New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-01-03

periec there is not sentence In the bible that con
hets with the idea that made n savage ~ was
Joan Milton who created man perfect In the world IL
perfect in beauty and complete In an their
Intelligence. and placed them In the Garden OF
beautiful Eng iish But there was not word of that
the Bible nothing whatever to indicate that man was
created perfect Consequently all This battle was waged
upon a mIscOnceptOn and far as the orthodox
CONCERNED In their views Of the Bible there was not
suHie issue OF any reality involved Not that II would
have boon important even II there had been for we all
kI.w that in the end knowledge which Is fortified, ana
sure Prevail over aIv anxou9 Dgot that may attempt
aid 4 any OF its fOoieh friends.
Mo-. is worth while 10 remem or this old battlefield,
afcr has grown cold az 1t SIMPLY gives the history OF
intellectual conflict in this wCd when - the
history OF all When any new generalization comes 1Ortn
be IL Newton Calico, or Darwin, the old force
up spirit which desires 10 preserve
the existing order fortified against the new fact After
the contest is waged and the fact ary established
both parties are found there. and toy wonder how
their fathers could have fought bed aud died over nh
small issue as the antiquity OF man. however Io IA
itself that question may have been IN It's tine tuneu
TIE eye Of the world upon the fact that human hao
and human power was being unioded Dy SCIENCE, anJ
mind of was being uaned to look seddy ulOh ieaI
questions concerning our nature our nope anu o'i
fdith.
DApwIN HIMSELF A CASE OF EVOLUTION.
The y 1t theme was finally struck by Darwin. MI
Charles Darwin himself case OF evolution lie Is
himself Of the strongest products OF ongc'hthueu
research and family breeding in England lis an
cestors had always been men VI research. His BrdhG
fair r the Old Dr. Darwin who fret Indicated TINS
theIa evolution in ms celebrated book, HOoOnt.
IL
veOpment Is recent thnS, IL Is hhUr ' MaS us US
covered 45 years ago for when Dr. Darwin put iorth h
that time. 1t theme OF general discussion
ana carcaure. Ar Carlyle told me that he remembered
~ o University debating society they cohiiuu,d
wech). Whether man had been developed from caDnasc
ui1ip and the people who beheted III the cabbage
finally won That debate look place 30 years ago. 1hc
step of development was very niue one bul u never
had been presented to the seicniiihc mhd It r a
til Darwin Darwin himself, with an en-
thusiasm Tor nature conceived tnis l9oa wcn ne Mos
SrSaf splendid butterfly an "A b.. elly trat would
float away like a detached blossom. Tnis gave Inn an
nca unity in nature winch hc never forgot an IL ~
now one great pleasures to trace among ms friends
IN steady impression 10y whIcn Nature herself tooh nm
To nor heart ana taught INN his theme Oh eFuutlon
But Mr.. Emerson IN ms new Dooh' SO piesnGSnt
Us 1t ia with wisdom, has said one tnihs that
deserves the utmost consideration He says thdt
science made false impression upon inc worm VI
Thinkers 10y reason OF It's insol'tloh; "herelcf now
generalization Is made tat may DC sSIsiaotor! 70
technical mind, to scientific mind lt IS sun mere is
ment until II has been adopted ny tc imdsIhtoh uht
We n aIrea Ie" feel and know to be tue in
their developments. We have got 10 feed il
knowledge, our faiti ana our nope Livery sueh seJu
tile cation may be Translated mo All th u
ieIi,un I'M if cuut be so AT first. Ii hardly b5
usually with the man who first discovered That technical
evolution something like theme OF wisdom aud order
in nature, but long IA 1t meant Tor the mere masses
because the not able 10 derive all the reality
and meaning which rested IN snch techlc1i uelhtoll
rs tnat. Now, there TWO men VINO nave done
inc most 90 remove the doctrine evolution from this
false inpr,ss on ana they have been TAunas Huxley
ana Herbert Spencer Mr. Thomas Huxley represents
think, more Than any man now hVlng, WHAT We
may ea genus s 1Cf tS'H as Tspre s
above all the authority Of science; an authority based
upon no claim, based simply upon the power OF
sceIce make itself elt aud recognized as real actual
knowledge. NOW Lately an American author SAID tuat
been succeeded by the intLnbdiy Of inc Iibic was
finally he succeeded 10y the nlh0y OF Huxley ana
Darwin, ana lew Others but leily 'H't means sI'pS
iualliby of science, andi We VIII simply translate
science into ITS equivalent kowiedse' we W SEE tnal
where there Is actual knOWiedEo u must III rs ua'uo u
iufaibc There cannot be any question ABOUT Two hnd
Two maAins four 1t is mlallDlc, and ali science.
