New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-12-19

we're merely physical and to utter tns oa .nea
co SSnr., unrIebt men. we must acknowledge
that no longer Christians" u !, far, 10.
teachers and airms more than any eyouoni'ts WIZ
admit Sill. there bs no doubt that 10 DOM W w
they accept his premises 1t l., easy Tor shallow men ~
whom religious feelings have tlo hold or VINO iega.u
religion ~ merely thing OF sentiment or Design 10
tickle tho senses and quiet the Of muttnde',
10 that they oan reject Moses without tIpc.us
Christ but common sense cannot h. deceived IN TINS
way. aDd Strauss IA merely IN this an example Oh an
honest thinker who; having drif'ed from tho hei ~
revelation. has founded his faith on what In many Gases
he fancics TO be proved results OF scientific nVc5u'
g'tnD.
Wnen for ex1mpr. Strauss considers 10 proved "a be
does, that PITY ,icil forces have been snwn 10 D" Fu
nccnt tor I'll that been referred to fc
and spirit lie goes altogether beyond ANYTHING that
scientific discovery has yet revealed II W. reduce
living organism to SINGLE vegetable oai. or t. the
Microscopic grain OF ieyko matter which constitutes
one Of the simplest anHalcules We have IN such CELL
In an,malCulo sruaturo not accounted Tor hy
any physical or natural law, or comtihdiOh Oh sdcn
laws phenomena OF life which stands alone anohS
forces and have not yet been shown 10 bo caused ~
either phyi.ca or chemical energy Farmer wh'n zen
STEERING tho force which 1t hat lost and yea an ihr
eff cts formerly produced by this forto nave oisap
peared whether ultimately "a hear ana l"ht nave
becn shown TO- DO allied forces or moilnoa
zion OF one force, 1t viii be found that my cumnlD
Of these fore may produce develop or re converted
into vital force. we cannot say; but mat thl' hiS ot
been done or even SHOWN 10 ." pSlb Is o'r'alp' 1t
easy. soIn' plrenCioc s and physicists nave 9on, 10
assume this. aud to rdicuo those VINO believe ia W.
oIce but when We examine Their mote OF urrlnS ,i
snicct, We nd that they give ns cures 81 speech anu
vague analoeei instead Of facts WLen, Tor exanplc
uuxey says might as well attribute the formation
| ol water when hydrogen AMI oxygen combine 10 an
Imaginary principle OF aqio,i a. the s, o.
show that ne il m rely be-siug th9 question AZ on.
nav no '"I yFoperly 10 sad to result from tho
nature and disposition OF it's component mole
cucs [ can flnd intelig.be groInd Tor
refusing to say that the properties o proopsn res.
from t6c nature and deposits Of IT'S mol"cueS NOW II
protOplism hero be meant TO nlcaa lIVhS pfooPL''i
lie wuole matter to DO proved - tdkch Iof fE'lt'
pro.ouiisn be hero mean; to mean merely deau
r.La.d,i merely eli 'micai compound, then tio
ST atelnrut noning whatever u do with the subject
III hand. and II Is so far Inaccurate tat even doil pro-
topas not yet been prOiucei by mere y''ct We
nemcnce means but taking the two suDeahc;s at pre-
csrly tho value chemical compounds, INC de-
vn.n IL assumes the varied functions OF mo IL ~ u
reason be the denial that sum; new 0rce ma takeI
mold OF te water when IL a'crAds INTO tie branches Vi
free Whatever Is tho nature OF the force ana now
ever ds,lmlar in the two cases. it IS unqu;stionipy
sultrai;h 10 merely cnenicIi forces comohsd IN 'he
Or take srcn statement as that made by Tynilll In
book extensively used ~ textbook, that ,he molecular
forces determine the form "uch ihe solar enCrgy Sn
assume. In the case this energy Is So conditioned
by the atomic machinery as 70 result in the OIL
cabDage; in another case it H. 10 opndtiOhei "a 70
result IN the flrmIlOl Of an OAK 80 also a. FeSlTd5
Inc reunion Of carbDa aud OXygea-the form or thl'
reunion IL determined by Inc molecular inlchiueiJ
through wnich tie combined force acts In th' one 9c
the actor may nc ult III tEe formation or L'i' WHO
il the OtLer It may result In the formation o. er+''
hopper. -, . ,.,
where to begin - cIitcSe IT, la tie hrot place thouSl
"a
more tnln II could grow without water or potash or any
of the other things 1t cannot 10 In any sense called
form Of sOlr energy mother have we any evidence th
solar energy. aching forever cohld pro9ucS Iap -,
bIge. without a proviJu, cabbage seed. nor Is ~
true that the diff renee between cabbage ana an OAK
IS merely difference In form Of solar energy, uness
intcrd that the germ or the cabbage ahd ot
tne OAK. with ali ther diverse vital powers have also
been created by tbs tahe soiar energy Bit IN TINS
ca - ,lOnli have 10 assume that the Omnipotout
solar energy. even when unconditional hy any ma
Ga merry Latrvcr. could produce those diverse iori'
alI iu,'ure'. TIrtr, Il IS unru, that either IN IN
81 Nv r,inf
boa ana OXyger, or that any reunion o elements c'dil
have surh effect without the pev.oas existence oil men
ard grasshop3ers Further, the solar energy mas
lcss TO do WIN the rasShopptr lh'n "i.n
tho cabbage, s!nce IA direct action on th>
,t5o pIaud!n lat il Is uscics5 70 cil,cise
dom sj,tencns futher than to say that wen men
statements. need not wOndof AT TEEN falling INTO
any amount Of II Il the more necessary when
sHch stttcments-.xainples by the wav OF 10" ana
bluated sty0 of scenCc-caChng too common III our
talo pass current villa the mlutuie-that educated
may place them beyond the reach or a nm ence TIA
gsn apparent hero mat the Stitcnons OF Genesis a. t.
