New-York tribune., 1874-04-06

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80 neat more readily and think led TO the M
smaller STOs IKE soSs. Gs. Of @ Tns
Seory OF Dr. serry that the meeSrs ,rayes
ing around the were the abodes OF nle. te when
Xeseta BILE life must have been present Then asa he
nds hydrocarbon and therefore he nSe
strange thought that IN the fist slage VI, VI 'n'"
they were covered with vegetaDe sio"'"'
THE QUESTION OF SPONTANEOUS GENERAlloN'
But II We assume that then those little orDs must Law
existed only for short time in 'nat oo"ui''V -.
was favorable 20 life upon it's surface ths otnei
is suggested that that vegetable Ire must nav
produ,ed spontaneously. 1t seems 10 nie d" onS ,Ii m
Story Hunt can establish this view that NGIetao @ baI
existed we have forced upon US the concico ans
spontaneous generation is the true AND unxley must
and the cOntrov vrrsy between BasIin ahu h,o,crs in
az az" sa1tteG erenually in favor OF the OeleNers III
spontaneous generation II woulu auoS, % orb Wien
there were a stage in the existence 0i any ~. 49,
vital force was present in the orb itself; anu mus soh
taneous yeseaon e pust @ nak Know about the chemical
elements, which Immediately after being sep.ra.,1t
anty nv which they tend to proceed directly toward
higher stage than of the elementary eonulloh te & a
nal condition: and II would suggest Ino is
there yet another stage when yeee'ahe 'nnTr n,a 70
ready to pass to the form OF animal me- Wneh spohh
neous generation possible. Before that IL Is poslpe
but afterward it is impossible. Al certain stage nov"
ever, il appears to be possible. 49,,
Now we will pass from this picture to another which
tends 10 show the evidence which some astronomers
were disposed believe that some creatures existed on
the moon who possessed the power Of making forthca
tons and they point TO the fact that owing to the small
gravtang power Of the moon 1t would DC possible lor
bindings and so large indeed that the signs of those
buildings might be recognizable from the enormous as
tance at which we view the NOON But we nUw hn HHS
creatures otherwise constructed than could have the
reasoning power 10 build those.
APPEARANCE OF THE MOONS SURFACE.
Now we will have picture illustrating that point
There you have the grea. black shadows which We find
thrown there you have the minor shadows and there we
ud the evidence OF the absence OF atmosphere, ana we
recognize the fact that there be inhabitants OF the
moon they would have even at the time when the suns
rays poured the surface of the moon perfectly
black sky. There you have picture showing inc moon
as her surface probably exists at the present time those
enormous craters indicating the action and idownia o
meteOric masses ana very tte 10 suggest to iea 'n
We Viii have now two pictures brought on in rapid
succession illustrating the I'm which artists nave
endeaV Ored TO picture the moon, Win enormous
ou) remembering that II would have diameter OF hVe
six mes-the great crater Copernlcus IL Is 'dIou
do Won NOT feel that the bursting of small an ORR
as The could require such great or,nGe ~
which TO manifest the Outetf IL seems so le te @
were downfas meteor and that those great MASSES
falling down, Myers conceived upon the mOoh' pro
duced these enormous craters x,,-.
The artist has made a light mistake here. You will
see that the floor here upon which these smaller cfates
shown lies quite high from the surface 0l l1e no m
but il appears from careful study that the floors lie
rather below the surface. Instead OF being, IKE htna
and Vesuvius, above the ground they are pIopap ue
pressed below the general level, precisely what we
would expect great bodies forced their way
down, and tie place where they had fallen had been
covered over with slow filling up OF plastic matter
PROF. MoRToN's LUNAR PICTURE.
wish to correct remark made in my former cou4se
OF lectures about pictures. You have one here
drawn by James Hamilton ofPhiadephia In my FORMER
course told you these pictures were drawn ny him. ana
then showed another picture. remarking that II was
drawn with much less artistic skill The real fact
is this. Just before / gave the lecture a lettei
from Prof. Morton was placed IN my Danus
and while was sin arranging the PICTURES glancihe
over the letter, found this statement MADE that the
pictures were drawn by James Hamilton, except one,
which drawn with much less artistic SKILL.
