New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-11-22
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

or-NANgsPOPUIARs SCIENCE MONTHLY. December APPisV
The nresent number of this Magazine hds
mt been surpassed by any previous nuhoeI Al s,e
original matter and in the happy selection o .'aIo
papers from English Journals. IN INC -"s,,nc ex
The Early Discipline Of Mankind an ~,
eco, "a s-ven from the advance sheets OF MI -"
1900 cortrlbution TO the " Internatonal S0'oiO
series ., presenting some curious specuat'o -.
snbieet which lies beyond the dOpaih oi "0'u
Tho nrobem Of the writer is 90 deternue 'ne "a" "
ogress among the primitive races VI 'uls lno n'S'
condition is the attainmentof the sense VI V' FoS
NJ according 10 tho writer attans to CIVILIZATION ID
The same manner as aaimals are brought 10 STATE "
tamepess among savage nations by process oi ha'u
raj selection the widest members OF the hefu vi "0N
e. tulea Cor food and those of a mder disposition are
Nreseryed hecsuse il suits the Incidence oil .ue
The tamest cattle are thus kept alive longer than any OF
she others II is they that chiefly become the parents
of stock and beQueath their domestic apu'uUes
10 their descendants In Ike manner 1no 'awo''
tribes az the commencement OF inc s"uIelo ~,
,Is neo the copouerors OF the rest They were held
tor.tbcr nv the faculty Of social conference Inc COM
- t-,he win and the compact tribes are the iamest
C,vD,at,on, begins with a military advantage The
,r,,rcss OF civilization is conflict between inc per
tuanent and the variable. 81 By a law OF when we
.ro, no reason but which is among the hrst 10y when
Providence guides and governs the world, there is a
tendency IN descendants 10 be like their progemtoTs
and vet tendency also in descendants TO differ from
their progenitors The work Of Nature in making gen
erations is a patchwork-part resemblance, part con-
frast certain respects each born generation is not
hike the last born; and in certain other respects u
Is ike the last But the popularity Of arrested civ
HzAtou is 10 Kill varieties at birth almost; that 49,
IN early childhood and before they develop. The
fixed custom which public opinion alone tolerates Is
imposed on an minds whether il suits them or not In
that case the community feel that this custom is inc
only shelter from bare tyranny and the only security
Tor what they value" 1--WE can only comprehend why
Oh who va np hon
hateful variation is how everybody turns against IT.
how not only the conservatives Of speculation try to
root 10 out, but the very mnOvators invent most
rigd machines for crushing the mons trosities and
anomalies the new forms, ont Of which, by
competition and trial the best TO be selected for the
future. The point l bringing out is simple;
one most important prerequisite Of prevailing nation
is that IL should have passed out OF the rSt stage O
civilization into the second stage0u Of the stage where
pcrmaucnce wanted, into that where variability
~ most wanted and you cannot comprehend why pro
ress so Slow u Won now hard the most obstinate
Tendencies Of human nature make that step to lnau-
kind" Tho beginning Of civilization is marked by an
Intense legality at legality is the very condition OF ITS
existence, the bond which ties IL together but that
Ieeuli,y-that tendency impose settled customary
yoke upon al and an acuons-f II goes on Kills out
the variability implanted by Nature, and makes different
men aud different ages fac-simhes Of other meo and
other see them so often Progress is only
possible iu those happy where the force Of legality
has gone far enough 20 bind the nation together.
but not far enough to Kill out all varieties and
destroy Natures perpetual tendency TO change
In the paper on a New Phase OF German Thought
brief account is presented Of the atrdbhous, fororn
system of sChopenhauer who maintains that existence,
taken as q whole, evil and not good According 10
tins philosopher there is nothing but wretchodness in
the world; evil alone Is positive; pleasure Is mere
negaou PAIN and thus has no reality. Life is fabric
worth what 10 costs The mere fact OF being
Id t.i-T and IN riyp fe rD a
As "a bad action. The aim of philosophy is
to euughten man as 20 bis deplorabe con
dition. 90 inspire him with passion for ami
bilat.ou, longing never 20 live again after death
under any form whatever The human race is the prey
Of many miseries while tasting but few joys and the at
taumeut of the pAosopc mind consists in the concic
ton Of this CHASTITY truth "Whenj sufficiently en-
hgutcucd. mau viii acknowledge the vanity Of his de
tires, aud lot himself die Of disgust II high nteccts
great poets, thinker, OF genius for the most part
melancholy is because they draw nearer 70 the truth
than the iEuo.aut crowd ruled wholly by its instincts
The discovery that lie is uncomfortable is pregnant per
hap vIu awful catlstrophes f0r'tle future; the masses
VII IoN more ANA more FESTIVE ia tneT misery; form
trY tl,y Ie Little of 10 except when their stOma chs
grImugd hut tIe older The world gets the more threat
c4il-g spccer or paupersm rises. The social qucs
tiou time rests, the last analysis only the
stlou9G sense oil their suffering, that has seized the
wolMuccla-o.. although their situation is golden
compared with what 10 centuries ago. when the
social que jloa haa existence Aud vet tie rich
even more 90 be pIued than the poor, the educated
than tine ignorant, Tor the that
fool generally happier than people of sense, and the
savage happier thau the civilized races. Happiness, in
fact is ll I'D inverse ratio TO tie quantity OF
existence, and the more developed the less coarse,
mans nervous system is, the more hc sui-
ieIs; now, the progress c. humanity wealth,
tu.arc ofsuud, multiply mans needs and refine his Nor
voa- seL.b.Lty WIetchedness grows, then, with the
of ned ID be-
crci.u $50 ion of the unconscious principle that rules
The universe the world will at last arrive, through social
cajacyeMs and by force Of that very conviction OF It's
misery, SO auuAiatou which viii be the term Of all Us
woes Tue writer Of the article admits although
cannot IMAGINE what grounds, that there is gran
deur iu these ideas of humanity and philosophy" but
The duty the critic is ascertain whether they
correct, aud merely illusion added TO those
in which the world ihas been Graded. Whether
they are entitled TO the name Of science,
nothing bat metaphysical romance, he purposes 70 dis
cuss ia a future paper-An article Of more practical n
terost than this depOrabe carcature Of human expert
ence is devoted the physiological Position Of To
hacco." concluding after ample array OF facts
that The tempting weed has no yaluo in
the way Of nutrition, nor can it Iexert any
Wholesome influence the animal economy. " IL
viii Doe said that tobacco sOOthes and cheers the
weary uer, and s0aces the OverWOrkcd brain. Such
may Dee It's momentary effects but the seqelg cannot be
ignored. All such expedieuts fallaciOus When
a certain amount OF brain-work haud-w0rk has
been performed. Nature must have space IN which TO
euperate and all devices for escaping from this
sy viii fail II is bad policy to set the house fire to
hands by the blaze Let It, then, be clearly
understood that the temporary excitement produced by
tobacco gained by the destruction Of vital force. and
that 10 contains absolutely nothing which can use
90 the tissues Of the body. Tobacco adds potential
strength 10 the human frame II may spur a weary
brain or feeble arm 10 undue exerOn for a short time,
but its work destructive, constructive. II cannot