, 1876-01-03

Tho bountl'eaH immonaitios Which tho fa,the,t
reach OF PHILOSOPHY 1,aa imagined, and
tfn'nphaptfy recording ait tho dineusloos
thoroof In nuch n,fnnso fractions NJ
ii"car extoNaton ~ shall DO nmpy within the
scope OF tho IroJgmanlsa perception; not tuat
anything Bhaii over bring II h1uarolY to ths
11odgmanians that ouch Individual Of tic ptemy
trbo Is nos IN somu war. secret hui tndlyldu.
ally solf'esidons. tho sublime cansro Of tt,s
Uniscrao. 10 whoao convictions Deity itsch
must bow in profound recognition OF tho mathe.
maticat c1actness OF thor accuracy; not fo1
any Of tllcao tEfnca, for mortars should brn1
tho i1odgnaEsans III an,-but simply Locauso
want TO.
What profound rebnko ia nodgnan to l't
snfn-clotio'le intellect; and hov all-unconsciou1
10 ia Of tho moral ho conyeyst Crawling, With
his busY little legs, an hAitsbreadth ntong tht
track Of time, no calmly md contidontIy ronarid
To Proctor, ''Moasuro mo tis OF the endicet
cycles, in certafn Jcars Of our reckoning; hns
weigh mo thht OF tho 1unssas Of the Univarso, IL
rinm adsoirdnpois md explain to me all OF tho
tteo tnsctutaho forces and attractions that 8til
tlle bosom OF Nature. 10 that 1--eTon 1Iodgnan
may tlnderatau1'- and alt tho fiodEman.
= qnack, decei,er Of thyaejf, or . liar, or per.
hapB little OF all four "
But let ns unto tho text Of Hodgman. Lei
rs pasa In silence Tho bold assertion that CtrIa-
tianity, with itA tit}o knot Of followers. few
indeol compared to tho bcliovers In tho older
Aul moro iisihl hlYBstabllshed RuperBtitIons-''t
boon tcsteI and proved truo lot 1la pass
Eontly 0ser Tho gross ignorance Of tho duration
Of Oriental religions Which alone eonld lead
llod11uRli t., bring forward d durnsion for
M argument for tho tr1tla Of l,is religion;
10: nt uycu pass hta own patent contradiction Of
that Donk which sars that In tho beginning Tho
entth was without form and void,-sad c0ntra-
dlsslon being involved In ifodgnlan's assertion
that tito Neh1lar 1lypotlesia IN "now." and lot
ug como lu lIodgnlan's Atumpcr.
Stripped Of all It's tonotrloua plnmsgo, 3fr.
llndg'nana iuterrogRtiyo crow cawB thus:
J. H.w lung WINS our earth in q gaseous con-
dtion bcE0ro 1t lcEau 10 coolt
=. Why did it begin to cool?
3. Why tf0es 1t keep on cooltnE7
1. Why, If the earth was over luoted arc thcrA
any heavy tEings OH tho surface OF tho Garth
now. Instead Of ail sucn haing at tho censrs7
Why, Hodgman. any lal ut school can answer
thee! That tis il any Iod.1nanIau intellect can
erer recognize she facs that tttinmHssar.1oed OF
q world Il not tho Universe" hut ho n1nn1t an Atom
thereof that its loas, il onl; it could 10 last,
would never bo known olt Of its own narrow
neighborhood.
lIera arc yuuf nnBwcrs, odgmaa,--warsapted
accurate:
!. No ttrno At all. Tho gaeoons 1nntter whict,
formed ths enrth began to cool tho iuHtant il
ossunse'] tho gaseous form. and viii undoubtedly
continue to cool until. etther by dropping iuto
tho SIN, ~ o:lerwee it nynn assun,os tho gan-
col,H form. ! will add. az . speculation. that,
II the liodGmanlans live uutil their bsaius wcas
their bodies out, they will probably bo on hanl
osent occurA.
O. Eccauso it vns surrounded by matter Of I
lower temperature than itne!f.
s. For the Gatne reaBoH.
i. sinco you have lecn down to Tho middle ot
tue world, lioistnats, and know that .hero arc no
Substances there heavier than gold anl all haea
| other things that worry you 30 much. you mist
hare paesi unusually blind oven for 4 Iloda-
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