, 1877-10-21
THE Belief in Heaven Derived
from the Instructive
Nobility Of Man.
7.n;yersalist General Convention
This Week at DR.. Ry-
dcr'S Church.
General Notes---Pious Perver-
sions..-Personals---Ser-
vices To-Day.

.FFCENT ADDRESS By PROF. TYSDALL-
~, address WAS delivered by Prof. Tyndall on
,t,,,ay evening, Oct. ]. at Birmingham, En-
.,n, n President OF the Midland Institute
Wr,ske from the London Times OF Oct 2 the
conclul;ng and more important portion Of it.
.f,<, = r.eay1 ulaton Of tue scientific principles
r,-.-n;,1g the correlation Of forces, Prof. Tyn-
dill went on As follows:
Tbe ouickncss Of thought hiss passed into 1
,-nyrrb amt the noeiun that. any measurable
tin. rla,>ed between the int}iction Of wound
nd the feeling uf the injury would hare been
rae.1ed as prcposterous thirty years AGO. Ncrv-
~, Impressions, notwithstanding the results Of
E,lrr. were thought to be transmitted, if not
1osta;,ta.4cuus!y, at all events with the rapid
;tr q. electricity. Hence. when nc1nilulz, in
1S3l. affirmed, Us the result Of experiment,
1,r7yus transmission to be = comparatively
s}rre;.l prorrss. very few believed him. His
r1-r;ueiits may uoH be made III the lecture
7,x,a Sound in air moves at the rate Of !, lU0
IT., second; sound tn water moves at the rate
-, .nD feet = second: light III ether moves at
tar rate of l9a.oN miles second, and electricity
in f-re wires moves probably at the same rate.
Ri, ,hc irrres transmit their messages ut the
cic Of ouly scyenty feet SECOND, progress
which in these Quick lines might well be re-
gar:ed Is infol.rably slow. Your townssnan,
81, Corr, has produced by electrulysis 4 kind oi
aptnonr which exhibits an action str1kingly
sraloguls 10 that Of nervous propagation. 4
',:;n 1h,t ,r;,.r rn,, scratch ~ hrat IN.
~ ~ ~. rofl ,},e t1istur.,3nrc rrnnar.a.es H.
snle h,tnra v,n,r 4ves 70 the other end
tie onward march OF The disturbance
icing auuuunced by the development of heat
ensr s,,ch W., the molecules Of Inc nerves are
s.,rs,:.ira1r ];v.rthr,wn. and II Nr Gore could
I,.3r ...,.;sn snn,, means oi w;rI1jntr IN his er
1.u.,rj an,;muuv. AZ the nutritiyc nlood winds
49,, ,,,,,r.,n; ,crx,S m, t,,,nnaris.r ,ynul1 he
cola.e;e The subject NAV be summed up, as
1su i;oyes-I Rev moul has summed it up, by ref
,,enr. to the case Of 4 whale struck by llar-
ruon in The tail. If the animal we're seventy
t4., loa.. second would elapsc before tho
disturbance could reach the brain. But
1hs mrcssion after its arrival has to
t.tTusc itself and throw the brain into
s1on:uess. Then, aud nut Til then, the com-
u.;J 10 tie tail to defend it ttscltis shot through
;]:t motor nerves. Another second must elapsc
betorc thc order reaches the tail, so that more
t!.;1 two seconds tr:ansplrc between the indic-
t;pu II; tie wou,:d aud the muscular response
u: tur Dart wounur.l. The interval required
:or tic klndiinn vi consciousness would prob
ally ;ucrr thai, suffice for the destruction Of
III, :ai,l by lightning or even tE a rife bullet
Before ,hs orran can arrange itself, it NAV,
therefore, be destroyed, and in such ease VIC
1n.y sai,ly conclude that death is painless. The
experiences of common life supply US with
'ous INSTANCES vi the liberation ot vast stores
If muscular power by au infiuitcsmal "prfm-
iuc'' vi the muscles By the nerves. We all
h.iow the ciIecs produced on nervous organi-
zatiua ly slight sound which causes alright
Al aerial wave, the energy Of which would not
.yarh a minute fraction of that necessary to
y:;s. the thor,anlth Of grain through tho
1l!ousaudlh of all inch, can throw the whole
human frame into powerful mechanical
sy,ss1u. followed by violent respiration and pal
ru,,.srp.r,os
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vii ~ In. ear' Uf 1bis The ]an,rn1c,l 1.anee
rt-rs ,ne f,1Inw;n~ vir;I ;ilnstrat;ons rnr1-
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t,,rrS thc ru,,n wifi, - 1..la,Tr,1,, hearing the
w'r,is i an,ma,,' "''' n,n lows Z r.
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ho.ses.a The servant aiss. In starts thc mer-
rh.n r.,i:s. ,,aS ,ata ao1e 1accs 1h1oueh
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tnnr 5r;,er s in'7,,a1;a,tI" at the h,nl. ~ thc
Hmrs. and o,n.I,," his cn,nmcr,.;al friends.
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Ee.~c H.. thro,rs 7 n;n,srlf nn1.o nore info h;s
cssy-,hajr WIN a 5e,.rslraw1, sjrh. aThank
IA 49,, n,..;,,a. t,,a wors+ ,,d nov
for fur1l M 1l.r - rrt,,.c,ion - Tn;s connle1 mass Of
a-tion crn,,t;'s,i ;nt c,,o,tna, end mechanical
Is evoked Lv Tue INTACT upon the retina OF the
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r..> J.; % .arsl,- ~ hn+,e fan..t;,n ra1c,',.-
tio1o :;i, -, .,,i .,,1 ,1rnn,rross ;ntna
pu,n.n, What |.,,s1..i thc ;nrr,.,1r to snrino
IN, If h;s ,;,.irt Tt,. contrartinn of his mus
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in,n,s -, ~. n'.r,as ,sh;rh iifts:1 1hn mower
),:r;, ea3 ,hn-at.3 ,he ,n,1srnIar nnwcr.
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