New-York tribune., 1872-02-15
DAEWlNlSM.
RarICAL CLUB, EXTRA.

SHOULD DESCEND FROM APES.
rRon a RBGUIAR CORRESPONDENT OF lHk lMbVNhi
BosroN, Feb. 13.-Mr. Francis f. Abbot, VINO
introduced us 20 the God OF science at Horticultural
He'll on Sunday afternoon. read yesterday befofe an
extra Radiea Club at MIS- sargeuts an essay enteu'
~The Ascert OF Man. or the Evolution Theory as alI1"
70 the Human SPECIES" The audience was prIh'i'
one All the fixed stars we're there ana "ahuei'"e
panet tu Two from other trm1ments-Robeft Dac O"'
for example and the Rev Mr.. Chamberlain youns
orthox minister recently tried by fire In Chicago 10
An tese ,hoar the subject of the essay was welcome
lntst tie announcement, saw ON the faces Oi t'io "
and die OF the audience too wise you are "o NJ"
ron be- I sec YOU are too wise fOy mo- expiesso"
however Mr. Abbot thinks clearly and speaks P''''''
ard the most unearned Of us understood hiin' ,.,e
Perhaps the most important work, FROM Seleu''".
mint Of view rccouty given to the American puo a
hecn Mr. Darwu's Descent II Man III TWO
aampauon 10 and completion of MS - O'lSi' =. P.@a
,bicb onpeared in 1859. and has been justly oes'Su
-ar enoeb-making work" The " Descent OF MN" ~"
1 onnes directly to the human race the same geiei
theory concerning the origin Of species Wh"h was q"
xanoed in the earlier volume but IL also ADDS 10 'nis ~
ery an exposition OF the principles of seAUai 'oi''''
with in addition 10 the works ALREADY SPOKEN O''
fhe two volumes Animals ana Fi"htS u'oI ~
Ioonesticatlou the public now IN possession
Of Ave volumes by Mr. Darwin on the h'es' "u"
unouestiOnably ableot form which the DoNe'p0
I7eery has vet assumed Doubtless the dlsuut "sho"
author will make new additions 10 his theoIE' ou' "
a,r,a, ,p,egnahle Whatever future changes oi moi
taoaone the Theory OF Development may undergo Is
today the conviction OF the great majority or FcIehU"N
men that Mr. Darwin has determined and established IT'S
cenera principles Tie has broken down the proud har
rjers bv which man has hitherto tried 70 separate hn
te from the rest Of nature. In entti1S his boon tho
~Desoen Of Man. he used the term in it> purely gone2"g
@ sense and intended TO express by that AaA l. the
descendant of earlier and lover species OF organized
beings, and not species mrac llOusly create"
without any earthly parcndse. Ia other words 4au
has descended linoay from noHhunan ancest' - ana
has acdlrcd his present preiouence IL the annual King
dom by a long series of slow and Gradual changes
wrought In the plastic organization OF Garner
forms. From another point ~ view, VIC nave
called this theory the "Asceut of Man. ~ ndrl'tS
his lonc pgOgrsson tAro1th tnr s. " ages nom
lower TO higher state OF 81 ng. The Universe has hd
q history. When history, usually reter t. the
eareor nat onsthe rise and ian o empires kingdoms
and republics. Bdt tie lew thousand years ot human
history nothing the duration OF the unv"r-e we
snhabit OF its story the annals OF man,ind arc 'tl
uitorly msiluiHean, facrcn. Nious and millions OF
wears before any being TIC earth that could l dig
nifed with thc name ot maU-uny. millions aud millions
Of years fore tbs earth was In condition 10 be tT'f
BY any yluy ootcveuts occurred and had been occur
ring for periods of Nnifle-, duration witc1 woe ii
slemes for thau mortal historian. But the great
Universe WAS sutoboerpher and kept il, diary
a. the very facts OF nature registered everywhere
Two attempts have been made tbv mtn TO write this
history ui te silent a-.s Long imagInarou seized
te his oriaus pen. down With poetic tcryor
the ercat my t- tbc CIca,6u witch cXttr' III the
aacrcd books an rceicus. Il solved the enigma OF
Mature sotnc Mp the Supernatural aud p"uTet u7oh
