New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-08-14

which about 10 SPEAK. MY llluttrbilbus
ally be dawn from that branch of ZOOLOGY with which
am most familiar and 1t is indeed 10 your 700 raf,
estimate my studies in that science mat owe INC
privilege OF addressing you the present occasion
There you know, particular sci ol T's -
any locality among them are genera when are
represented in almost every country OF me eiooe %
a,npra are called cosmopolitan, III distinction 10 Those
which found only in particular asIncts LII
these genera contain SPECIES wien 'e N.y '''
or SOMETIMES ia fact undstinsushabs anu lhtIeioIe
ideutc,l along extended lines " coast Now II happthr
,hat ne Of these SPECIES though they stray from
Mn" ocean shore inland capable OF living upon similar
heacIss on fresh lakes. and few are iound III
! IosalitGc. which are qsits inland.
MEAD or A DIFFERENT MODE OF sTUDYINS ENrO-
MOLOGY.
his therefore plain before much progress can he
made IN the line Of research which have proposed 10
VOC whereby we may recover important fragments OF
the past history Of the earth Entomology must bc stu"ed
in sol1 what different manner from that now adopted
TITO necessity is every day more apparent tat descTl
toms of Heterogeneous material rather oD-trd'Ns
than beneficial science, except IN the Ease Oh
! concerning geographical distribution or classiic'-
ton. Large typical collections anDldine apuiu-' MAJ,
rial for the Xnatiou or dIled
forms and the elimination Of doubtful must he a'
cunul.ted; aud IL the OF such pcri-hae Objects
a. tbos we are now dealing WITH must be placed where
they can have the protecting Influences both "i e1ul'e
and personal AT the same time for TINS hNesue
tin the study of insects peculiarly suitable not oh
on account Of the small size ease OF coiecns, anu
| nom their varied Of life in different STAGES Of
DEVELOPMENT and perhaps for other reasons me species
ge lly he destroyed the progress OF geol9H
cal changcS3 CaiaeyslEs and suhlne a,
! would anMuilaF the AEl'I alIiiIdi-' N'"' ,''f
! the temporarily asphyiiited insect, or the tree
/ trnn!ss containing The larvT and iupa. t. other
eiyen Won some grounds for believing that many
Of tie species .: insects now Living existed III the se
,nais and We reVsnpsr that tier unchanged descend
n,. III ,rha survive TIE present inImG IAN fauna
including our own ! may add, morro ti' 'IEit
some cr0nps especially the khynehoph"ra winch az
have said above believe to he the earliest Inirodacrd
Of The Coleoptcra exhibit with COMPACT and definite
lini,s and clearly defined specific eHiac'eIS so many
geporc notifications, that am compelled - thnH lht
We have IN them eXamIe o. ihe l9; +0a-hl uhn'oh.h
series. extending IN I'M is'an,e rom ~. vi. H.
the present TIME and q which very lew I"As nave Ut
have nscd the word species often mat Won VIII
doubess inclined what then, Is understood ny
. "A species Ala, ! all tn 10 t1"re t.ali Hi'
been recently by many others II t an aste,nni-tr
OF ndviduals which differ from och other by very small
or r.flg ana inc0ns,nt ehaIrcteTf. of mue is- Vhe
S I. Of ind7iduals Who determines these
charctersl The exienenced student oi ina 1rils-
Ia belong species ore
those grouns Of mdivduas representing organic form;
which are yecoezcd ~ such by those who. from natural
power and cducdGun axe bcsi qualified 10 Jhdrr
THE FUNDAMENTAL INFERENCE B.TWEEN BlOLoGi-
CAL AND PLY zeal scIENcfs.
You perceive. therefore, thar aEt here DEALING WIN
an entirely different kind OF information from that WhcA
We gain from the physical sciences everything ihere d
pere on accurate observations stI1ct logical cose-
quencs derived theiemn. Here the basis OF our know
edce depends equally on ana trained obacr-
v1tion but The logic n moi formal hut pcrceiinVe
Tls has been already thoroughly recognized by Huxley
and ueuholtz5 and Others hui may properly extend
yreeI.ion sonewnat further it is to this funda
mental dlbeTence between moio-es a.u Ply S'.I
John Inbhock6 quoting frem Oida"ld,7 mentions
| mai certain Australians "were qal,' liane 10
reIiize Tie most vivid artistic representations.
