New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-12-15
THE LECTURE.

Suppose that ! have here before mo A..
| Cook said. frog and FISH. rabbit and A n,.eon
Iono'e Tue upper t"0-thds Of the frogs BRAIN never
"o'os'' "ou' assistance, he can keep his pose upon
| my hand, and / turn T. over 10 Strands no,,
| on the edgr ana now on the back o. p,v
| hand But II / place food before him b,
VIII not touch It, place him beside the pool from
| Wbch no was taken, no viii not spug in 20 ,,n liz
| mates lie ia mummy, and will starye TO death n :
! leave him amid the very surroundings which have al
ways Kept hlm alive. Butif tos. him into the roo
! lie viii swim away. and vii Keep on ,wimloio,
in straight line until something nteryraes 20 sfop him
Pcrhap, hc viii come Og the opposite bank but the,
he viii stop; without external stimulation be uossessss
no activities whatever Just with the fish ~ thu.
mutiato him. ne. II tossed into the stream VIII Keep M
the rythmc motion OF hi, FMS stimulated by The action
OF the water but not rs he did viii he shoot
up from ms aqueous couch % seize the unvary insect
The mutiiated rabbit viii away II you de.
charge pistol is ,cAy, sensitive ears, tho gem
viii dy while tho air stimulates the marvellous mecLan-
ism Of It's WINGS but ~ fight Is = straight line. THUS
far We have deyatCd from the strict method OF
pertinent Unjust again this evening lead yOu into the
shadOwy borler-land where an science stands in
pcctancy; might better ssy into the borieroccan
which we are already approaching the blessed isles N
certainty ~ to the immateria when we have taken
away the upper hemisphere OF the brain, have taken
away the power Of sedircctIOn. The nerves two.
fold, the influential and the automatic. our expert
ments have made two thing, clear namely, that when
animal possesses it5 entire nervous system. can ni-
tate notion but that when the upper part the brain
Is removed it becomes mummy and WIZ starye beside
rs food. Up to this point haze placed cct upon
10 boggy sod
Motion cannot be accounted for hy matter. Tyudan
bas defined matter doubic-flced somewhat phys'-
cal on ,dc and spiritual thc olhc- H. has not
sand exactly ths5 10 be be has never sid anything
definite that IN matter We have extension, Inertia.
etc; in mind we have none OF these qualities.
Matter can never account Tor its own c9oriiHA-
ton. The ghost which VIII not down at tao BID
ding Ofmateral5m has name .ull % iorehodin- 90 the
future al materaiistc belief; 10. name Is co'i,clton.
We come back 90 the animals which wc have mUtatcl,
and we lnd that the m,ohai "a %. their bodies. marrnt
lols "a - H. must be- stimulated i.um without Sow
what j. il that stimulates! You say that behind H"
operation OF ths mechanism. IS the reflex action
Of the nervous system. What - thr cause
" the reflex ac,ioni Why, tho coordinoci
structure. WHAT behind tna;l Ine oiopasfs what H.
back OF the biopasts' Chemical aHnit.es what caused
the chemical anigie5 Ali! yoy hay" not given an ad-
equlto There mast De- atc.e, cause for cyerj
chan When men tc.i us that $50 mus Mt knock ai ~
door ~ the iracurht t' stories, TOT ~ h.'i 'h Aiit
ing. and nv aud bf me door VII ht op"h'l' 7i'p'.
appeals 10 Caesar, puI 60 Caesar size shall o.
Natlcr mas one H'I' 'i iH7 .'u'u,'' "''.'' a., ..
tie incaFa" % {" orr ltI .'i'r l'Itt D., "a "-."
cause. or .ps!,t5 motion EG' lower keyboard ot iic
nervous system viii uroiur, music unless We play on
IT, We are agreed up 70 tEis pltt, ltl' 'Mr' 80 u
Is matter and can produce o. i.eI' ho 4tA,A ." H"i'a
ID
movement But how Goes % inuai" increment me
upper keyboard Is matter j1.t as ceiihH' a.
