New-York tribune., 1876-02-29
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MIR. JohI Fiske's second paper OF his re-
,srkob o. cnseon of The Unseen World" though not
without an apparent touch Of paradox is the rt Oh 10
less profound reflection than Of bold speculation L"a
ing the ground OF legitimate scientific hypothess' 10
which he has thus far oonantd himself. Mr. Ffke no"
launches ont upon the uncertain Of conjecture oD the
economy OF the invisible portion of the universe ana nc
yond the reach OF any test OF probability ether eAP
mental or deductive In crtcisng the authors "hoso
work has suggested his course Of reasoning ne
tnst their hypothesis weak account OF It's mates
lstie character In contrast with this, he maintains
that the assertion of future life which is not ma'e1
conditioned though unsupported by any Item OF eA-
perienco whatever, may nevertheless DC an h"los
nable assertion The distinction between psychio'i
aud material phenomena, Mr. f1ske argues Is uS'n0
tion of a different order from all other dsnhc'iohS
kpown 10 philosophy and II immeasurably transcends
ALL others Between that OF which the difeTental attn
bute ia thought and that OF which the dherenai atri-
buto IA extension there can bc similarity or com
munity whatever. No scientific cunning of expereh'
or deduction subject thought to the process of weight
or measurement, IN auy way assillate u 10 INV oo
,ects of perception discovery so far from bFidS
ing over the chasm between Mind and Matter, tends
rather 10 exhibit the distinction between them as aoo-
luta IL has indeed made 1t highly probable that
every act of consciousness is accompanied ny o mOe
cular motion In the cells and hbers or the Oia bu'
when the thought and the molecular movement tuus
occur simultaneously In scientific sense Ia the thou2h
we eat is varously transformed within the organism un
III rart of 1t appears motion Of the molecules OF
little gOOule OF matter In the BRAIN But tn's
molecular motion by means produces an ac' OF COD
sciOusness. II simply produces some other m'toh VI
nerye-noeeules which in produces muscular con-
traction or expansion becomes transformed into te
chemical energy of some secrcting gland But at no
Point in the whole circuit does unit OF motion disappear
as motion TO rpappear unit OF consciousness Inc
physical process Is complete In ITSELF and the thouGh
does not enter into it, The thought indeed Is always
there when summOned bat IT stands outside the dynamc
circuit as something utterly Incompatible with the
events which summon 1t. Mr.. Fiske accordingly con
eues that an unseen world consisting OF purely spiritual
phenomena would be separated by ABSOLUTE gulf from
what we call the material universe, but would not neces
sary he dlscOntinuous with tine chical phenomena
which we find manifested In connection with Tic w0rld
Of matter. Hence the hypothesis OF survival OF present
psychical phenomena in such an unseen world, after
being deprived OF material conditions. rs not III 1tse
alb. urd or sci contradictory though it may Oe mpossi
BILE to support 1t by any arguments drawn from The
domain OF human experience. Such IS the shape
according to Mr.. Fske, which in the present state OF
philosophy the hypothesis Of future life must assume
His spcculaOns will doubtless appear inadequate 10
those who habitualy cherish the "full assurance Of
faith" In the images Of the invisible world but he IL not
10 he confoundcd with the matealistc school OF Mole
sehot: and Bhchner which limits ali knowledge and all
hope to the domain OF the external senses Among the
miscellaneous papers in this number, "Vietor Cher
buiez," "a Carnival in Rome" and "The Welsh In
America" are excellent magazine articles. Mr. Adreh
has wrought up all old legend Of the Bamhino Of Ara
Coeli into quaint poem Of great artistic felicity OF
execution and Mr. c. p Cranoh draws inspiration from
humble rural herb in the following delicate and sns-
gestve lines:-
PENNYROYAI.
Heavy with cares O winuOwiug hand could sift,
Wrapt in a sadness to be told,
As Ger the Fields and through the woods strolied'
Following with restless fOOtstep but the DRIFT
OF the sill August morn, so | might shift
Tbe scenery OF my thoughts, and gid their old
NOuOOnOus fringcs with light less cold,
found the aromatic herb whose swift
Associations bore me far away
10 bOyhoOd when beneath an oak like this
I enlcd the fragrant leaves Crude chldhO0d's bliss
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