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upon those pictures, for, knowing Prof Morton dSin
tereste and modesty, might nave Known tnat nc
was the artist OF inferior artistic Skill and that IL was
| little self-aOnegauon. Reading the elVer anu
stating the facts simply brought them 9nt IN te & ie,
ter and there Prof Morton present all the time ana
allowing TO state 1t. Laug1tcr We snail nave this
brought the & Dd n nny S bnt there
is clear recognition on Prof Mortons part ol lhe way
in which the craters must have appeared
with these delicate words OF compliment the picture
appeared think this is the real appearance he craters
must have presented on the emoOn-saucershaped Here
is little work of imaginalion-a little village with
church. corresponding 10 the suggestion lade ABOUT re-
ouesting Sir John Her,chel advise some means by
Tn,ch religious instruction might be conveyed O the
| benghted Inhabitants Of the moon' lL7ush'er anu
have another remark TO make about this picture
laughed about this picture, saying that II was mere
fancy of the artist bur would appear that some gem
teman has constructed picture of this sort, ana
suming this photograph taken from his llcure'
he grew highly ignant and wrote 10 HE iRlBONL,
saving that he had good reason for placing upon MS PIC
ture little village and that little CHURCH Ills iet'er
abused me in round for taking that little village
to IasE The fact is did not from that al list,
did not even know his name and the picture really
used was this OF Prof Mortons, and am sure he
would not be angry to suggest the probability
that villages do not at the present ume eAsl on 'he
moon.
shall now pass TO the consideration OF the planet
Mars, introducing d picture showing that TINS one
planet is the only which gives signs of beng the
abode Of life. Here have learned that these rugged
regions are continents, and these dark regions are
oceans We know certainly that they are oceans, and
tha he al
planet Mars We know 1t as certainly as II we had sent
some one there to bring back pint OF
it TO analyze. and, therefore, when we see great
wide regions hiding over these welknOwn works on
Mars we that they are clouds, ana therefore we
know that storms rain and clouds exist there.
TheD recognizing the fact that there are continents
above the general level OF the ocean, we KNOW those
rains must ind their way down 10 the ocean, and can
only do so along brooks and rivers, gradually growing
larger until they pour their waters upon the ocean We
have then ali the terrestrial signs TO speak, that we
recognize as in of earth marking the latter
as the abode OF life.
II NAV be thought at the first view that we have q
planet which can hardly dismiss from the list OF
habitabe worlds. But, first OF all. Mars Is much
smaller planet and must have had much inherent heat
and therefore, that account alone be mneh colder
planet reminded you OF the apparent size OF the sun
as seen from the planet Mars, and how much smaller
appeared than the sun we see Then the EobaolIy Is
that Mars. being relatively smaller the atmosphere
would be rarer relatively and cold would result from
that also All the facts about Mars suggest an intense
cold, which would 1enuer ne lmpossiue " CREATURES
Here is another picture showing the planet Mars and
the OF its polar The extent OF these polar
SHOWS is much greater than those on the earth
to force to believe that there is much greater de-
gree Of cold. There ponng 10 the plcture) are the
uoar SHOWS In the Winter time OF that planet and here
You have the polar In much smaller extent In the
summer time But you must recOllect that II the guam
tiy of water is earth the vapor would
be less and the quantity Of snow or rain fall would be
less and therefore less than our EARTH Here is an
other picture showing these same polar SHOWS more
perfectly Here you they extend To degree OF alt
Jude corresponding Mars to that OF New-York,
and showing that In the Winter time an exceed
ing bitterness Of cold must prevail. But think
must not apply that question OF TO the ordinary
snsloRes tnat IN the earth We must take into
consideration that great intensity Of cold must there
prevail and il Mars INTENDED 10 be the abode Of
10 arc fina has passed vixen life could have