New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-06-21

condition only the embryonic stage OF growth OF tho
other fish, In no way.
NO SUCCESSIVE EVOLUTION OF TfFkS
Then while IL may be said the whole In genera
sense that lower forms have preceded neno' o"o ""'
that aubrvopio development follows the same pro-
cress from the simpler 10 the more colnpeA su'', "
ia not true in detail that all the earlier a"s SUI
r than the LATER On the contrary many OF the lower
animals were introduced under more highy ors"u|ou
forms than they have ever shown Hinco' '"u ""'o
dwindled afterward. Such are the types "non 80, -
called synthetic types combining chdI'o'oi' -.
were separated later and found expressioh III "'''"
groups That presentation of paleontoogica
which would make 1t appear that tno "no'o 49,
kin0dom has been marshaled in consecutive pioooS
- ,,n, ,vt,b the Invest and ending with the
hirhas, "a false 10 nature. There IL no in
evitable repetition no mechanical eVoiut'ou ~
the geological succession OF organic hie' -
has the correspondence OF connected pan ~ "''
that kind OF resemblance in the parts W iu'" a"1
more "a always eharacterzes intellectual WORK pro-
eeeding from tho same IL mas Ihao Hoouo Vi
,festation that Independence, which characterizeS
the work OF mind compared Win '"o W.
OF law Sometimes. in looking al TINS sio''
anna of organic life in its tOtaly, Car
riad nm with such ease and variety, ana e'e"
playfuness OF expression one is reminder oI tnc Eo
conception OF the poet or musician, Where 'Ho
OF the fundamental harmony IL heard oehea'n AZ ~"
diversity OF rhythm song So great Is TINS ireeuo
So unlike the mechanical action of evolution that We
find endless discrepancies, endless lncOnSrutcs 'ppt
ING arhron in the wOuldDe unlhJcfIiItcu 81 -
of prorrsssiye events advocated by Tue supPo
the transmit alton dogma. Animals that sholiu d ~
cpstors If simplicity OF structure IL TO clroteIl%o w
first born are known to be Of later orlSlh Jlc mDiJ
complicated forms have frequently appeared hIs', anu
the simpler later, aud tnis III huhdIeds VI
ANY one doubling my statements needs Ony Souipa.o
thc leading reatises OF palrJnology with the Dest s
tematc works on zoology The assertion dOcs nOt po'
serious examination. IL just one or those ih'lcu
suits following disclosure o. presentation Oh gedt
law which captivatcs the mInd aud leads II 10 ahe lnaI
which 1t wishes TO be true for truth IL.
| may seem 10 have made only assertions "l'hout
demonstration IN facts. IL is tfucthat nave td tiue
only for general Illustration, ana nave been uapo %
present to You the crowd OF examples wElch pIesonI
themselves 10 my mind. THIS hope 20 DO later mean
time think have done something 10 snow you thdt inc
Interpretation put my own facts Is more cuIrtcV
Ihan that which the transmutaonlsts put upon then
believe that all these cOrrespJndences between le uli
ferent aspects OF animal c are the manifestations Oh
mind acting consciously with intention TOWARD one OO-
iect from beginning end. TINS view Is IN accordance
with the working of minds 70 Is an instructive re-
cognon OF a mental power with which our own Is aAh
natesting itself III nature For this reason more t"A
any other perhaps do mold that TINS world OF ours is
not the result the acuOn or unconscious organic
forces but the work Of an intelligent, CONSCIOUS power