National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-08-28

- ~. aac,,i,o NJ evolution. .yc, Or Dnw.
on ' ns,' a.. s,s,,ng Win somo tnI,ro.s y,
detail the demands upon our credence made
by the advocates OF the evolution theory.
kmour other reoulroments Of the theory he
.oIa n mnst proyide an exp,anat,on of the
-. - M. ~ s..,,I.,. M. Tho ex.
orsin VI i.0, ~ aceo'upien ,l' ,.sS
periments OF Bastian were brought forward.
Referring TO these he stated that no less an
authority than Prof. HUXLEY, though an cvo-
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,es AMI ,.n", uS ,ha .i,eged rssnits. We Are
s%nec,ad ~ aa,.,, o IN cve,v department to
which scientific Inquiry relate. ,h, n,d IN al
srom ,hs ,nwar 10 the bigher. WHY should
wo nas%a ,hIs sdmIs.ion; What proof Is
th.ra ~ Il, Tho recent discoycries OF en-
hrynioev shoving lhe likeuess Of early forms
Of ,he smsrSo 10 other animals Of The same
rs,,,.. su.yisseS 10 The adyocates OF eyoiu-
IAN na , ,u sremm NJ In ia favor. They
proved nothing. Admit II you will the close
prssor,h,ance III slmllar bones and general
nhy.icaI styucture in The ape and man, Il Is
poi Inc siIubtest evidence OF Identity. While
II NAV be true that there Is bone for bone In
monkey and man, still II remains that the
Sones q one are different from those OF the
other. The making Of monkey and Of man
IA explIcablc quite as readily, TO say the least,
on the theory Of plan as on that Of evolution |
The history Of the growth Of an animal has
been cited rs The evidence Of q development
from a lower TO higher form. But what are
The facts In Inc case? The egg grows into |
The animal. and that orranism produces an
cog again Tbis Ia revolution. not evolution,
Ne are told 10 accept as q poetulate that
mind too is a result Of development that the
moral as well as the material being Is simply
NOT grudre tho uaturaiists who have adopted
such theories lie Intellectual exercise which
Ia involved. but regret that much Of their
labor Is wasted, and the results will DO burnt
when the fires Of truth are applied 10 the
chat they arc accumulating. This Is not q
question Of physics that they are arguing; II
Is one Of metaphysics, and 1t would be well for
our children as well as growing seller II
they were taught more OF mental ant moral
philosophy as q basis for such inquiry. But
1 thank the students who are thus engaged
for some good results Of their exertions. They
have thereby succeeded In reducing the SUPER |
nuous numbers of species, and have obtained
far better views In respect TO classification. |
Good results win also flow from the profound
chronological researches Of the day. But
am sorry for the inyestigatofs, ior thelf rep.
utauons are y, ''ahc' ""u ''oy nave ''o'e
We sra ho,.ever annroacbipq In our
studies q correct theory. After It's appear |
ance In geological history, every species has |
plastic tendency 70 spread 70 " u w ~
n n "a nO,,, !, nav Secone e9tInet. This
10 bcnn set forth In some Of nv printed |
memoirs on the plants Of the carbonlferous |
series. I believe that similar process p |
true Of tne human rsce a nc e re, do,s'oeS
ohs.s.,sr SrsnaiS aeye,one3 man crrc- |
hrsilv ana bo5i,y. fhe burial Of His dead |
tsst,xed n IN Religions belief. Tho people |
~ ,ha C,o,,agno Anil aue were of n alfnI
isr,v e,svsted charscter. THE only point Of |
difference from men to-day was In the nat |
tenin0 al one Of the leg bones. This was
nrrhsns resu,t Of The hablts Of the tribe. |
trnnIn@ tbrouuh forests in pursu,t OF game.
n heviss to il admitted that the man a
Western Enronc came in with the modern
mammalIa Al lie close Of the glacial period. \
This Vac a neriod Of decadence, and when
tha niiocene fauna were diving ont and new
form. we're taLiny their places. The most
ancisut form of man Il beyond the average
stsndard of modern humanity. II tho man
DIFFERENTIATION or Meptone ma been seut 70
.HaTyard' he wouid have been graduated
vith the fuii bonors Of an average American
stndsnt. = = : FL vi
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.5.r Asainss p.rwin'sm' L-L-
Alwriter In otd ana neo tnus uiseourscs
axainst the Darwinian theory; 1.-THE expense
10 sc,encc in the admission Of Darwin's by
potheses ia the negatlon of history, and the
entire reconstruction Of geology. History
says. Bring one fact to sustain your theory
Darwin replies; All history Is but second
on the dial Of time.' 'One fact demands
geology, from our great hortus siccus. Bring
from Inc praye-yards of the past single bone
or perivinkle in the transition state. Your
records are but shreds; the whole coal for
nation IL but ono leaf caught In the mud from
the billions swept away on the autumn gale,
The Deyoulan and Siurian rocks, with their
many well-developed groups, are but little
ooIs dried up on the shores Of one or two o.
Ing no trace. The geological record is 90
Imperfect, II cannot for moment invalldate
the great law Of nature ! have discovered.
Ny theory admits no past epochs. II ex-
plodes tho old humbugs Of successive crca-
tons. It admits but the present order Of
things, the imperceptible outgrowth Of all
tho past. There was but one creation, nor
was this an order Of things. 1t was not
whale, nerr,ng, Q, T INV. ws M srsstIan
III ,hars w.s but one. and this was tho only
genesis. That cell, launched by the great
Primal Cause, received one injunction :" Pc
faithful and multiply linen u W. ~. har0
oin,9g SINE $50 80 uset sSt,uyale for liza
root iit,ie cell. or die."'"
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pr. Hermann meyer Oh Aur'ch' Mso''-
that shoemaker ought not only to produoe
shoo that does not pinch, hut shoe so con
.,v,c,ad mai n will glye 10 foot distorted
,i, "a r.. horn. oIre.dy n fai,
"o Ph'nns ".e -. -. "a mi
chance OF return 10 us riShs snapc' anu iul
possession Of Its power rs means OF carry
ine the body onward. He says that In meas
ur3nV a foot for a shoe or boot the frs
thing 10 be considered Is the place OF tn,
great toe. Upon this toe, In walking, tn,
weight Of the whole body turns at eyer,