New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-03-21
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whether verbal organic, In both cases. 'he hios III
tcr,sting branches OF inquiry relate 10 the exceptions
which may found TO the general miles OF eUistrucuoh
In tbs animal world especially, the conditions OF exis-
fence are 90 COMPLEX aEdsntagontc as give rise 10 al
endless variety Of apparent anomalies Professor "hu
Instances the different effects 0f food on dliient phyFlca
constitutions Some perSons eanhO' "it mutton "l'"'"'
Iutrv Others arc made sick by oysters OF HOLSTERS
others canuO, hr the smeh Of roses or ne~lhOWh nay
On the other hand. there are animals thai can s~ao"
uoson yitho harm Pigeons have boon known 70 take
from twenty 10 nifty grains of OPIUM, as u u hat
been 40 much corn rabbit has eaten oisi'ais aou
continued ~ lively ever some monkeys reJoice III
largo doses oi nntne and stryennc II they had beeu
70 the manner born" Now these discrepancies from
the usual standard the writer Sirius cannot he ex-
tlaiuel BIZ any known yecuaii.ies OF structure nor DO
ihev fan Within the scope " present means OF ches
ca, nd mcroscOpca Investigation. II Is general rue
moreover that tbe OF tie eggs hnG the young chenS
dovoyes on the female. But with kind OF frog, the
lale twists the eggs about HE less ana carries them
around IN this way till tic young are hatched Some
fishes take the eggs IN their mouths Until tehcd ana
whether they cat not during that tine We do not Know
with the surnam toad after the ege are laid the male
plants them upon the females back, aid the shi grows
between them 60 "a to fo.in cell. until the tad
pole Is born. when the sAin assumes lie natural
t,o,dto,i. Some vertehIates have no oacEoche
The nttc ish called lanceet has spine but delicate
restinous rod with trace Of separate vorteera MOI
has the grange animal either skull or brain The Ner
IL sack ard The heart tube There are no lmoS OF
avs no red blood eOIpusce nor Is Il certain thai theie
re any special organs OF Numerous other exee
olal cases u animal stIurilue arc described b! TIE
s,it.r who insists on the Lesson which they afford Of
nodes,y and caution in dofmatie conclusions We
.hoad discriminate between what we know, ara "ha'
ec conjecture however plausible may be tie grounds ei
inference The characters vi gIeCp are merely pros-
cpai until all its memberp have been Thoroughly exam
med The same is true OF species. No absolute az
Is Wit ue
,.ion Yet zoology has its wiDdbags and charlatans
ike every ether branch o: study The most SWcepnf
statements are often heard rom tnc most iSnornn ana
once.ted. Fools rush IN where angels rear 10 utai'
There are naturalisis WHO bring forward dOsm'Se
theories IA bo,ogy solving thc most profound rioh"nf
with the scaat t provision Of facts Professor Wilder
presents an example Of qnte different type o! the
student of nature. He approaches the subject with
deep sense of the limitations Of human knowledge
While be maintains that the exception. which nave pteh
ooed may accounted Tor uron the hypothesis " the
creation of organic forms 10y indirect methods, he arins
chat the true theory evoiCon VII probably he found
uuc less simple than sIS llhefo proposed a"d that
there ave sill problems remaining IA Satue - nute-
us and complex as 70 stimulate ON highest endeaVors
!nr their solution Nh. Grsut Watc's article on the
"Auarican Pronunciation Of English VIII pscbabl!
meet with more general acceptance thun some Of BE
previous spccula:iOus the Use of words. although
h,- structures on the national especially among
women, aIe 10y meals ta'teriug 70 the national
urde. He remarks, With lnc"Di arabic frankness =
AS peOple uter ioBgGase yiiely; as people
9e have bad tone Of voice and very unpleasant ihb"c
nous i'll great variety OF UDpeasdnthess. according 70
the place Of b'h and breeding IL X only ~ CON
paIatiyely small although aciusy numeFous cree OF
urap,+ of hig, social CULTURE. in Newfoundland and New
York and in the latter place anoHc those OF NJ" In
gsud birth very direct decent that TIE true stand
ard OF Euglish speech s found IA this country! Ana
even there We too often End proper pronunciation rlrto
II anN fF al
toa dispss on to a sloycniy dropping or snrins O.
