, 1874-09-03

r | ~ ,i,n ' o' W NV Know. whether ho doc
; or aoea not introduce his 'primprdinl farm +,
creative not, ] do not know. but Tic nncattn
WI inevitably be asked, How ca1ne tie fnrr
snorar WIN regard to tho diminution Of ii
n,,a n"meer Of sreated FORMS does not aoe tia
morphtnm, which 1t eco1nod tic obieot ~ n, r,
nArT1n to sot aside, La as firmly nsaoniatod vi, ~
We creation OF few forms al with the crcalo,
o. o. mnlsltudo. Wo mood cloarnoas and thorourh
sib1e Mtbor "p soe courses, aud two only are pos
tho conception Of creative acts, or. abandontn'
tham, 10. us radically change our nutinns -
'na11of. Il nc look at the mattcr az mot,,rc,
ii our noont, and ~ defined for generations
oa1I so,h1y Of any form OF lifo coming ont Of Il
would 10 sufficient to rondor apy otiIor hvnot,,'
esla preferable; but tho detia;t1ons Of innttc,
h!'on ~ our to1t-books wero Intended to cover
And Putu tsp phya'eal and mechanical properties
hna, taeight as we have been to rogarl theao
aeilhltlola as complete, we naturally and rightly
! leJect lna monHtroua notion that out OF nl,ci
at mattcr aay form Of life could possibly ariac.
ons arc tue dotnitlons complote
| EVERYTHING DEpENp8
On tno arsMor to bo given to this question. Traco
! Tue 'lue pf 1ifc backwards, aud sen it apnroach.
thg moro aud moro to wllat NO call tho purolv
pmysaea condition Wo roach at length those
p m suspoudad III mixture of alcohol and wator.
No reach tho protogcMes OF llacckel III which wo
naYs tyne dlsltnguistable from fragment Of
etnumon a only y a finely granular cinraeter'
M two oos IL oach Of MG tu DEeas fraanata tagaet M and
tlnun tile procoss of breaking, but LoweYar
smal! tue parts each carrios wltn it, t,ourh IN.
aeenlau' aho polarity OF tho whole. And, Wien
scsna 1 yson 9rSn to TO ts wo rolog tue a
not urged to do something similar in tho coyo Of
Hto lB tlioro not = temptation to cIoae In eoma
e1!ont With Ls1crotius when hu allrmB t,,at
raaf masnFe IL soe 70 DO ali things spontaneously Of
WIN W! Bruno, whom ho declares Tint 1uaitJr in mt
snas mere empty capacity which philosophers
@ VINO orlogs I forth oil things as tho fruit OF Lor
o. omh womo ~ Tho quotations. hore latsod ara in
atod spcea, and it III not atter Of inuitferouno
whether tlioy arc introduced With reverence o.,
..A,1andoniua all tlisguiao tho confession t1,t
iong 10 tue ysion backward across tic boundnrv
q tEo experimental evidence, and disccrn i,
tnat matter which we, In our Iguoratlce. anil
~ inotHnatnstanalng H our profcasal REVERENCE for
fG Srn, utca1or' haTo hitherto covered with oppro.
THE PROMISE AND POTENCY OF EVERY ronx AND
QUALITY or LIFE.
lho .matorlallsm hero onuuciatel may l,o ifrcr.
crave ,sv yor Tas you SUPPOSE aud l. therefore,
qn1atlon OF an external world saya % s7r + ~ y
silll, ~ tho great battle-ground of matali.vsics
alr. Mall himself reduces external nIonnmonn f.