! ON beinc shown picture OF one II theinselv's
SAID II snip, another kahsafoo Ii" one ~ Il
dozen identifying the port AT as ' n any cohhe.Ih
! With himself" Thess human beings therefore WIN
brains very slmllir 10 our own hh% a. - new - s
persons potentially capable of similar cultivation Win
ourselves unable 10 recognize me ouincs ot even
such familiar "livcis a. tlt lri,.i's 80 ~ -
Was there any fault in the Drawing o me rt IIou
ably not Or in tie eye OF TIC savage O.nl.Hi4 not
for lnat an optical instrument oil I0leraDY simple
structure. winch cannot IAN to form on me gh" az,
Where then IL the II Is In the want Of carmcty
The BRAIN Of tc individual 'or rIhSr the rice ID ns
outline the ret She light ana sha'" Of The onect PIE
| higher example of similar phenoni-'on have ny,
many OF ton nave Witnessed IT, for IL y II
daily occurrence II Is when ud'e er- IN ltaiy El-
pnetrafc 10 inc fnnost chamber Of the Fcnine of Art
even the Hall Of the Tribune al Florence stand IN nee
OF the perfect of Art which II bas been gwen
ind i.rence that they would the conocptons Of
mediocre artists exhibited III our shops Perhaps tley
unrvaed collection which is there assembcd There is
sur y wanting IA u' minds OF ruch persons I'M I'm
itua harmony Win the great artists whose atoms
before Creations aid ami aee lie word .ni,'i
t.oualy. II there = one power % W M man ,ui "Arh
more neary than any otner approaches the faculty
! OF creation it s tat ny which TIE almost
inspired at II degco~oui of rude block Of stone.
ont of such mean materials NJ canvass ana metz hc
Iastea o. arou coors figure. when suias' IL beauty
and in lower of exciting emotion tlc Objects they pro-
less 10 represent. vi NrS aud ipf,-
ciavc peIscnt are Just III hlSII e'ita.cu ana III ti
respective positions az good and useiu member OF ne
only. they would never make good students % biology
IN Ike manner, by way oil iurit'i!S NC 1LoIls o.
.eryqtions, they some, who IN looking al 'he
/ phenomena of the external universe, NAV rccoe-
nize Ony chance, or Tie IVftd-tr'is coLcpIIHe
Ohels having studied more deeply Tie nature 81 thi! .,
viii perceive the existence OF aN binding ana core dt-
=" C9 So e,r relation hct cen thcss ,lo,, La
and lIIFTi e sr
moral plan similar that which infnences her own
actions when directed 10 the attaining Of particular
Tbr aesthetic character OF Natural History Therefore,
prevents The resGli. 81 ~ cultivation Bong worked
co~rec. data ~ observation ana calculation would De- q'c
sufficient 70 formulate he lusiOns PLY seal IN.
rflo According as the perez ,0n 81 The relations Uf
organic hcngs among h"sciyts bee "i' NOR" and more
enlarged, tie Interpretation ~ these relations "lu vary
within limits; bu vii ire continually aprO4 mating
higher m.nta s4hrit1l truth.
THIS kind OF truth can never ne revealed 70 Us by the
study OF nolsni. afIeI(.s OF ~ HD ef ts. de
ni,Iir molecular and polar tar's oy shien ths' are
formed may be express a. 80 IA ~ scene b-e &c 't''
them 10 order -iuali n!imuor ~ sui,3 lolG.t,d
conhued within inorganic hil.ts. In Iact, taking afro
the organic world int" considerations We a. yet sec 10
sUHd be large as II Is. and ~ Oh increasing aiInost
yearly WITH more Enui. lnNests Gallons al appear
.ncl tie mechanical and vital structure II hc universe
would remain unchanged. II half ci them were struck cat
Neither j. there any evidence Of intelligence design
in Ire that the SIDE " tine moon visible ~ us EXHIBITS
only o mass vOlcauocs.
Yet upon ,hc earth, without the volcano and the earth
quake. and the cevating forces Of which hey the
tee bic indications, there would be permanent sepal
ton land and cUnstqUcLs progress ia ant
and vegetable life beyond what Is possible ~ the
To then, senuent beings, the volcano and
the earthquake slcMeH rom piOiosrai standpoint
In The observation of the habits 0f inferior animals
recognize many complications OF acton, which though
directed to Ic accomplishment az definite purposes "
do not entirely pTeheIs They IA Instances,
thc result OF either the experience Of the individual.
nr education of parents. who ID low forms N
msls frequently bcfor- Matching OF on pring
IAose acons have been grouped together whether sim
ID r. complex aFccicd by what pleased to ciu
instinct opposed toeeason. Yet there il every d.