New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-02-19

81, IL may dIe individuals most Jealous for
pn,snnai continuance after death, whose SCUM WV
sc.Tcev worthy OF such careful preservation on tbe
~ yodcst phiosO, would seem to look upon th9
AucnstInes ORIGINS, PascaS Johnsohs, aud Itb Dr.
the human race as small specimens eompareu WIN
bnchnerI rrerbocb aorn lsODhas thefoowing remark:
W one VINO has eyes fail to remark, tbat t
heef I'm the Immortality OF the soul mas long oee
rou ordinary life and mat u only exists S. IN to
mat Inc belief in Immortality has been largely ea
from ordinary life Of many educated degree to
the circumstance, that the eiass OF iact men nv flse
spritualism has re verified mas oeen @ con-
sideraton Belief In Immortality was more geleIai ~
ancient times than now except the
Frederick schegel admits tins Among Inoss 90 rho
rPortntv Of the sonl was mere probable hypotho
ss it was lively certainty Ike the feeling oil ones own
one has 70 90 back only the time OF Richard Baxter
to see how largely the CONVICTIONS OF lnmoLy
1.v wore based knowledge or spiritual phehoIei
But in what mole's labyrinth can the learned fte Of
have been burrowine that he docs not know that 9 Vi
the most emnen anthropologiss Of the present ~ Oh
who build their belief on patient duey u The nv
He las no doubt heard OF the Darwnan theory Tor t
Is favorite with the maeralists, Wine ~ m
time 1t does not In the least disturb lhe nln5 ~ vi
Among the Spirituasts of England MT Alfred As WI
nm inc Amazon: aad Of this gentleman, DR. Hooker inc
President of the British scehtnc asSociauS" I i'm
follows address ut the meeting at NoF"'en' Al
MANY OF the metaphyscians OBJECTIONS have have been
Darwns true knight Alfred r. Wallace IN ms papels on
Protection in the Westminster kr o, %ia sc, &C. in
which the doctrines NJ Continual lhleiIeIo.'.,
Theory " Beauty and kindred subjects arc dc9',ea
win ndmirale fsgacity knowledge, and skill; but OF MI
Wallace and his many contributions 10 PliioSpl.Ca
biology il Is not easy speak without enihusiasn ioI
putiuc aside their great merits, he, throughout MS wr
tings with modesty as rare ~ hceNe u 10 nc ~ uIh
unconscious, fOTgets HIS own uuquesoiahlrc, lol'
honor of having originated, lndepcndeuty0 MI DaTWh
the theories which he so ably defends"
Mr. Walaces testimony TO the facts of sIrta,sW ~
therefore that OF q competent scientific man OF tue bgu
est ropntatOn and for such man To- be ~
down. by metaphyscian IN his closet as ,!q F.oa VI
his subjective Imagination" IS reversal OF the orueroi
ME- Karl vort orn In 1sl0 is nolerant Of any
facts Of spiritual tendency re say i.p;@,y
against individual imlnortaliyi as ngsIs a." Re s
existence Of the soul The soul does NOT enter lhe i'
like the evil spirit into persons possessed MT Is PI.
Of the Development OF the braiu Just muscular activity
Is a product Of muscular developments, NJ" -. Tbc
q product oil glandular development. , min, 10
periods of life aud oooeco o'tosgrer ~ nra' , or
apology for proof How does Mr NGgt Ehow that tnc
fdus manifests mental aciiyiiyf FROM the tme oi
tlnt Ezabch mentioned hy 81. Luke down 10 orr own
d1y there are mohers by the million who VIII tell ME-
Voct that his declaration Is erroneous. -, a.,
Mr. Vogt labors through an entertaining volume, III
which the language Of science is diversified WITH thnt on
sarcasm 10 prove that we need pass many links
OF our cenCaogy to hud apes for Cur ancestors We nave
st ire inclined 10 It, The Darviuian hypothesis lgt
hcrume certainty Tomorrow aud 1t would. not clash
with the convictions OF man VINO KNOWS lldt we Vh'-
nouena proclaimed Ia this volume are substantially true;
and Spiruasrn while IL cncOurl ne 70 ASPIRE Ia the
attachments of the lofcst scraph. would u rightly med
itatcd, teach us humility ihat WonI ot s.tiHh ilV
sympathy with the creature that IL lowest III tAo '"e oi
But so fa~as Mr. vogts system rests his ignorance
OF spiritual facts. it needs reconstruction II lie would
have IL conform with the science Of the future. .
