The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-04-11

Of the ubdulations in the various liquids
surrounding us would be IS silent ~ tho
tomb and as dark as aight" This 10 .
proposition made after great elaboration
and consultation of the works Of great
scientists, and the doctor, who yields .
pen ss able a. that of E.c, intended to give
his audience the impression the PROPOSE
ton itself conveys ~ the mind OF those
I who can understand the language Of
science; but now comes &c and assures
us that the Impression Dr.. Brigham in
tended to convey was that There are
forces In nature which ths human fac
ulty has no sense to detect"
We take issue with E.c. DR.. Brigham did
not wish to say that there are forces
in nature which the human faculty has
no sense TO detect, when he said . uni.
verse without intelligencie. so organized
as to be conscious of tho sensations result
ing from the impinging of the undulstions
10 the various fluids surrounding US
would be as silent as the tomb and As
dark as night. il no had intended to make
E-c" remark about unseen forces in nature
instead Of the remark about i'm pinging of
the fluctuations, he would have made it,
AMI We are inclined to believe E-c knows
he would. There is no connection hone
whatever-between the impingng Of un.
dulations and unknown forces in nature
To make such 40 assertion 10 to be un.
scientific, in which assertion Huxley and
Tyndsl and Brigham will bear US out.
&c Is mistaken. She don't know DIR.
|, Brigham or she would not have had the
temerity TO connect her hidden forces
with the impingng Of the unduls,ions.
The illustration from Prof. Tyndal,
given by &c, i: familiar TO us. and We
have not denied his assertion that there
are parts Of light that man has never
seen. We are Of the opinion that he may
be correct in this conclusion, but we
would be more thoroughly convinced of
the fact if we could see the light Seeing, |
&c will admit 10 knowing, and we would |
like our correspondent to tell us how We
can know, with absolute certainty, that !
there are parts of light that have never been
discovered except by ocular proof But
is the fac. that Iyndal has asserted there |
Is light no human has yet seen, proof, or /
even admissible evidence, that DIR. Brig |
ham mean. 10 cay there are undiscovered
forces in nature when he used his peeu.
liar expression about the impinging o. the
10 the various liquids sur
rounding ur In our opinion, E-c 10 fro
ward to undertake TO tell the doctor what
be intended TO sAyi and she has lsments-
bly, failed in her attempt. DR.. Brigham
no. mean WIS. E-c says he did. He
meant the other thing.
We do not wish 10 be impolite, but &c
must permit US 70 say, thst,in our opinion,
she Is failure ss construer Of Brigham.
IL she values our advice she will lose no
time in abandoning the doctor TO bis tate
and going in search Of the sparkling
crystals Of the beautiful Sea of Mys.
terry. Our information i. that that Sea
u iu' OF sucn crystals that DC who Stands
upon its shore may, in the language of
The poet Spenser, see and hear
-''the crystals running by"
We have occasionally nsvigsted that .es,
md can bear E-e on, in her assertion that
We are oil lost in it, and have been since
he beginning but lost or no, lost 10 tor
tut of the beautiful Sea Of Mys-
cry, no one can doubt that,
n the beautiful language Of the evidently
beautiful &c, man may seek for the spark.
ing crystals of that beautiful sea without
wen 20 much q thought Of attacking re-
igion. If We had for moment suspected
hat DR.. Brigham, when he impingingly
was searching in the Sea Of Mys-
cry for R-c's sparkling crystals We would
lot have even intimAted that hs was At
scking religion. No searcher after the
parking crystals Of the beautiful Sea Of 3:
Mystery ever attacks religion.