lied to control and check Superstition on tue one uaud
and ,se!css specna,ion on the Other.
ufe beiug introduced IN some OF its lower
forms. whether animal or yegctloe, Is IT necessary TO
49," , =, t; -; n.rsi ", no be- content 10 srpn,se
that lover forms of life vCtc gradually changed iao
ircr ana that mus the lrth VS. pcoplel Ia sac
i've ages. Now IN - lar ~ thrpUgy IS concerned.
Ills may NJ matter 81 li,e coHN'I renee long ~ We
arrive ut tn df rrcut. and tie course
followed ~ the aiyoratas views braG first
before ~ the the lower animals and lowest
among then, aul having fImiiarzd b WIN
tho idea 81 dosr'n;. VIA no! 'Lti'.on In their
c,sc TO man. and show that tho simo law
applies to lin not ouy in his material
nIu-c but IN whltcvc. OF IA her powcrs AMI stGt-
ucn,s theIo may hC IL Ina. DIrwiu tie great apostle
"a oilr day OF these views, due, - have gone
so far rs absolutely identity the physical and the
vital TIE mat Huxley, Tynial ana others have
done H. seems 10 req ire That SON. lyiu5 forms.
however few and simpc shall 90 given 20 hun 10 beah
with. /; Is clear however Tat there - certain a.
consistency Ia this, since II n" act OF creation las ever
bscr reformed there - 70 good reason u deny
mat II may have been r"p2atci. Ia Philosophy OF
til, kInd however, slno Inst point must 1o reached
wncre Tie prcmI- must b. answered. and 1t i per-
lH' - VOL 10 stop al inc .rral E " Errh tne nNInS
aud the nOnvin:Ns anywhere else. AMI that IS Where
Darwin has odnI convenient 10 stop Granting then,
IL material for IN" process lear 81 tnc more ancient
lower forms or me- as, Tor example, the old E0soOn
OF tc LInreni'an or low mo,st' and crnsta' aus of
the Prihurlii ANe We any evidence that "u OF THESE
tho reminder of the aanii KING ION ha1 ".en eNJV'i
Is more YntIed aEd complete. now dlHcuty meets
hero at tho out Il. vita reieEtGco 10 the precise
nature Of the question with which We have ID do. II Is
that AZ 10 th' Gilhcuoh prt"ren species anu varieties.
sces OF animals are Supposed 10 be separated from
oacD other by well marked lines of difference, and they
have The power OF 30 INT rnix'HS with each Other
produce continuoulj feri5 progeny rney stand
thus units IN our systems o. natural history caSs
cAon 81 Hpsces arc more or res ydIidp3 uH iet lAc
ulleuco or external conditions. and the varieties 20
formed may or may not Dc true species. say may
NOT, foe though / b;lcye that they are
not, tho deIivationist trie, to break down the
that there may different views 10 the limits OF
species. Man himsef has for example been broken
the dlversites OF men represented as OF the nature
OF and varieties. Tue best British naturalists Of
our day have usually held To large specific aggregates
the continental naturallsts ike AgissZ.
bis disciples IN this country have been In tho hao of
naming distinct species every slightly different
FORM This Is s unsettled point though think tbs
has been rather IN making too many species than
fewthe preIdlces ana interests OF Observers tend
ing that 1t IL plain however tnat II We hold that
species created separately and II out Of group
OF animals naturalist makes ten species and
arc not bound TO Claim the ten species
ratio creations unless we regard them well founded.
There another caution to 10 noticed the theo.og
eide. The verbal precision OF tho first Oh per Ot
Genesis must strike every candid student. Yet the
writer different formula for the Introduction OF
different grades OF being. Let the earth bring forth
Is the formula for the animals; God created the great
Tanninm 80 the earth brought fortu" the nam malta