Dr. Muleschott born 1921, who has acquired high DIS
| tuction anthropOloCst, mngineS win ne San.
guiue Temperament OF youth, tha hr has uttered tnc ia'
word Of science m regard to certain class "i IaY,f' WIZ,
lie says, urplcludced philosophy com y"
the idea Of an individual Immortality and OF - personal
| continuance after death"
So the philosophy vlich differs from that Of Or Mole
ocho and which refuses to accept MS cheerful aoy,in"
uf the souls 0nnilatOn Is philosophy "t piD9","'
Newton, Lelbnitz and the rest, were men Gi pl'JLE
| with egunl nostvrness, the late DR. ElliCt-nu tWhp
knew good deal that Or holcscloit has yet ~ uh,ttp
taught FOR many years, In tho "Z'iai, nidi''iesu,
aultc dense and narrow AZ his Iu AFTER hy hadN
fcccore years aud ten. ne stumbled on one 'c iHt,
demonstrated Ia him by MS aud his reason which
smycicd the "unpreudiccd philosophy oi lifetime ~
by lightning Hash, and convinced MN that lGc Npu
niists with their vulgar inuous and their stubborn
eXpicnces of spiritual intervention, were after all. In
right. and That there IS personal Continuance after
DR. Moleschotrs philosophy is forcdoomcd 10 tho same
end for 1t rests on Republication OF the positive i'str
present time Unless like the man who refused ~ look
through microscope, because u would AubYrit hs lct
theory, Ae stuhbony persists ~ lsuoHng lhg fcHi ic,'
OF s9S1 ne g s2 III. err5 Tie foong lines
! Of Beatte explain the rest:
! ." 50 fare, the systen-huidirg ,-re
la. pI S' % ii S 81 ' "s',aSr. o.
go a 5s9F X, . I, S.a re-. n h. ,s s
| When iujnrrt Tiath r'erts her rofG
With tur.' os % b. n sb,,a,I gre,
Prove. ihg v ole eilG,s psoirI'
There are hopeful tokens already in tho moro recent
writings Of Dr. MolcsclO@. that DC Is rcco1Slcsug hs
barren doctrine Of the "4lughucss oil tho ti4i-!"ta'
tons Of matter" IN which he srrns merely 10 have re-
Thr denial Of the continuous lie ~ man. after the dis
solution OF the material liy - negitlon that ncvrf
positive knowledge, but TIE dogmac assertion hat
beyond the liue OF sucn AnoTIcdge There les n9tirg
mI he bog,eaoH SIieidcgfh IS he end NJ he clse,,
Al such tpuC hug uNulllt
sorhlcal ana unscenthc fsit isarOsanI aud prcsump
TGc utmost that tho mfteya'st can nationally say, is
81 doubt the fact OF futrc lie 70 say "Jhcro
future life" nc ought to ba the spirit whore eXtcucc ne
repudatcs. II II requires spirit to reveal tho fact
sprit, surely nothing les than spiritual authority II
ua'ist against future life Is involved in contradiction
To teach the matter confidently, he ought To have
illumination, the possibility OF "lch his theory utterly
denies No one hut seer has night To say, "TLerc
no life for beyond the Tavc;" and tho rrcs own
seerhup would give the Ie to his assertion Tic Pr
rhoui, may bo Philosopher but tie teacher OF aIulhi
! latiou II simply chirlatan.
The sprtuIlist, the contrary having knowledge
OF phenomena, mental aud physical. proving 10 his sails.
to lis own legitimate ictons IL c did teach
great fact Of Immortality as aeoio"y. in view OF when
our mortal life ought 10 be shaped, d our Thought. uuj
affections constantly refreshed 10y the sublime conec"nS
scnai part Of our being untouched; aud that snail
survive study the infinite works Ul to Creator la othrr
worlds, aud TO commune win tue lOVcd nurs gone b1nrr,
aud the great aud good Of all ages "a progressive STAGES
OF being, with which this rndmcntal stale, ana our dis
ciplne here, shall be found hereafter to have been Ia
| perfect accord.
Dr. BHchnCr has easy Of dspOSiig Of cWLihiu-
convenient facts He says, "SOmc OF these phenomena,
caryOy especially have been hid hOd o 10 prove the
existence OF the Supernatural aud sucrScnslti 49, All
these things now, by science ana interrogation of
the facts, considered as idle faHccs. " What the belief m
sorccS wchcrait. dclnonac possession, %c' Was ~ Tor
MGR centuries, rcaIpcais under the agreeable iuHds
Of tHble-iuOying, spirit ripping, psycuography rOua-
bulisn DC 49, Tuers doubt all pretended
OF Clairvoyance rest upon fraud Illusion. Clair
vOyauce, that Is, perception ~ external objects without
the aid Of the senses, 10 impOsslbiy IL h law uf
nature which cannot be gansaid that We require
eyes TO see, our ears to hear and That the sees are nm
| tied IN their action by space"