, 1869-08-09
Herbert Spencer.


IT, the Easlu, tf Tie Chicago T1ibu'x:
We we're pleasantly surprised, II looking oFer
tAt editorial columns OF The SUNDAY TKIRCkE, TO
meet t4c hcad-nncs OF IN article uefi,eft SPELL
cry IN Oxford Tnr xurks Of this geuial, but tit-
compromising Rdyoc-4e ot Aoesa! thoughl sud
t9J - ,!eWs Used al the "aut- rlA1" III TIE CID
suonsAula Of the llua-.ousers ative spirit Of the
uye-thas ludlculra progress! Aud It Is well ios
. nc pun.c u,ess to herald It at home and atrolf.
10, tui uct sage rot Only 10 the friends ol spcn-
etr. tut slso to tlus1 who are sJn?athetlcatJ
et1lvk hJ csrry ueT Indication OF tbs frcedon o.
thought
Nc ear we were pleasantly surprtsed but hav.
ing re,l the article 10 The bottom sc were Startled
It nuolnc, after 70 short fun, oue e5es d1ed
Gtoa The !ast sen!eace OF . review OF Heroe1
s3eucera Philosophy.
The range Of thought. upon Which the phNoso-
phur has wasted the nerve and the intellectual
lotces ai 4hat olhers would cal! ther whple tsea'
review cd ,Ll,l ndjudEed In the tasE or nBll an
aout. That Ii making heavy VOTE light II may
l,e legitimate 70. one profoundly vesSed III the sot-
jcct ~ suggest In q email compass hia appreciation
11 as veil 81 oblectlons TO tho thoughts ol aaotn-
,r-iud.Quusly, titcree:l5, and without RESERVE
THIS leL!deratuu however, Is wanting in the aftt.
cle IN question whose author either rurrosely
mistakes Epencer4 ide8s OF has derived hl+ whne
know tlSe OF Sucucct's W0EHh Tom the utie P.ec+
OF b few lDita1ory propositions ......
The Euthur OF the article aayH: Ills sSs'.u-
,crs, to called srR.cm resolves ltseu into the
,ery snplc doctrine that all psogftas consists oi
chause IRON unity to diversity, or, As be CT
p.tsscs II, llora the homogeneous to the hetcro-
,.rtt Gus uul that !" MI this Ii true enough aa
generally Z 1r!on; Int no aooner can 1t Ire SHOWN
tpat some p.usrcs5 results from .hc opposite pro-
Cess OF chan q from heterogrue,tS to hotnagc-
uclty, tn IL ,hs .yE1em tr:couts lt'otnrtete- "
WEo. We n-k, viii recognize In this full and
~ 20 m nn
D!a ph.loao2ht his Law Of Erouslon:" We
uud on Iase aie Of his FiEs. Principles tnrst
tau g,tlou) after very elaborate and pa-
t,ent prt cea5 Of Induction, and scE all is eoa-
kt1urnt parts have step by step. been ret1ed, Inc
following statement Of that law: Er"tntioR Is a
cAyyk fran. an indeHnsfr. tcrhtrtnt hona7'nsify,
L. q .eEnle, cAertMt hettro;thrfy Through eo"'int-
! uus djHertntic t1ns and iu'eJrafi"hs-"
l:n't, In this, TIRE rHIBCSE's opcc:ion fury and
J cp1up,rtrly hit, Eyn;ui!ua tand, much m're
p1orrexs> IL not siiEp!y q charge fso:i nn'ty 10
density. but in the nrst place, this unity al indH-
! n,e onr. the density definite; and. Ia the next
| nlacc, this process goes on through coatEaao1s
differentiation and fnt grafton TIL. TKIEcSs'5 IL
| Illustrations, though they are rather clumsy and
! 1T: to the point, will also apply 70 th". speh.
| ,er'a OWE statement OF lbs primo philosophical
| brtnc,ple, In pasenthests, Ne say clumsy. anu,
| ue ,uay sld. Awkwusd. Real: THUS, while tue
steti il L. .xpautIng and dividing Into stalE. leAf,
bird s1d roEer irum the Homogeneous 10 tle AsieI-
oyeuyous In the same get cAt4ou, Hydrogen, o1}-
rem aud sstex arc uniting to form The mechanically
/ I'VE quote" in ital,cs) Homogeneous Substance
| sood-' Here the ln1ter process would De tast
| wta. SpeLcrr terms the definite, coherent hrtet-
pcepe1ty The process Of inLyrot"n, which Il nptly
tNDsttattd bv him IN various FAys throughout h!s
fys;eul. But did Tue TRIBUNE kno~ what It
meant when 1t Rpoko Of merhaH'caity hete!oge-
urous substance wood7 Mechanics Is the science Of
The adjustment of forces and ~ utfy Of forcca
i, meant tho resultant Of cestnln distinct though
ipter-lepehdent i1rts OF q whole at Rosx- are,
in this case, The chemical elements above euunet-
! atea pcrex o? a whole ut work We know that The
I dtDrrcnce between n chemical compound and q
mechanical aggregate Is Jas. this: tha, In tho lat"
ter tts constituents aTe r31s5. In the former they
are elements fus!ng In into each other, Rurrcn'eI-
| tug their entire tscly "a" In the compound Whit,
| In truth, could nc meant Is the structural homo
cenelsy OF wood governed by more than merely me
eAutcdi iaNis- The ilaetrat!on about the progress
| uf human society nnu the Development OF the tnll-
yldG.l-Ihat " lille The forntr ID ncslaea 10 notn j.