If it be true science 10 SIMPLY actual proved kho"ttgc
Now, Prof Huxley has SHOWN b. hs contain ny MS hes
itaon which shows on the subject OF epoh-
taneOus generation he has shown Himself most cautious
nmu-a man VIII not tako step unless he hncWs
that step Is based upon tne eternal Ioch uI lel
And believe tuat tiis paact does not show now any
tning more noble IN its CIVILIZATION than Thomas Huxley
psun represented by all the power Of tno thrVno, tne
wealth and Tic authority OF England
TIE AUTHORITY or SCIENCE.
May 90 here INTO little episode and ask you to con
slider why that science has authority which noih
ng else can have in this world. IL because the history
of science represents the he by little denominations of
knowledge and constant veritcatiOn OF facts until
all our information and knowledge has been built up
with as much certainty island Is built by the little
coral ANIMALS. 1t has been steady growth Now, for
instance in this Able lie skull gentleman that rst
made the discovery was waking out one day ana
had foumd little bone in the hollow Of gravel pit. lie
looked IT, ana ne recognized ~ once net II was
hurIan tooth to tuc gravel pit, told the men
to stop work himself tOOA away some DEBRIS anu hnay
Le came upon the skull OF man. ,-,,,
Now tins skull WAS 10 leet down. u, was DcloW ou
WAYS whore rivers mad run; II was below where the
showers had penetrated Far beneath the heaviest mass
Of geological strata found that human skull. Very
well. Inc scientific men iron all po nts OF Europe
fastened 70 the spot IIey CANNED every
saull was found, Mr. William Carpenter on the
ground the next morning; Charles iyol followed, amt
the thiid da5 the great sceEihc men iIon
parts hJcked TO the SPOT to bring their eyes To bear upon
vc and meet IN Paris and sat Tor seven Gays, ami was
known The Congress Of tne saul Inc Information
which WA elected tuleBIapCd 10 All parts oi tue
civilized world, and ali were given notice tuat skul
had found, aud then tne Congress adjourned to meet
on tine SaOne and there spent tree days. from
morning 10 night, getting at the bottom 81 gravel pat
(Ltugh,er.J Thry eat theii iuc9 tneie' ,tney ca,
until ate at night They found that that sku was dis
cnvere6 genuinely i'm that place Prot. Huxley explored
ALI the Eng isn cemeteries, wont 10 every cnrOhOOs
cal museum, and theS heapcd together hundreds 81
SKULLS aud tnen they examined this sknll and
coni3red il with tho one found at Abbcyhie
and considered whether there was any relation between
the two. They discovered That the SAUL found III AbDe
VILE differed fOn the European sgulls ana II rcsemblcd
oniy one that Prof Huxley had brought from the isand
Daruley. They passed three day az the bottom OF the
gravel pit. and then collected Hd the skulls OF Europe
10 compare tnem with taat bone that Tie scientists OIL
Europe had gathered, 10 prove las gcnnlneuess
Another OF the ex itude OF these knSlshinen in
tie matter science I0L al In the nt arrows; now
been picked mp large NUMBER Oh NUT arrows
Ihey found i caves. WIN many MARKS o antiquity
about Our men rOm Lpnd "A ven, over to Fiunce
and iOund tha inc "OrhHen- tne IaDoi hB uonnaN'nb
learned that hnt ariUws we're valuable, proceeded I"
counterfeit them. Tue French wOrknen aus Osed OF the
arrows 70 the LONDON men. representing That thoy were
real Tine scientists found that ~ wishing these
arrows with water they could discover which
arrows were Old aud which had been sur
reptitiousy manufactured. Al last the fronchmeh
found WAY staining these arrows 80 that washing
them would alec ncr color. But the scientists al
last concluded they would not bG cheated by the
thus adopted by the French labOrers, ana they
proceeded 10 investigate the mdLucr IN when thc saw
ages made q hiut arrow. After they were at II
Tor whle, they found they could maze flint arrow
that would deceive the others When they lad discOy
cred THIS process these found mat when piece
OF flint was TO be made into liant arrow, the nfs thing