cannot ia the other Something plays on the ulrtr
eyboard too. What Is tlIat sOmetiuugt what r. tho
like results There Is Coubtos, perfect a-rce.It ne
tween te pcraion OF the IVORY ky of taIs or-au and
the anthem which floats Forth from i.s pipes
the conclusion tGa, there j. a CONNECTION be-
tween tie upper keyboard of tlc BRAIN 2ut
that witch cdl Thought Let az adhere 10 The or
thodoxy u stmea,;o.Warluc,s and then, and only
D. p. t ID
side OF tis ciirct motions different flon forces We
are told that tbc Ji aN tur intimate paftls of
mattcJ Produced li-Al Buy What prodlscb i.r -.,ttt
God SAID let there be- rIaf a.I There wa. L-a-
Truth shoots Through tine unY'ss., and 20 b, as true
beyond t-c NCrtu star, aa a- }oh.ci b'' -'ol.i iAi
ever, change mu.r have cau-.. wills. prrs,ur,, no-
ti1u,. inc Wvtrs trIusti-l-,. NAi Uroduct, moo
to., and upt4ius "-o As pr0 u..d . or cFi can DO
n /, wi thai the planets % uIr,h I'D eternal ar
mont, cye-y ou. Win LpI!-ni IJr. Ilt uI.tl-- = ,
burning BUSH Of which orion and A' seven STARS are '
tL. lowest l,4L
T,ulan FAY. that we must SO define matter that The
ivocy kays win explain the musc. When hc - ASKED
t ivory fs D. replies that ivory Is that which as t9e
,,-,,ir af ,f, potency OF a music; that ivory 8 sc
r.l,,-i5-, somewhat by which al tis j. accomplished
P. arl tc seven stars act IN the east. men viii not
. ND the BELIEF that there must always be sufficient
ems, Tie inyolutl0n must equal the eyolu-
'rou: Is much must 70 IN Is comes out
Now what comes ont q the orgsnl sonl-the soHi or
u Beethoven. Mozart g layd,n-aud so1l must 20 M
II Won want ai that comes ou OF Laei 20 enter INTO
tb definition OF matter WHY tlatis nomItter auSa-
ter Carlyle SAYS a. Frederick o, Prussia said before
him that il Is incredible that intellect moral emotion
aud rloi, were out into man hY being which had ucrc
,f them 10 give Transfer this metaphor Of The organ
to the human frame That organ ~ the brain end the
invisible musician at the keyboard with the ring
NJ Owes on his finger Is the soul. In this
bup3u organ We have keyhosrds the lower and he
.r Tie lower i ivory and 80 u the upper There h
apavllesIu between The motions al lhese kels nni
thought oI; n'.f o,.- m 81 - 81, ~
p,r1e,n NOT iteutltS ana science 'nhot niin-S 'u'
chlsm Motions are 20: i'lteS aAu tn,.. 'o> w, =
tU much about what Is inside bl sue5 hs we An4,Ars
ms. s, tho csr docs uJ ueaf uless tht llt 3-cs
me II ms. r- tlc ESQ does nor .r ana = F1lut.rs'
u1lrs, me .l strikes upon b. 50 the ,ip'n We isJ,i
u The BRAN. ur'nsl T1ra t' g vi Vt bes
ioyed ,1,n But M, te destruction o thr csc DOES NOT
involve tE, des,lH'tsG o. tb yibr9Sns u the atmp..
there al Inc destruction brain j0,s not nn we
9esirneto 81 ne NH H. dcstru,tcr 81 TIE harry he
strov fle harp.rl Thi, question before "ht'H 9"
stang ,sc, ~ '" q; ~ blac6 the cheek Does dc,t2
end ain Nai H the relation OF tAe s'u.
to tS CyH G S 90 'ii mm"raiy can be- proved hut
ylrtnr or not death destroy me 7"9t 'fi '5
somcthns a't, G' Sn,i n on ne Mississippi p.s,
island No 10 ana New Orleans qua get 'h'o '"o cum
'.t..g ire immortality Of instinct iOu say
,s tbnt the case Is the same Win man AMI animal
! IN, NOT here 10 dod-e. what u straightforward
mesa calls "a. 10 admit that instinct = im-
mortaIl Asassiz wcu'1 not O' snoc"'d TIC
la May we nor Jo6 forward to q spiritual existence,
CHI, W. sball steu 10 concert Of the combined NO ~
an rho wond,w May il not D, that 10 that song
h. d, now h,teuusl Standing az A-as,z's grave.
with Butler aud R.chtJr and rcnnysou support
lug tins OPINION 50, t1 We ~. WI ro'N 1870.
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