New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-09-05

IN s most ftod mndsone ht to sta nd beside Socratcs
or the Macabesn Eeaza and to dare and suer all that
they suffered aud daredf as he once said OF Fcnte'
to have been the teacher OF the Stoa ana 70 nave us
Of beauty and virtue In the groves OF
With capacity to grasp physical principles whcn III
friend Gothic did not possess, and winch even Total ~
OF exercise has not been able to reduce to arophy Is
the worlds loss that he In the vigor OF his years oiu
not omen his mind aud sympathes to science aud make
It's conclusions portion OF his message 10 rnahkhu
Maryelously endowed as he was-equaiy eqWppeo oh
the side OF the heart and OF the observation-disclosures
might have done much toward teaching US now torecon
ce the claims OF both, and to enable them In coming
times TO dwell together in unity OF spirit ana III 'no
bond of peace.
AN INEVITABLE CONFLICT.
And now the end IL come With time, or greater
and KNOWLEDGE what has been here sad might
have been better said, while worthy matters mere
omitted might have received fit expression But tnero
would have been no material deviation IRON the Ve"s
set forth As regards myself they are not the go"tn
OF day and as regards you. Thought you o"H"' "
know the environment which, with or without your con-
sent is rapidly surrounding you, and in relation 10
which some adjustment your part may be necessary
A hint of Hamlets, however, teaches us al no" 'no
troubles of common life may be ended; ana IL Is per
fectly possible for you and me 10 purchase
intellectual peace at the prico OF ihtehec'ua
death The world Is not without refugees Vi
this description, Is 1t wanting III persons VINO
seek their shelter and try persuade others to do the
same would exhort you to refuse such shelter ana 10
scorn such base repose-to accept, If the choice DC
forced upon you commoton before sagnaton the leap
Of the torrent before the stiffness OF tho swamp in Tue
ono there ia at all events life. and therefore, hope; In
the other none. I have touched on deoateaoie quos
tions and led you over dangerous ground-ahu 'nis
partly with the view Of telling you and through you INC
world that as regards these questions science claims I'M
ri-bt I Ia n
that the OF Lucretus and Bruno OF Darwin ana
Spencer may be wrong Iconcede the possibility, deem
ing indeed certain that these views VIII undergo od
fcation. But the point is that, whether right or
wrong, we claim the freedom to discuss them. Tue
ground which they cover is scientific ground ano INC
right claimed is made good through triouaon ana
anguish inflicted aud endured in darker times than
ours but resulting the immortal victories which sci
ence has won for the human I would set forth
equally the memorable advance of mans understanding
In the path Of knowledge and tho unquencnaDe CLAIMS
of his emotional nature which the understanding eau
mover satisfy. The world embraces not only NEWTON
but Shakespeare-not only Boyle, but Raphael
not only Kant, but Beethoyen-not only a Darwin'
but Carlyle. Not In each OF these, but in all, Is
human nature whole. They are not opposed, but
supplementary-not mutually exclusive, but recon-
cilable And IL, still unsatisted, tho human
mind, With the yearnng or pilgrim lot hls ulsIaht
home will turn to the Mystery from which 1t has
emerged seeking to fashion 1t as to give unity 10
thought and faitn long this DONE not only with
out intolerance bgotry OF kind but with tho en-
lighted recognition that ultimate xy OF conception Is
here unattanabe, and that each succeeding age must
be held free fashion the mystery in accordance with
irs own needs-then in opposition to all the restrictions
of materalism would affirm this to be field for the
noblest of what in contrast with the knowing
faculties may called the creative faculties OF man.
Here however. quit theme too great for me TO
handle but which will be handled By the loftiest minds
ages after you and I. like streaks OF morning cloud
SHAH nave melted into the infinite aznre of the past