The Hawaiian gazette., 1876-04-05
The Origin orLiGe-


Whether the line of experinsRial investigation
s5opisi 5y Bsz,isl and other sta3sats Of spoasa.
ueoas Ceuerauo1 wiII ever lead to q convincing
Demonstration Of the orssin of hfe 1s Esr0 s vesy
6oabifal Houeysr f1e the apparatus employed
tovevs- exaciiaE the presautioas against the
slipping 80 or csrns tro-z wiihoa; or their escape
tsom destruction vithia the iaeeauiyy ot the OF
uonaals q the theo-y vii alRsys be able 10 5is-
cover poSsio be brlksn liuk iu the chain q eV.-
6enca-
Ike uzny another point Of scientific ooairo-
versy. ;t.s ve suspect vii be aanSed rather than
czrr1z5 bv direct assauit A. IN theczse ci Eaacic
and Witchl-afi-hsi.ef ia which died u4iur4l
dsa;t 90 the minds cf intel jceut ps02!s, suPs-ce-
6s5 b more rational vieEs of man and Nature,
hzr never logically demOiished-sa. we are IN
cinsi % think. tie mystery u Lies tegja0ias
~. znlsrsa s natnral solution.
Those wb1 hold 10 tbe dagms Of no lie
Eijt1a; kuieceient lie are compelled 70 assume
s. some p-rl IN the Eis:ozy o. The Universe, The
occc-re1ce o. roitiaE les than ua.racie-ihai
i q say. = phenomenon uakooEa 70 Science. and
llric4ily uasEpposabie froa iruiy scientific Polai
q vieu.
LE.s INST have becun sousEhsre- Oacs s. least
i ;. uzs not 5 natural product OF mztegiai cou5i
t5a1s. 5is beginning nast have marked positive
breach 70 that casual connection o. events wiki
oa; uaich Science Eoall b. Impossible. TIE
szicti az al experience Is e91ai.y against aSslmp-
sia- us slct breach Of co1iinaity 10 Other
words against ulIrzcu.ons origin Of lie. Oa the
u:ls- had the weisai q experience Is e9aslg
against the assumption ot Z material coa6Illlu =
soziely u1ioae 10 chzrscIs-- II lie arose O1ce
10 e1Gss9 9ueace Of material conditions, Seieuce u
f1-is % jls,i5cailol ior he assertion thst s11h
conditions mar n3t be repeated, possibly n olr
Laboratories.
T6is Is substantially the position tskea By NJ.
Proctor IL the latest expressions Of his views, and
bF Professor Tylilu IN his latest discussion Of
matter and lie aud s1oh appears y 5e The gro9-
ing conviction O those q tie present generation
o. scientists most persa6e5 5y the s1Irli q seen
t-6c progress. Saws Professor tyndaI: 90 The
conclusion Of Science which recognizes uubrCksu
casuzl connection between the past End The pres
e.; u1sii uzi1ab;ei.y be ihat The mo.,ea earth
contained within Il elements q lie which gr0Cped
themselves ia.o the.t P-esea; forms a. ths planet
cooled" TIE c01Gext shows ibzi by = elements
Il lie. Professor lgr5al does aot mean e1UtIeS
b1i possibilities Of hoiacal-r coaiiiion bE which
tie phenomena OF ilfe Eere 10 d evolved ia tHs
uailrlI coarse Oi events. let by The nirscalous
addition q nes iorce bat by means o. the iorces
z--es1y il pay
Tie 6l5o1liy ani reluctance encountered by
this conception. be coatircss arises solely
from the TACT that the tbealoE5c conception oo-
tanned prior toot1aC q tie human mind. DID
lie alter 5epsu3 upon reasoning alone Il coall
20; bod is gr5uad = hour against lis uval.
Were not ul1's o-iEIn implicated
ne should 8coegi uith0ai . uurmur the ae-iva-
ti1l o. Eu5zlal and vegetable HE from What Es
cal i11-C1a5c nzt17e- TIE co1ciasiou OF pure IL
teIsct po51;s tbis var ana 10 other
Admitting the natural origin q life. the QcsS-
;ic1 srises- Whea 5ii life begin
Ols e-saet u tae sralsu5a sehool delights 70
trace the existing io-.ns Of lie back to some pm
zlrsial germ. ihroach changing conditions, tie
tendency o. living thiaEs 10 vary ir-m g-3erAtioa
10 generation, ;hs sarTSsi @; toe d,ieSs, e.e-, the
ore has become m4nv Bat there Is from ihis
posui o risE 10 satisfactory accocaisng for the
Persistence Of - uany primitive forms. o. for tie
present pfsp3l3sralcs q u13syeiope3 forms.
No- Is there Aay spficisai reason given for IS
s11uE that life began Onee, and once Oai!, II The
distant pasi
4 more Logical position Is oocUp;ei 5T those
Ebo iaro- the bFpoihesss that she material eao-
5.;l11s 1nie- which he originates are colnoa
conditions; consequently iha; the loS forms 0t
I.f- whieh swarm 10 the waters Of to-day are low
5zckuse O. thssr recsatnsSs- II they resemble
long pSst fossil forms thev DO 50 iron some n4ll-
ral izE q evou.i0a. rather than IN conseo o1eocs
q 6i-ect descent From this point OF vieE there
uay he 90 eiose- klnship between humanity and
existing brutss than arises from common reia-
tiouship 70 Mother Earth Man nav Be eossin
g TIE spe bat ibSi does noi Necessarily follow
from the theory Of evos1tion. IS the Science Of
lie fEirrs VII regard it.-.>,iszfise -zIsrIoIg.