crpelty the latter becomes more lIst&d IN It.!
sphere, more honoreneous-ts not wei! stated. iol
lese the individual Is considered as .
! member OF society, whilst II oneht TO nave
been viewed in its liz. olpArnt as an eFH1"ic rI"k
In which case II would not have been dts1cult te
rpd tllat It's Development has been TOW ards o
arrY,er complc1ti, mentally III we'll as r>lys!ea's
| or. uathrr mentally because phys!callS+
We thus. without reserve, dlkclarn md reInte
! the ,cea that 67cne.r's "Eystem " Resolves ltsel
into the propagation, Progress ia change"
Whether Srencer's cariiuaI pt1nc'plc oe ortGi1a
With him or not, matters little when wc couSlde
with Whnt usslGuity, labor, learuins. ingcaa
ity. and conscsentoasness THAI principle onceac
nouprec, has by him been traced aah sert
led In all departments or sctcnce, aud ~hereFc
Tho words "ll1e" and "orEantzatson " ere II
scs7l.d on lne portals OF Creation
1lut why is II that Spencer has fnTed 60 nj will
our reviewer He statcs It himself. TIE Tx1sIST
ssys: "Ile Is ra17ow ani 6cctaran N the Eea,s
that appreciates oni5 philosophy and recognize.
OILY .utellcc, lsnc.ips religion and tho suRerna'
t:rI IS c.udi,lcs, IN which there Is nothing to M
ruGtrs.ood, ou!J something TO be dcspised." aot
claims that "4hetr aye few minds rho nre ah,c, a
ouce 10 enter into both the speculative OF rEl!oso
pny and tic ss,n.3aGlts NJ faith, and uetteH
Spencer Is not one nt them" The old contrast
i,ftnrrss hcs.cf asd knowledge, religion aat phil
osopny: lttr the soan Ct ordinary understanding
II we're +aiI thai 1t Mt:c better fos stu 10 tfhrt
In q tGlpp thaa to kn''r II, he would sco1nfnlli
schuke that medication. And here u ulaI
ts accused because ne ioea In rcgA1 to the thing
which tie In tae higher scale OF thought eons!dert
Of vital importance for him to know, And Ho5'
dear TO httn-what the r,an q bui ordinary mind
dogs urn,n]rsttI in Ir;=aEi 10 tho thlnga ta3t tI
c1;upass his narrow sphere Of lie.
Wbo We nsk, |. farther on .hr rnah to progress
--"old oxford - q. moIern TEIHrSE! l1at nc
d.dan aus other remark tn the way Of reply. .thir
what Spencer himself declares. Mars Aou We'll
these words, for they arc beautiful and worthy Of
netnG remembered Ioi"ses' Ae Fass' Ie W. 10
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'a. s"o'seN ''
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III, ta,,h ,,,hin tm The highest truth he secs
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IL :he Es.:Or = 7hr c@tea::77 4n'rtHr:
| At IL s1a1he Aunfcr o. llctocr1 spencer, WAS
gratitled to learn. 81 d'd iEom an atele IN Soa1
GOLFERS Cn this crcas mar, that some OF MS FotEs
Lave hctn adcpied AZ Textbooks In the English
rI:y. ts;;y OF 01fond And deem II ln,fe credit
;.,ae TO or own county that his writings hare 4
| tar. circulation tcsc thar In England, fact OF
| which was not previously axart.- 1t woald be
...t:er.r, perhaps impossible, to get forth more
tusc.siy AID c1ra1i.. Ni'a.a 50 brief compass
spencers Iheott Of frosFess, thao IS d7ac N :ae
ai.lc.c tcfsr1cd TO. Ana many OF toaf fsase's.
| ,oab:!css, would ian nc III IN expression o1
e7a:.ca:iuD, tnHt Jou ca1 terassonail! f'er Aide