Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-12-02
(For the Journal.)
THE HARM0NIAL PHILOSOPHY.


There is nothing in the universe OF motion but
may be reduced to mathematical law. All pro-
gress is in harmony with all other progress, all
structure with ali other structure. There exists
q close relationship between the con6guration
and character of an individual. Men resemble
the lion, tiger, fox ape, eagle, dove owl Is fea-
ture, and the character is also in accordance.
He who is agile is slim and compact like the
greyhound. He who is strong Is thckest like
the bulldog. The structure OF man corresponds
with that of beasts, vegetables aud minerals.
They all receive nourishment, grow, cast of
particles no longer useful. Men have n rsspira-
tory apparatus; so have animals, SO have plants,
SO have minerals. What are winds tornadoes
aud whirlpUols but natures respirations2 Men
have a circulatory apparatus, arteries aud veins.
SO have brutes. The sap flows in the tree.
Water is continually moving through the earth.
Electricity is constantly flowing throughout the
grand circulatory apparatus Of the universe. We
have a digestive apparatus. The beast has also.
Plants digest their food and convert it into fibre
The interior of the earth is vast stOm lch, and
when that stomach is disardered she vomits forth
the disOrdering elements. Harmony pervades
all the works OF nature. Man is subject to the
same laws which govern all else. We can find
no action Of his which may not be found in 9TH
er departments Of nature. His passions, appe-
tues, affections, reason, are ali represented in
other animals. Place dogs paw In the fire
and you can never induce him TO repeat the ex-
pertinent. Why? Does he not reason that the
fire having burned him once will do It again
The twining tendril clnas to the oak. and Il de-
prived Of its support reaches oat its arms yearn-
ingly, impOrinalY, until its affection is requited
and il unrequited IL withers and dies. Two ele-
ments unite and form compound, while two
others cannot be made IN unite at all. Thus
even in minerals, we fud the same principle Of
likes aud dislikes which is displayed in man.
We observe in nature, not only great physical
aud org anic, but moral laws, aud since the phys
ical laws are sufficient fo- mans government,
why not the moralY What need of an extra
moral law written in the "believe or be damned"
style, subject to the everlasting quibbles of men2
Nome whatever. We find that every violated
law infiicts its penalty. and every law obeyed
brings its reward. There is no eternal punish
ment in nature, therefore II Is immortal. IL |
break my leg suffer the penalty until the leg is
healed. If de6le my soul suffer the penalty
until my soul is cleansed.
So absolute is the law Of harmony that nature
creates that which is absolutely useless in order
that the law be not nfrnged. Woman bears
| IN her bosom two breasts whose function is to
nourish the infant. In man the breasts are not
developed bat the nipples are found. Although
useless To man, the law Of harmony demanded
that they should be represented, and they are.
Many animals, as the horse, can agitate the skin
by means Of membraneous muscle attached
thereto. ln man this muscle is extended over
the sides Of the neck. 1t has no use, but ii is
there as a standing proof Of the 'harmoninl law
of nature. In the lUn, tiger, aud others Of the
cat tribe, there exists muscle called, by anat-
Omists, the plantaries, which materially aids
them in their prodigieus bounds. In man this
muscle exists, but in such way that it Is use
less. Perhaps ought not To say useless, for II
tea ches as the grand law Of harmony.
He who observes and reflects upon what he
has observed can scarcely fail To note the won
derful condolences TO be found all around US.
No inharmCny has ever been found in nature.
II is a common assertion Of priestcrait that this
dividual is constantly employed in producing
mischief; world Of sin, whose pleasures will
lead us to irFetrievable ruin. As we gradually
grow wiser we reject those myths Of the heated
brain aud worship God as we ought.
CARRETERO,