New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-10-25
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
KIpGsLEYs DEFENSE OF NATURAL SCI
ENCE.

vas originally delivered in the form of lectures TO
the Young men in the ancient Engnsh Oh0s'ol, - "
present the elementary principles OF geofosy :" /"
commemorative statement illustrated by eAainpioS
from, the rocks and soils OF the famnu loo"iiS.
Canon Kingsley has aimed TO teach the metnous Vi
geology rather than its facts lie presents nc?
a. tho student which will enable him TO unlock
,ot of the problems OF geology in any quaTter OF the
~lohe Not that any amount Of book learning VIII
.ako a man q scientific man. Only patient oD-
seryation and fair and quiet thought VIII do tnlS'
The stadent Mr.. Kingsley insists, must go out ior
himself see for himself and judge for blmseH III
the field the quarry. and the cutting lie must
.tudy rocks oTes fossils IN the nearest museum
and store his head, not with words, but WIN iac's'
Geology as 5ir. Kingsley affrms' is the Simplest
and easiest If the physical sciences IL appears
more than any other to common sense recurring
fewer difficult experiments and less expensive APP
parafus. II is more free from Greek and Latin
1xords reouiring at least in its udimentary stages,
loss previous knowledge of the other sciences
The author next takes up the question. Why we
should study natural science ut ALI In MS reply
among other reasons he dwels at length ON the
value of the increased knowledge Of this planet
which il impaIts.
Ispeak strongly hut deliberately. II does seem to me
strange 10 use the mldest word that people whose des-
finy II is 20 live, for few short years on lhs
planet which We can the earth, and who do not at all
intend 10 live on IL horms shutting themselves up IN
cells. and looking on death as an escape ana oevST
they they and their children after then-lt seems
Tss ssS ts Ss s%s Go sSs Planet and
of the laws and facts which depend not merely her
comfort and their wealth, but their heaIh anu nolI
very lives and health and the lives OF their children
and descendants.
Another argument he urges with great force, is
taken from the tendency of the study 10 generate
elevated and liberal habits of mind
We all know, and trust all love- the names OF
ISberty Equality, and brotherhood We ieel. / uus,,
' 9fs IDEAS and that therefore they viii true
and he fulfilled, sOmewhen somewhere, somehow. ~
J. VI any man expects but still they will be fulfilled
But II they are 10 come s tte cnns tSc SoF the Whole
world by practcing them ourselves, when ana Wnede
men staeyns science and acquiring the scientific habit
Of mind you Will ind yourself enjoying ireeo9m an
equality a brotherhood such asyOu Will not hnd else
Freedom; what DO want freedom tori For TINS, at
least; that may be each and al able 10 thlnk Wla
choose aud TO say what we ehoose HlsV; PVNlueu
" p 90 not Sy OF U the peace That last was
my poor friend Mr.. Buckles definition OF freedom OF
oS and dlt h %ss S nf G RS IS Mr. John Stuart s
limit also. Al al events II Is mine And think we
have that freedom in these Islands as perfectly
as any men are likely % have II ON this earth.
ihe freedom three out OF four them viii
WHAT some one will answer, DO you suppose that l
own mind 10 any manS Doubtless. But are YOU sure,
hrst that you think what you choose or only what some
one chooses for yOuf Are you that yOu make
Np your mind before You speak, or let some one
make IL UP IOf your 1Ouu hptCCH ludl nc Tree
should be anything else-but are your thoughts free
bgoty in Others you are not somewhat OF bgot your
slff That you do not look az only one side OF 9es,
not take up your opinions at secondhand from some
yoHr own feelings Your own opnonsl You Should ask
yourselves that question seriously aud otten Are my
thoughts really free No one values more highly than
10 the advantage OF free press But you must re-
member always That newspaper editor however honest
or able Is no more infalhbe than the Pope; that he
may, just You may, only see one side OF question:
three or Jour ana if You only see the side which suits
you day after day. month after month, you must needs
one groove. They cannot las MIR. Matthew Arnold would
say play freely round" question, and look 1t all
over, boldly, patiently, nationally, charitably.
Aud tell you that If yOu or any man, want to let
from the tendency to become bgOted and narrow
minded which there is IN every human being, then we
must acquire something Of that inducye habit OF MIND
winch the study OF natural science gives. 1t Is, after
AL as Prof Huxley says Only common sense wen rigu
you but get it, The art Of seeing the art of
lBg true kenesse and true differences ana OF CLASH
fyng and arranging what yOu see the art OF connecting
effect ana that accurately patiently pre-
Juice vanity Or tempeT-th is what wanted Tor true
freedom of mind But accuracy, patience, freedom from
ihe tTnt may 6eare not these the virtues OF truly
free SPIRIT then, said just now, know no study so
able t give that free habit OF mind Us the study oI natu
yal science.
AT a subsequent stage OF the discussion, he an
swers the objection to d clergmans cherishing an
interest in the study of Nature. 1t is thought by
many that secular matters out of the sphere of
religion. But the author declines applying the cpl
tibet secular TO any matter whatsoever. Il deny It,"
he SAYS, to anything which God has made, even
to the tiniest of insects. the most insignificant
atom Of dust To those who believe in God, and
Try TO see all things in God the most minute natural
phenomenon cannot be secular 1t must be divine
/ say, deliberately, divine and can use no less
lofty word The grain Of dust is a thought of God;
Gods power made IL Gods wisdom gave it whatsO-
ever properties OF qualities it may possess Gods
providence has put it in the place where it is
and has ordained that il should be in that place at
that moment, by train of causes and effects which
reaches back TO the very creation of the universe.
The grain of dust more 90 from Gods pres
enee, or fee from Gods Esprit, than you OF
can. II il 90 up 10 the physical heaven and
float las it actually often does far above the
clouds, IN those higher strata of the atmosphere
which the aerOnaut has never visited, whittier
the Alpine snow-peaks do not rise even there it will
be Obeying physical laws, which term hastily
laws Of Nature, but which are really the laws of
God and if 1t 90 down into the physical abyss; if
il be buried fath0ms miles, below the surface aud
become atom of rock still In the process Of
consolidation, has it escaped from God, even in the
bowels of the earth Is il not there still Obeying
physical laws Of pressure heat, capitalization, and
10 forth, which are laws of GOd-the will and mind
of God concerning particles of matteri Only look
1T all created things in this lIght-ook at them as
what they are the expressions Of Gods mind and
will concerning this universe IN which we live
the Word Of Cod as Bacon says revealed in
facts and then you will not fear physical science
for you will be sure that, the more you know of
physical science, the you will know of the
works and Of the will of God" From this point of
N adS tha o;lo F