,p9 p99aalDillsles OF sensation. Kant made limo
iote hi eIso ~, aorns m OF our own institutions
'nK III That chatn OF otorual oausation wh{nl,
1o!4s 90 rlt,td!y in Nntare, violently broko lin
'aain by maklnE Nature aud all tlat it jni,orits
~ ~ nppsrt1on Of hiH own n,nd. And II Is by
When say SEQ you, and that Layo mt IT, tSn
ehst doubt about It, tho reply Is. tint u,1,nt
m really conscious Of Ii al, affection nj M
iwn W, rotina. And. II urge that can check M
n1 thot 81 you py touching you the retort would
= lact; for what nm really conscious Of in
os that you aro thoro, but that tlo neryoa n}
" hand hhyo undergone change. All vo ioar'
nm .n see, ana .9uc mud testo, aud smell, are It
,tl9h' n;ss boyond Which, evon to tho extent Of
alra brendth, We cannot 40. Tl1at anythinr
naHer'ng to oitr Impressions exists outside IF
M'.ae9Yob, y IT, not fact, but au Inference. to
ko cR opta'aa ~ y'ad.y could bo denied by an idoalst
pencer takcH another lluo. With him, as with
10 uneuucato1 man, tAaro IS no do,tbt or o,oe. :
on OF ~ to the a1istence OF on external World : :
u. ue ulilors from the unoducated, who think
lat tue world really Is what consclouuness rans :
senta it to be. Our slater Of connciol,Hncpss
Q mere symbols Of MI outside ontlty Vhirh nro. =
1908 thom and determines tho order OF THAR /
'cocsaon, but tho rcnl nature OF which no can :
1;or to Ipm: ~ H. ~ taet te whole process Of oyo-
tlon u tnn mnnifoatation Of powes absolntnlv -
actutab'e to tho intellect OF mat. IA littio X y
II gay aa IN tho days OF Job can man l,y nenrch "
s lnd this power out, Conuidercd fundalncut- "
W It ts by the oporation.of + +
AN lNAoLuDLE MYSTERY y
At life is evolved, species differentiated md v
nu unfolded from thoIr propotont olomonts In y
9 immcnsurab1e past. '''''0 III l.
- There Is, you will obsoryo no very rank ma- ~ ~
iHhm nt;n hore: Tho strength Of tho doctrine Of '.
atration (or the subject III hardly accessible ~ ~
tins mode OF proof) but In its ge,loral har- Il Il
ny with tlle method Of Nature az hitherto y, ~
o, own, irom on contrast, moreover ii derives i,
haYe theory 1T 1t could With any nroprotY' ~ ~
90 catlo) derived, al wero tho theories rc. ~, ~
rcd to Mt the beginning OF tlls address noL ~ ~
~ y y tho study Of Nature, but from tho obhorya. te
!, nsa " mom-a theory which convera to Power Nc
|, an aTEl1cor, fashlonod after tho human IN
{. aot, ana actlng by brolon efforts al man il In
y 20 acs' on tue other side, We have the cou- ~ ~;
t'vI 9ythin tta. al we 500 around us and a wo 70
aH vol 40 those Of tie human in1'i-.Iawo LII
- - s uuIoalgAaple roots IN cosmical life, III
Q O. appy tho term. an inilnitosinal snan Of
~ on'y ls offered to the investigation or 1nnn,
traeo the @ nvnIany " ~ on.y knoraIie In part: We
corfoiate ~lth It the parallel phouonlona OF NJ
sation aud thought. We can gsn ,sit,, I'M. -. "
otang O. certainty that tl1sy 60 hnnd in hand, n1s
"o :. S ~ uvht " vacuum tho moment ,yo NJ
to comprehend the connection hnt.ro",, bro
Tho doctrine OF evolution dortvo, u,n =, -. isaa =
1ity from the '''A" ;" LIN fro1
|rHuAOT OY ORGANISM AND ysv,,o..,,,, Hor
ugn ooutltIeas agos past. Tho human I'M. M heF'
tandtng, for example.-thxt fa",itw ,.,iai. Ha tho
spencer has t.l1sod 20 Bk,fully roun'1 ,non III.
Wli antecodontH-iB itHolf rosnit ~ "inn tna The
'so fRngea Ut ttmo. Mover Htlrolv ,iiI 49, Will
}kion plead 10 irrpgtBtih}v nlo,n ~ XIV liz Il