The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-01-01
Professor Iouis J. n. ASa.si..

The death OF the eminent Predecessor
As9 n which occurred by paralysis
os December H. wllloause d sentiment
" profound sorrow aud grief for his
services 10 science We're knoWn
throughout the world He was, AT the
uine OF Ills death, In his slxty,soventh
yeaF being born In the parish Of Mot
uef, switzerland, on May ~, lSDl-the
aph OF hlA generations Of lluguonot
elefHymen, His academical education
ne received In llern0 commenced Inc
study OF medicine when seventeen al
Mlrlehl ana continued II Ut lIeidel.
burg where he also studied Zoology
lnder leuekarl, and botany under
blsoholf When twenty years of age
he entered The University of Munich,
ANA NJ twenty-five he was elected pro.
lessor Of Natural History In the college
~ Neulchatel, Switzerland. He visited
the United States In 1915, and In 1915
aceepleda position In the newly founded
scientific school NJ Cambridge, Massa.
ohusells, His learning has become
every year better known, The cause
OF his death was no obscure that q post
mortem microscopic examination Of
the brain has been made. The funeral,
which took placein the College Chapel
Cambridge, on Thursday, December Is,
was largely attended. We append a
description Of what was probably his
last work, an article against Darwin
ism.
"Mr, Agasslz's article In the January
Atlantic ~ direct and explicit denial
OF Darwinsm, save as an ingenious
speculation, lie declares that the diff
ferent types, Nertchmtes, Arlculates,
lhdiales, aud Mollusks, never have
passed into each other, aud that there
is no proof that they have ever done
so, the only structural differences DO,
tween individuals OF the same stock
being monstrositles. lie admits the
great variation that domesticated AMI
mails undergo, but contends that these
return TO their original type when left
TO nature, TO whom he holds any suoh
law as Survival Of the ilttestn In the
Darwinian sense Is unknown. The
Darwinian theory, no admits, has
been presented with great charms OF
style, and with vast array Of inter-
esting facts, which, however, cannot
BIO justly said 10 prove anything more
than startling condolences.
He takes the case Of the Ascldian,
to which many pin their faith In the
descent Of man from solt-shelled
clans and calls attention TO the fact,
established by the late researches OF
Won Baer, that the string of cells In
the Ascidian, supposed by the Darwin
ians TO be co-identical with the dorsal
cord of the vertebrates, runs along the
ventral side ef the clam, and not along
It's back AS for the lost link, but for
the loss of which the Darwinians claim
their theory would DO beyond dispute,
Mr.. Agassig shows that the geological
formations bear no evidence OF their
having ever existed; that the strata
reveals no types In a state of transmu-
tation; that the species still extant are
identical with their rcmotest ances-
tors. In short, he denies all scientific
foundation to Darwinism, while
treating Darwin and his disciples with
the greatest respect and delicacy'"
Notwithstanding the scepticsm pro-
duoed by the Imperfect researches OF
Darwin and other of anti-religious be-
lief, the world cannot be led perma-
nently into iniidelity, Such men as
the great Christian naturalist ana
geologist, the lamented Agassiz, have
successfully met and overturned all
speculations of pretended science
which are in antagonism to the Bibli-
cal account of the creation. Errors
arise and spread far and wide, but the
truth continually overtakes, exposes
and demolishes them,