
upon particular points. Each day and hour
these accommodations assume more distinc-
tive forms and specific character. At Ger.
tain stage We see appear outlines Of regular
organs, and, as the work goes on, th,
whole growth becomes hsrmonized with it.
self, and body perfect in its functions il
the result Of this process Of liberalization
and development. And all the while, as thi'
product of change and mutual action is be-
ing formed, we see new organs fret forming
then harmonizing with those already formed
Thus the life is intensified and advanced Al
new products are added or developed, as il
a man, first perfect in form and outline, wal
endowed with sight FIRST, then heating, Their
the sense of touch, taste and smell. How
much radical difereace is there in this pro
cess and the one we observed in the burnin,
of coal in our CRATES a. both there is fire
q homogeneous mass brougbs under certain
influences which create movement an.
change, circulation Of mysterious currents
which, by their action, ultimately destroy tn
original structure, and q creation out of tn
materials of the old, Of q new product. II
one case gas, then heat, night and electricity
and In the other, first, dim points, then gen
eral outlines, and, at length, triumph Of na
lures forces, a body perfecs in itself, NJ
Image Of its creator" In both cases Their
is change of form and substance, "a annihi
hilation Of something to form somsthin
else. In both there are intermediate stage
of development before n generous heat or q
animated body IS produced. In all thi
change there is no death, it 10 only change
change indeed Of form, Of substance. OF ever
identity. But as we see the coal change be
fore our eyes, into new and more wonderful
combinations Of beauty and usefulness, gas
heat and light, 90 mans life. a. frs littl
il any higher than the hidden life Of tn
flint, becomes, by liberalization Aad culture
something allied 70 everything . s0mss int
contact with, and eysa the universal spiri
Of nature Itself.
The process Of life il liberalization BY tbs
idGiificipl MY Of cfgsns aud fsncuo1s wis
then is the sequel Of n higher life or com
pleter growth of al animal over n mineral !
IL Is tncredsed number and sariets Of the spe-
cial organs, or in other words, the greater
number Of avenues BY which the individual
may place himself in relations Of exchange
with the external world, and receive the mos,
varied Impressions from it, and may, 80 to
speak, hold conversation with natr.s in ali
! It's forms.
may have failed 10 these two short arti-
cles to make as clear As I should wish to,
the truth of the proposition with which
started, viz: THAT life, o. its highest de-
velopment, was but mutual interchange Of
relations between all objects of the universe
and only differed in intensity or the different
degrees Of sdaptibility towards IN exchange
Of sympathy, passed BY different beings or
bodies. II the arguments I have advanced