, 1875-11-20

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tt,lth m IN alt:,ratA'ren: Dr ms: w". on tI,. i
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myrtery. th1s tny oHn nj .lat i's f,.'ahf'. MS
terIcs. Our fait1, necI ;: a. i,..n. l!e.t w., !
ASSUME TINT .clet1,:e Il All. h t;nns that IL
rcady NC haTo
Thu 'j'"i' u's.siph II &c.. s'rIl- !
A. III II tnsls}". IH"t.r:itaJ ~.
Tie .leE. Of TIT.
UHt ill then nlT well Ln'oyo tI,At t1,s |
hcen'"g sttnis nriecs lrJta tla tiui,erfsc. .ts-.
ol nnr knU"lcdEc. II NC .:lI,!l NJ, tie nl>Io i
piht' inatead ~ Tho In,n1tett Enitttn: II wu
s'E!ll scat. the wAoe -! ApArs ,nntoad Of The
,".tee. etnncs; if Al FIN, ~rrn bcforo u*. in-
tt"hi of Blaze. VI, might III ieo1 rrGnot1nro
judgment. l4t h!tt,ssinR va siu huw littio 40
leslty can peicbse. with my cit'anese. we ma,
aalht tho Ifnll ut all tllat tceucn tanclics te-
hertn0 tsit' tint tia rian Ut nature nppsaIB
Inner cot only hechusa IL IL tacl hut in part.
With euth CONTRIBUTIONS ~ EIre ns conn-
dence. no that wha.or~F e'iJunco *s may .tlu,l
"e may accept wilh 1nt f"nr. let I.B pruceed -
consider i4o nlhjer. VI lfo In other wur,la with
sole Iefefcnce IL tim EVIDENCE aetnYly available.
h'unglt to o"r x,,ow!niee. II NC aiols either
the When elite or ths Dtowntcsian theory, or II
relE:tnu luEh We a'lop. anot'ter, lei j. be not In
oIod stce to 1uet0 prejulice, b1t lecal,He on n
careful confederation Of IlA facts We find Ut1r-
hclscs ~ tl1cotod ny tic o.sdetco. The lecturer
sllea ptacceaea to n.;aes tho relations freneut-
ed bJ the different rlauots OF lne seiar rynteu
dcang with sio Ia;cat evidence glvcn byrcicnco
Of tho planets, Illuminated By 1ueanh of ths
alt.com Illustrated tlss portion Of tho au1-
jecs. Jupiter ana Saturn wero presented hs
~ "a Of ~trlas not as yet fit to bo tho .bodes OF
ccAuc4 TO bc SUITED f1r any forma OF living crea~
in considering Mercury, Mara, auI Venus
aH Occupying mean positlon-sa tnucll
saturn aud un,l"l. lcss decrorl. than tne moon
the icctnrer, noscrtheto4a. Warned his heAto ors
ngainbt hupposlnp it traEatlo tAat iIe present
time il tue h(o.er1 0f aly One ot these planets.
It IL conceivable, indeed that nany, If not most.