an warship Tie cf Beng like it-"t Onv Ia"ie
and IL glr. WHO had called the uvcrse into CX.,fn,e
byamysI wori-a God e.icrnai 70 Na,ur, not breath
tnc IL lud through IL, mt watching IL from oufsilc
These dreams poetic fancy becaue crysalhled into the
great l,efcrc, redous or adOtinG ~oili-Hnt Woie
sev ator M anything more thn I'M gnlhrent suces"
ftri. Il. 4t. M
nas eeized the M.toaus pen and "saye TO interpret
Natnye III a orti"r Wy. SIC hnd' nothug OUTSIDE %
Matt feg Na'ui, ,. the iH md there is lo
eIpclf.tr.c. ~, tl - oe""fe i'' ~" past "a
r. r,.,s,ur. aud t-c future. ar" b'"ht ioe'''or
,dsso,n,iy Dy Uie uniformity al cia"s'lt'S -" Sc
an an cdlcs. evolution. 1tr unity OF Nature. WORKING
a. the direction N proe1ce.r drNt'puent s tLr~ u!e
bfstoly OF the Universe. written N hdMti Reason
Tnc 1roiorrdcst importance OF 3ir. DTWin~ Theory
snnst he fodrI IN il, subsdljiJn ot n1iud cd'sc Tor
,n,oruafuia' yoi1ns n III Les ono son' what iTIG-
1ieuf "a observe tbc cir o. iufoil doiht with which
many English and American Of science aIe'i to
ceive Mr. Darwin, tLe0ries "Woyi-iol"oY' \" man'
scientific or otherwise. who is '"oreugi! m'ge0 win
The de Of the universally of natural e4u-',ion h
tate Tor one moment 10 reject ahsOut, The tbeOrv OF
CREATION of species nv supernatural NottiOn
No could liz hesitate "a accept absolutely
Ihe main the,s Of nr. D0lwius tlcoy that the origin
- nov tp3tf must be accounted "a 10y na'nra causes
alone Mr. p,W'u dCc- Eo' clam - hayc IL 5c9!c;@
81 lhcac natural causes Especially h. couieS-@s is
Ignorance ~ TIC causes cf "spOHtaprO.s yai tion. in
Organic The great features his tc0ry are
not speCJaous, bus facts. Nobody claims that Is e
compete explanation of the origin NJ species; but that
the theory is true a. far q, GOES j. wonld p,71, any
bones. examiner 10 deny. Tnc story or Gctis 80 dom
appealed 10 IN scientific circles. "i chose " no cling
The notion Of miraculous tan carcfnv refrain
sram entering mo details. IN, ih. phio opicaI side
dues not shrink tro.n tIfin
Animals I'D llaA,, The tTo great division, o. oreanic
bfe, af6 each divided and shdivdcd into Iops which
1eome smaller and smaller the process ~ division
spes species is tine smallest OF these groups and
II consists OF all those individual animals which dis
fingushed from an other animals by constantly
r,ng characteristics however trivial and which al the
time when paired Will produce fruitful fspnng.
If you par male OF species w female Of another
.peoes they may have Os rUig called hybrG-. but these
hyorid offspring cannot Reproduce tho.r kud or This
the mule cross between Toe horse aud the ass
Illustration. Take the class of animals Familiarity
sailed the cat-triDe, or the genus Fe'is
Jhis comprises several distiuct spo.i,s
for instance, T'is doDeSco. the hOnscca I,s ,ot,s
the wild IcS p1rdns. the panther Eeiis turs t,,
tirer; tii ieO the hon. &c The tiger and Tie lion thus
belong TIN genu,. different species they
have cUiution characteristics winch mark the genus
and ptoar characteristics which InaIk the specie,
sbG they cannot together prouce fertile offspring The
eaestiOn j., cte unlike Specles. NJ. Oar
win shOws ths, tiger aud lion lave not always ten
what they are now. They. "s well n the other
beIs OF the ,rbe are divergent lines OF offspring
from The common ancestors Of The whole genus
ftt's. TGcSe common snCretOrs were unlike
us tiger hon reseIu,led both,
aud were Themselves descended eal lier species
taa' h"d gone before TINS theory maintaus the fiuts
sy "' sh species the orlenation Of each species
."''"", WIN modification. from earlier species n
sN NE conditions OF existence we're Favorable AN, i,,e
FNc's """a !" hut short time in nhpg the world with