The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-09-18

celved. THE HERALD cheerfully gives
Il place in Its columns, since the mat
ter is one Of public interest In view OF
the elaborate lecture which Bishop
Garrett will deliver 1t IL open in
many respects TO legitimate criticism,
and it is hoped that anti-Darwlnians
may take sup the cudgel. A reply con
Quoted in Il proper spirit will find u
place in the columns Of The HERALD,
rs this would be but "fair play"
10 the editor Of Tho Dallas Herald;
In 1859 Charles Darwin published
his remarkable work, "OA the OrgjM
Of Speoies by Means Of Ndtardt SetGo-
i0n, or The Preservation Of Favored
RoceS IN the Styaggio Of LJe.n Since
the appearance OF that work the live
liest controversy has ragged In
the literary, scientific and theol0gic
world, until now man who pretended
to any culture at all would be ashamed
to confess himself ignorant of what is
meant by the term DdrDiaisn1.
Darwin is among the most eminent
of living naturallsts. His grandfather,
DR.. Erasmus Darwin, was one of the
most distinguished psychologists of the
| last century. His father, DR.. Robert
| w, Darwin, was u Fellow Of the Royal
Society, and acquired II great reputa-
ton as II scientist and naturalist. The
author Of the theory, about which we
propose to say q few words in this arti-
Gle, took his degree of a. b. at Cam
bridge in 1881, and at once volunteer
ed, and was accepted, to go as Il natu-
ralist on one of her Majesty's mem
of-war that was Just starting on Il cruise
around the world. He returned to
England from this trip in 1896, and
ever since that lime his life has been
devoted to scientific research. AS the
he gave to literature and science sew
eral works on natural history, zoology
and geology, which at once made him
Y fellow OF the principal scientific So
oieties, and secured for HIM some of
the most highly priced medals of Eng,
| land and of the continent. His Mon
oWdph Of the FdmSiy Cinepedia" is
universally characterized as one of the
most remarkable works on zoology
produced in the nineteenth century.
Thus much we have thought it prop
or TO say about the author of the the
DRY that has frightened chrstendom
from its propriety.
The theory of DCu2Oiaisnl, to use the
language of another, IL, "that there is
great variability in organisms, act.
ing through the medium of the repro.
ductive system; and that when the
progeny so varied finds itself better
adapted for the surrounding conditions
than its predecessors, It gains an as
cendancy in the competition Of the
multitudes OF creatures of existence
establishes itself, and exterminates
those which it has vanquishedn This
theory is the result of long years of
patient observation on the part of u
man who is as interchangeable In his
search after truth as he is bold in pro-
claiming 1t when found. His re-
| searches lead him irresistably to the
conclusion that he has discovered some
of the hidden mysteries of nature, and
philosopher-like, he unfolds them to
| iio lNllON w luU 10 HIS ItWuIu
for u life Of patient labor devoted to
the enlightenment of the world Sim
ply this, that the so-caled and self
styled orthodox people rise up in their
might and in their ignorance and pro-
nounce anathemas enough against
him to sink half the sinners on the
globe to the devil In II jihy. Priests,
divines and theolOgians, how muchs0.
ever they may differ on other points
and regardless of whether their faith
is taken blindly from an infallible
head, or evolved from their own true
inwar1ness, rgathered asthey suppose
from Gods revealed Will to man, I'LL
concur in this, in taking the shudder,
when they hear the name of Darwin;
though 1t would DO perfectly safe to
say that seven out of ten Of them
couldn't tell who Darwin is, and have
no more idea of his teachings than II
jack rabbit has of the Fourth of July
This is the treatment, however, that
science has met with from the church
ut every step of Its progress. Calico
discovered by observation that the
earth turned ON its axis and made an
annual revolution around the sum-
He proclaimed his discovery, and at
once howl went up against him from
all christendom, because it was said
his teaching was contrary to the
teaching of scripture. The Pope of
Rome, who is infallible and cannot by
any possibility make mistake, pro.
bounced Galileo's declaration to be
rank heresy and lulsehood, and order
ed him to recant or he would lose his
head.
But we needn't so so far back to dis
cover the animus of the mother church
towards Darwinism and other scientific
teachings The Vatican Council of 1870,
after asserting the infallibility of the
Pope, went on to define the relations
of religion to science. Many opinions
were solemnly condemned. and their
holders mathematical. Among 9TH
ers;
"Let him be anathema
"Who shall say that human sciences
ought to be pursued in such n spirit of
freedom that one may be allowed to
hold rs true their assertions, y, en-
when opposed to revealed doctrine.
"Who shall say that it may at any
time come to pass, in the progress of
science, that the doctrines set forth by
the Church must be taken in another
sense than that in which the Church
has ever received and yet receives
them.h
While this is the solemn declaration
of only one church, 1t yet reflects the
spirit of them all. The idea Is thnt
science must make no declaration re-
garding its explorations into the arena
of nature until the church has exam
ined the declaration about to be made
and see whether 1t squares itself with
all the doctrines that the church pro-
claims. IN other words, men of science,
who have given their lives to the in
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