New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-02-20

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sho may be at rest Lord God ply. thy servant
take her unto thee and 9t her sus Wns
IS sSy' %or ~s singing RacS fsf INTO Sleep q death
just the soul and body parted she presses, ne 1 no
voted sisters hand and opened her eyes 10 A y"
her with expression of great Affection. = .n,a
Blk hours aferward Dr. Mature felt the corpse t ano
he permitted t to be finally placed in the coin TaS
remains were transferred with all possible nGno, ee
terry at Chaise IN the presence Of vast multi
tude. including galaxy OF celebrities =,
Another article of this number IN aduitc dlherenV h
Is Dr. 7. NJ Coan's paper entitled "Critic and Arns"
discussing the character OF the weapons when criticism
can use at the present day against TINT ou enony, ~
Phistne Every age the writer remarks mas i's uoi
naut ideas which the current OF ITS thouShI o
new channel presenting the old problems unuor nc" u.s.
pects The formative conception OF these days Is VIVA"
is known as Darwnism, the doctrine OF evolution.
This doctr,ne which can be traced back OF least
AZ far as Goethe is tho newest reorgah'zhe
force In the world OF Thought. Whatever
may be its final place. II has taken po'
session of the human mind, and VIII 'no'
be disiodged This doctrine, accordingly gives 10 CRUZ
cis not less than to philosophy and cosmogony new
method and new conditions. The thesis OF the writer is
wrought out with not little subtle ingenuity, but the
conclusion hardly connected by rigid loEcai sequen
with the point OF departure. His principles OF crs
may be accepted admirable, but they wouio po
equally true had Mr.. Darwin never existed OF hau
never attempted discover the germ of humanity IN
on the effort 10 change peoples opinions without alarm
ing their preudices refers to the habit OF clothing
latent meanings in popular language, cloaKlnR .no
,hoarsto prevailing opinion VIII not petuhe 10
be spoken out. ave afraid" he says, Ito speak
our secret convictions; even afraid to hear an
other speak them" Accordingly, the earnest writer
must employ articles and come stealthiy upon MS
reader with his thought He often learns TO generaze
his statements or speak from little cloud OF poeuc
mysticism Mr.. Emerson 10 brought forward as an ex-
ample OF this tmidty The mysticism OF MS style Dr'
Coan suggests not wholly native and spontaneous
10 him." He felt that our community would deny MN
hearing II he should begin by telling them bluntly
what he thought. Hence Gin order not 10 provoke
the needless enmity Of these good people,
Emerson templOyed an exquisite obscurantism Vi
style" But to ascribe this artul management 10 the
sefposessed and serene and stoica sage OF Cohcoro
betrays misapprchenson Of his nature. Mr. Emerson
commenced his career by the most decided, although
the most graceful and courteous defiance OF Church
| and State which ever aroused the cOmplacent Bos-
tonlans from their spiritual sumbers. Neither the
sheen academic robes, nor the dim religious ght OF
sacramento symbols, disturbed the smiling eloquehee
with which he confronted the most precious traditions
1t was not so much the sllvery words which
! flowed from his charmed lips that cast SUD
den spell over the hearts OF the New.En-
| gland youth, as the magnetic Openness OF soul
with which he summoned them TO the festival OF living
ideas in place Of the dreary, though haowed commun-
ion with the dead. MI Emerson has hal too little sym
patty with the common mind TO adapt himself 10 its
preudces or its convictions He has found the standard
OF truth in his nsghts, and If he nters them In
the language Of poetry rather than Of logic, 1t is from
the necessity OF his nature not from the arts OF policy
THE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY.
"The World Before the Introduction OF Life"
lie the subject remarkable paper by Professor Charles
E Hitchcock which boldDess of speculation combines
with scientific description to present picture OF tue
primitive condition Of the earth. Six successive stages
supposed by the writer through which planet must
pass from the to the c0nsnmmaton OF It's
secular history. The first is existence as nebula, or
comet second, the condition OF burning sun; third,
state Of refrigeration fourth, period OF occupancy by
the brute creation fifth, its habtaton by intelligent
beings sixth of frigdity, impoverishment, and
extinction OF life. The earn seems TO have passed four
Of these stages Of growth, with the fifth weiadvanced
toward it's meridian. AS specimen OF the authors
method, wo may take portion OF MS account OF tne
earth during the nebulOus period.
When we study the scheme of worlds revolving around
the discover that they all rotate on .nelr axes
east their orbits being nearly circular ana IN anos,
the sun that the his axis in less time than
any Of the planets, and each planet rOttes more qlcy
community OF origin and development inexpicaole by
chance the law OF grayitatiOn: We suppose, theh
posed originally single mass OF luminous fog, with
diameter exceeding that OF the orbit of Neptune the
mites Ins WUuG "p now ecan In the skies
The history of the earth at this early period was there
fore merged in that Of tue solar system Inc cenfHu
cal force produced by rotation would rings
of gaseous matter to separate themselves one
after another from the central mass the latter
turning on its axis rapidly after the removal
Of the exterior The separated ring would then have
been aunuiar nebula. AZ many as SIX rings must
have been cooled before the ear;hmass separated itself
the interior sphere carrying the substance OF the
and the inferior planets The next stage OF growth
would naturally consist IN the breaking mp OF each ring
by itself perhaps in consequence OF Inequalities IN dil-
ferent parts ana condensation o sphere % pIea,e
heat and perhaps quickly induce the huldlty or the
mass. While still gaseous other rings may ny OIL to be-
come satellites All the nebulie, by constant rotation,
may have gwen freedom to the contained particles To
the heaviest atoms falling to the center ana the ghet
| remaining at the surface The process OF separation
nVi6s fast as their sunerior density caused uarti-
ces descend, the lighter atoms would be displaced
permanently in higher stratum. But, at the close OF
this period there must have BEEN outside OF the fluid,
an enormous thickness OF gases which did not hquefy
till after the crust had formed TO considerable amount
| memoir OF Agassz gives a detailed and accurate
description Of his achievements in natural science, as
well as OF his personal history, and will be read with
interest by the multitude who followed his career with
admiration, and who have nothing but the memory Of
his deeds TO alleviate the magnitude Of his loss. The
following brief does justice to his character.
As naturalist Prof. Aeassiz was unwearied in his
ae often depyipg TO himself the most necessary rest
and recreation and his remarkably strong constitution
1 sustained him uuueT a sualu nave
proved fatal TO a Of less vgOr. His mind WAS pre-
emnenty great; gifted with wonderfully retentlye
memory he combined with it power OF generalization
and quick perception that places him next to CuvIer,
whose disciple he was, and whom he seemed TO initiate
In his methods of investigation he was perfectly honest
aud though many might differ from him In his CON
cusOns could deny the absolute integrity OF his
convictions In his intercourse with his felow.men he
extremely afable land genial, aud especially so
toward the young. With inexperence he was most
patient and panstakng never wearyng III his efforts to
aid Tolerant Of ignorance where associated with mod
esty he had but little patience with arrogance and
will all
10 uuvaryng cheerfulness and ready sympathy i'll