of tho usba wuIct liavo come iuto being may not
have supported llto in tile paHt nor will support
lie hereafter. 1t many seeds arc to onr view
wabtcd for cacl, one that groWs and bears lrut,
~ may it bc With plancts. It IL only our own
1nnutousss which makes thu ecaIo Of thu pIauet
eeolu 10 Infinitely to traufrctd tie scale Of tho
aeod; but to lin III Whose thoughts QUE .lay IL
az thousand yours, Amd 4 Thousand yca,B M ono
daS, tAs Eyeat and hsna'l arc hNhe, iho piancs ii
10 WDrtl!iur than tho tulstnrtl-heeu, the Boetl ITO
wor;hier thuu tho plauet. Even assuuing, Iluw-
over, that eAcl raunt. satellite. aAteroId, meke-
orite. Or tiasss IN the utlur d;roctios) ZACH suh
bHn synsetn, a!Hi galaxy was iistnDued to support
life. ur to Le tho Mode 0f hfo it reaius eliuAIIy
certain, from what We know Of tho past hAtory
Of our own eaftli that tho life-cra OF a planet IL
but an = rnoulent co;,pR1oa with the existcnca
Of tile planet troit, aut il III utterly improbable
tt,a. tho ifc-era Ut tho RAJ Il, bynuironihns with
tho llfecra Ut any other planet Of tho HoIar syn
tom. Wo Rra III petslssont III considering tE,ls
present ti!nc-slle time VI tue cSi,tcuca OF Tho
human rAco upon rarlll-lo ba contra! amid all
tiuD, III. tneu Of ula worn ia Consldosia. tie
earth tu DO tho central body OF als uuivorHa
but one y!ew III ~ nsso.i,'a tho oti.pr. Ano.h-
er series Ut laptcrp AlideH !luHt. tue cirn1l-
stances Which Oppose Themselves tp tho bollts
that particular pianntB ute ut present thu abode
ri fn h u NH IN f!tsr1
ono wh!cA .alastya.eA si.e vaatAess Of tho por-
tiuus Of Satulns surface ffon winch tho rays Of
tho sun RIe cut of by the integposng matter Ut
tho r'ngs. thuse very objccls which Brewster,
cowpeusa!tng, for tho Ratusn,An8 The small
amount OF heat Which tho sun pours directly
upuu tho planet, Afternard the IoctuEes passed.
| OH to tho subject Of o!l,er suns. sho ainE both
verbally and by her!es OF pictures The extreme
syersity aasong tue Suns eSsss'ng witA.s kie star
systct. III bulk and maRa and physical structure.
| aB wcll Aa in thur distriputIon, MOTIONS, aud
other characsesss!cs. Although he touched Oil
may "sl,cti their nAtre tn desert scene, sci
he acknowledged that In tho Infinite variety and
mnltipllctty, tho iutnIto iito and oncrEY, Of the
star deptha be found relief from the infinite bar
| reunosa Of Wheweti's theory, TITO worry 1gu-
ment from probability which loads VI to regard
any given planet. OF even any given sua, ~ not
| the centEo OF scheme 10 wlilGh Rt tl,s moucut
there is life. forcaa upon NA tue conclusion that
among tho millions OIL n,iI'iona, may, the
! millions Of millions Of g,,nH Which people
! space, millions have oy.,a cifclinE round them
| which arc Ut this moment tho nbotto OF living
| creatures. II tho chance il ono u thousand In
| the case Of each particular star. then III the
| whole nHmbor Of stara {psacticAtly 'nduite) QUO
10 Thousand raies oser 3 system III which t!,ese
ia life and what Ia This but saying that millions
Of stars arc )ife-hnpportng orbs7 TAess is,
thcu, an inflntty ct hte around us, although We
recognize intinity OF tlne M we'll AZ Inllilty OF
apaeo, in thu oAIsteaca Ut hfo ia tue univesse.
And, though remembering tAat life in each ud-
yidual is tnto. in caoh piaact luitc in each
| lar HYstrtn hnte tu each Aystem OF suns in,to.
no Ito apsak OF no higher orders) tho infinitv
| Of life ltAolt demonstrates tho int1nity at
death. the intinity Of Inhabited worlds impliea
tlla intinisy Ut worlds not ~ yet habit
| ahlo, OF which hRvo long since pntscd
tho period Of iulabitabilily. Yet ia tncre
| no waste, whether Of tune, at enace,
| Of nattcr, or OF force; for waste inptss tho
tending tuwnrl limit, that Of tho inlinIto ar
tllMitable ther6 Gait ha no waste, aud doubtless
| II wo could perceive or comprehend tho whole
| rlan OF tho universe. wa should tind that tho
| arrangementa which aaom TO wAatotut at space,
| and time, and matter, aud force, in reality in-
| volvo tho nloet perfect possible uao tor every
portion at Rpace, overy iustaut Ut tlmo. every
particle OF matter, eyory form mud variety Of
| auergy.
Ia tho course Of this loct're, as of tho preced.
Ing, about ufty lantern-alldea wore exhibited,
| aud the lecturer has promIEod to exlllbit tlIe
same number during the two remaining lectures.
| whuse snhJ4csa ars "Asstalagy aud Superssl.
ton aad Religion and ASTRONOMY"