eylahes The clear, firm, clsp enuroiaoh OF TIE We +
bIed En:,shman and particularly o. the velbi"d IN
eish woman Is heard among or most cultivated
People with pIrGtve rarity what " " thht mas -
ttated the voices ~ american men, AID si NOR
II most American women For there is no donbi that
the fair sex aIe IL this respect the least 20 be sAmrec
Among u hundred men you wifi. find perhaps ten o. :
dozen who will open tlcg mCGtGs and speak Clearly ana
freely; hut among hundred women not more than one
You shall see lovely, bright creature. with all the eH
terna evidences OF cCtue about her, woman VINO VIZ
carry Won c.pv We 50 lol a. silent hu let hcr open
lerprey bps and che shall pierce your car Wlt! ue'u
thin nasal raspnc tone, which 0t once dihnisheo he
charm An Eng sh woman, even az the lower ciaSs15'
Will delight you with tie rich, sTect smoOtH. aud
yet firm and crisp tones III which she utteFs
what may perhaps BE- very ba1 graniiIar
Mr. John Burroughs hes "a Flual Word Emerson"
combining warm appreciation Of the merits of the brave
Massachusetts thinker with perfectly cear perception
o. LIZ limitations not TO say defects he describes NJ
Emerson prisoner 10 his own Idea HI Is shu' In b.
granite walls with little 'Gith IN Anything bc ond 'hein
The whole domain Of emotional poetry, tie poetry ~
Gntd humanity Is foreign to his nature. What he values
Cost In Shakespeare ia his marvellous Wit and pregnant
sav,ngs He finds poet II France ana see little III
Tcunyson but melody and color He demands the all ~
rrehed that Il will not make good red blood ana plenty
or Emerson painted bg this nrst, rs deficient III
eylrpatby This accounts Ia measure for his cooiness
btic 10
iieli man. you may wroste with hun. swim with him
or lodge in the chamber and eat ri the same table
end he is still thousand mics OF He u sheef p'ec'
nice ma not H. tricd with ON the lecture stand DC
might be # wood far he responsive to TIE MOODS
and fecinsa of his audience. II is no mush and lilS
tins, YOU get al hia abe. Mr. Bmronchss praise OF bis
sn,eet 4, the more cordial. from lie DOt being uuo nd
fioDal Seldom have Hs. EmcTsOas true position aud
influence Oh American thought been more justly aha
generously sat,d than In tic following paragraph -
Bu; after we hare made a possible deductions H"n
Emerson there remans the fact that he is living force
and tried by home standards. mater wherein doe
the secre, OF his power lel He is the prophet ahH
philosopher of young The old man ana the man OF
the world make little Of him. but OF the yei,h WHO Is
ripe for him he takes almost unfair advantage One
secret of bis charm take "a be the ilstdn success "'H
when be transfers Interest Ia the romantic the chi'
oirous the heroic the sphere OF morals and tue nte
let We are let into nnotaer wam unlocked ior where
daring and imagination also lead The secret Hud sup
dressed heart In one finds champion TO the young
mar Eel upon the penny preccps and staple Johns"I"
lam of English literature IL Is surprise II y rcveia
ton. A new world Opcus before him. The du neaI
M his sprt ale resolved shown 10 be The
fixed stIis Oh his frnGuen brought imIneas
r. Ig near He drops all other beoks. He Will gaze and
vouoer Emerson is the knigh. esrant OF the moral
s.ptIut He leads this country the holy crusade OF
the arctlous ard the utuitons AGAINST The upatlone
OF tradition ami theological dogma He marks the
upta Amor