The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-06-23

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u, Atom. His last lecture at Cansgsspse'
Ss,s Ao.ss,z closed III the foaeNing
eloquent language
aThen while It may be SAID Rn t E Ivy
IN general sense chat lower ioInls nays ps ~
coded higher ones, and thae EMBRYONIC ae.
yelopment follows the same progtess !rom
tha s;r-,niertto the more complex structure,
r. Il not tr,,e In detail that all the earlier
s i were simpler than the latter. On
the contrary, many Of the lower animals
were introduced under more highly organ;
led forms than they have ever shown since,
and have dtgindled afterwsrd. Suchare the
types which ! have called synthetic types,
combining characters which were separated
later ana found expressions in distinct
eTpl,ps. That presentation: of paiBontolo-
gical phenomena which would i make
L aprear that the whole animal.
kingdom has been marshalled In y consecu-
tive procession. beginning with the lowest
and ending with the highest, is false to ma.
ture. There is no inevitable repetition, no
mechanical evolution in the geological sue
cession Of organic life. 1t has the correspon-
dence of connected plan. 1t has just that
kind of resemblance 10 the parts, 50 much
and no more, as always characterizes, intel.
lectual work proceeding from the same
source. 1t has that freedom Of manifesto
ton, that Independence, which cbarattsrizes
the work Of mind as compared with the
work OF law. Sometimes, in looking at this
great epos of organic life in its totally, car
ried ON with such ease and variety, and
even playftiiess of expression, one is re-
minded of the great conception Of the poet or
musician, where the uudertone Of the funda.
mental harmony is heard beneath dill the
diversity Of rhythm or Of song. So great is
this freedepg SO unlike the mechanical action
of evolution, that we find endless discre.
laucies, endless incongruities, appalling
anachronisrns in the would-be uninterrupted
series Of progressive events as advocated by
the supporters of the transmutatiOn dogma
Animals that should be ancestors if simplicity
of structure is to characterize the first born,
are known to be of later origin; the more
complicated forms have frequently appeared
first, and the simpler ones later, and this In
hundreds of instances. Any one doubling
my statements needs only compare the lead.
ing treatises of palaontology with the best
systematic works oHZo0Ogy. The assertion
does not bear serious examination. 1t il
Just one ofthose fancied results following the
disclosure or presentation of great law
which captivates the mind, and leads 1t to
take that which 1t wishes to be true for
truth. ,s- -. f,a->. ii ss.-, ,....... ..-
I may seem to have made only assertions
without demonstration in facts. 1t Is true
that have had time only for a general illus
tration, aud have been unable 10 present tc
you the crowd Of examples which present
themselves to my mind. This hope to dc
later. Meantime, think have done some
thing to show you that the Interpretation
put on my own facts is more correct. than
chat which the transmutationists put upon
them. believe that all these correspond.
ences between the different aspects OF ami
NAL life are the manifestations of mind act.
ing consciously with intention toward
one object from beginning to end. This
view is in accordance with the working OF
our minds; it is an instructive recognition
of mental power with which our own is
akin, mantesting itself in nature. For this
reason more than any other, perhaps, do |
hold that this world of ours is not the result
of the action of unconscious organic forces,
but The, work of all intelligent, conscious
mower" ......