, 1877-02-16

nature; and therefore, to Gucihr, metaphysics
proper did nut c1if.. lie SAW thai mattcr with.
nntser; n1l he was the t'rat who attacked dual
n,nns wItcf, trratel mind and material nature,
tstentc and pllc1iorncnou, Or whatever else they
may he call"a, as nrpusinE pI'"ciLies: He neg
scpafai,le unit. Neither matter nor split tan
exist a1nne; Init everything in both in one; anl
It Ia cvt''ctt that II ID Just "a eFrOHct. 70 call
l,aturnl objects materialtens as It would be fo
tlfs vlcw nf the universe atheism, as II acknowl-
edges d God Rran1er and nearer In man thnn
the Hypothetical deaz ez n'aehi"a Of the sncdsns
There wu recently published letter from
Gocthc to Jncobi, III which the writer says:
Why soinf Yt'od people want a God existing
outasdc q the nn'yerhc u Hhat Do not under
stand. Dies not Goi exist IN the universe,
ist everywhere, entirely and undisidetl theca,tse
the wholc universe "a q manifestation u HIS, to
us, vt%ib1t f0rni), then does lie exist nowhere.
Outsde Of ths universe, there h no fpace: space
whcn a unlvcrte Is evolved. A limited person
altty does not 1T m Infinite being. which must
bs the highest, living, active ntit; MT y s'l
@ is as s's II t1e: i"es v we %s appes4 1as a.
perccpibls conceptions to the observing faculties
of material bclogs." .
In rygar.l to Gocthe's 1abors in special branch
prinepls wieh he i"sisls On % IL I'll his worSs,
hone Il all" Prof. Hnxiey iniorses this, and
adds: 1T forces the mind fnto lines Of Thought,
s sa s% Sntp ptsSssah c Saahs. T. ste eest1a
cil works In the natural sciences Is bis Meta
norphoscs Of plants," frat published, IN ITO.
In tits work hs attempted 10 prove that there
s aEai q N liz s se
world Of the vegetable forms was evolved:
This fundamental organ be thought he bad
found III tho leaf; but II he had been nlcrosco-
leaf. Applying the same reasoning to the cell
Development, lie would hare done ns We, en-.
19htef1ctl BY bis example, do now; l,e would
have looked for tle primary 1oI1n Of type, or
othtE name by which thc originating germ may
be called.
Goethe's next great labor was his famous the
ory Of the skulls of tnaf and the other mann
n1enatoS, tf' ey Of a sao u 81
bctng cUmposcd Of alnilar parts. This idca.
further developed nn.l applied to other parte, is
Of tho ut,uost Importance, and has eifected
eeyed e "e o natqm s s 90 sS oupd no.
cl sctcnces. To have proved the nnity OF typc
Of two objects 80 different in appearance ns
yertcbrm and skull, and Afterwards Of other
objects, was to have naada m immensely pro-
gressivc stel.
Goethe also proved that certalu differences
between the psseuuE 6rstelns uf man aud tile
lower mu1utualn, which had hecu Insisted on be-
fore Lis time, did not exist In the elnl,ryos, aud
only appeared during and after growth.
II Is gvfdent that what Goethe ralled meta
! morphosls is identical will what We call evOlu-
| tion. Witness tlle following expression: "1ho
| triumph OF mctamorps,osIs Is shown when this
theory teaches how simple organization bteets
fninilles, how families split up into races, and
races Into various types, With m intlnty uf In
| livldualltiea. Natuto t1nnot rest, nor prcacrre
what she produces, but her actious 90 on al H.
| fHi{uM."