, 1876-01-24
GEOLOGY.

LEGTuAE NJ fnoR- w. D. GpHS1No.
Prot. William D. Cunning yesterday evening
delivered at the Third Unitarian Church, corner
OF Monroe aud Latin streets, tho third lecture
OF his ssrtos on geology. Following is IN hb.
stract
Some ono has said that III tho ves.ibule Of tho
Temple OF knowledge tAoro aits a yollsd sphinx
putting quodtion To every ono who would enter.
And thoy say that thla question no Inan can an-
sHcr although eyery man must atto,npt 1t. To-
day tho sphinx Ia aittiuB at tho threshold Of
evory ac!enco aud pressing her question Us uevcr
befoss. uor question IL this. "Auns, earthB,
plants. animals, man-how did they como to bo |"
In early times. mao attempted 10 answer only
in tholAuguhRo Of Imagination. Tho Hiodoo Aa-
svor was given Il. and the Hobrow, bnt the sphinx
still rotutns ths ch4llspge at hcr queBtibn,ng
swor like this Tbs Power manifested through
Nature ta one, and itn method ID tho same on
eithor sidc organic and inorganic. A cyclone
sweeps tho ocean, acndlig twcnty slips to tho
bottS bot It%e ~ When eyeaoes ve5o la!d TO
dor babes. We hare ontg1onn that mode Of
thought wheu doaliug with tho roaiul OF ipor-
ganto Nature. But wb find tho analogue Of the
oJc!ono on tho organic side. Tho speaker de-
sctibed tho TasnAnian dcyil. and asked whence
It came, and how ho would Say to tho sphinx,
VT camo as tho cyclone comcs, 1t cams ali incl
dent to tho outworklng OF certain forcee n 1Ats
anaror compottn with the Religious eonsimont.
But sentiment uill p&ss for nothing, and II vo
grAppie With this prooe,n We must look through
tho cold white light which ID in tho eye OF
sclonce.
Wo look out Into Nature and nnd tendency
% run on forever in 'ho eAmo groove, to repcas
forever tho parent ID tho offspring. Whatever
Nature has sbo will Keep II ~ long Is sho can.
Sue will put II 1t usury. 6ho copseryea vice
With tue anmo fostering as virtue. Eighty years
aga there appsared ln town on tho Uppas nud-
aon u womaa-waif whose nama wan Margaret.
bad mover known. lIorsolt tlo child
q; siO, : her offspring wero tlio
eaIsn ana1so or ohrs ths 9 sFtna @
woman'a womb 6aa numbered threo huudrol /
Three huullred what? One hundred hayo been
Bttangled on tho gallows or housed III pepiten-
tiaries. Others have awelod tho tide OF miucsy
have 'ivod and B,ckeuud aud por1slod ID housos
OF shame. Beo how Nature put Margaret At
lateroat. 8eo how sta broede aln.
TO- whatever Nature fots rho puts II at ntoFott.
II sho ge.a shakper claw she ssys, AGO to; I
i,uto yonrnolf." How does sho got hcr capital
for now gaina7
Tho speaker described another tendency to
Get out Of Tho rut, and to make the
slenoa how msa a.s ..sos es .a1sasso nSssn f q
this tendency, and becomes co-creator.
Whatever is best ig mau. u.mhde. There was no
gAtdeo I'LL man mado T. There will bc no Eden
tlIl man creetes IL. From ~tld apple he has
whess. lie projects biz mind into Nature, and
becomes creator. Now tho deepest question
man aver pns 70 tho thinga snd tho lives about
hlm IL this: "ls thero evidence that power
analogous to tho mt1d. Powes which man pro.
tects into Nature, In aotlng or AaS ncteu on tho
globo :" Il Is our boou to grapplo With tue
mlghtisas problem which over engaged tho b.Aina
81 msn. We have pus tho question.
World le not ble enough for III iii
lives born into II. Mouths aro many, morsels
few.. The SPEAKER described the ptoaletous TO
cundity OF Nasurs, and the battle for lilo which
tr.val!eth In pain" What will come Of such
travail Pam Is placed eysrmore At tho portals
OF birth. What II wo find In this war OF each
aga,nst ali the oisth-shEoos Of now specloa?
Tho speaker ahoued that in the North OF Ea-
changed within rscsnt yeArs through tue atrug.
gla for life. Marcoy had shown that, In partB Of
Bouth America, tsboa Of nun lave become al
most paohydermatouu through she struggle for
Irose Ia \ teal creative force. Darwin has
called 1t F" Natural ge!eotlon." It is analogous
g that power which man EMPLOYS In " "bc!ectfon."
uut Nature is too fioh 70 be limited to Blngie
factor or 4 single method. An organism IL =
sort Of target aEatnal whioh Nature shoots i,sr
arrows. Tie vital forces r1ao IN arms against
tho bombardmsnt, aud the acsloua wlsl,.n, re.
aponsivs 10 tho actions without must change the
body II conditions chsngs about 1be body,
Tho speaker drew beetle, which Is common
along our lako beaches. 1t is as ferocous u its
name smplles-tgor beetle. Now tho tiger
beetle !s seaside species. How oame It by
We put tue drsdgs down through 800 feet aud
bring up little cEustaoean akin 10 tbs shrimp
The speaker msde chalk delineation Of this
toinsed animal, which IL known 10 seIeaoo un,to1
tho name Of Myss and should 10 known to ali
lovers Of the whitetlsh a. iss aoop-wator food.
Nov this hlyels is q ser anir,Al Il u Identical
with tho Mysls Of tho Northern soas. and teIs w
not onlJ that II came into these waters when
oonpAnton Of MJsls in tho deep waters OF our
laxe IL TItglopsls, ; speclea Of codHah. This
flsh wxs dollusatsd, and Tho lecturer showed how
Il had beeo modified from tho marine pattern.
Nov. II thls body Of ws:sr chsnRed from salt
to {te4h suddenly, everything in Il EnuBk htvA