The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-03-28
We arc All Wrong.

We are All Wrong.
We have always hitherto taken solid COM
fort in the thought that this world is gov
crncd by fixed and unerring laws, and that
all things. whether moral OF material. must
and do render strict obedience to these inn
mutablc dccrecs. If We were not sure
that cause would produce its cf-
feet, what trouble would cnsuc, If it
was never certain that when you added
two and two together the sum would
be- four what arrangements would occur IN
commcrccl Suppose that eight was not in
variably one more than seven, what would
have become Of the trick to count in HAYES
suppose that sometimes water ran NJ hill
and sometimes down. would not the hyflrau-
lie engineers he IN a quandary! Suppose
the sky occasionally fell, wouldnt it be dis
agreeable, even II you could catch lark-.
especially as they would be Of no use to you
when you got thcm9
Thus we seq how much our happiness, our
prosperity, and our general wcll-bcing de-
pend on natural laws and our faith that
they are unchanging and Interchangeable.
Therefore, when Nine. BLAvArsKy, ono
col Hierophant OLCoTr's theo-ophl-t- en-
tightening WorH reporter, spoke with
disrespcct, and even contempt, ~ the law of
graVitation. with which the name of NEW
ron will be connected through all time. We
felt a ii Il near and very dear friend hal
been abused 10y that iconocla~tic lady Eut
yesterday a defender Of Nine. BLAvArsKY
argued her cause IN that journal, and if we
are not mistaken in the style Of the letter,
that chIvalric defender * no other than
our pondcrous friend Herophant OLcorr
himself So thinking. We have perused the
letter with great rption Of interest and
profound regard for the arguments adj
vancod. Hierophant OLcOrT's speciality is
Eastern lore particularly an that CON
carns the mysteries of Buddhism. FL
th'o-puhical religion he has culloI from
that stor", and hc it was who di-c,tcrel
that the earliest ancestors OF the Aryan~,
that is, The people who lived somewhere
near the time of ADAM and EVE, had fur
ni-hcd 10 the Buddhist priests that long
sought prize. the true and perfect religion.
Wncn, therefore. Hcrophant OLCoTr talks
about the mysteries of the infinite, We lay
-ldo all other occupations and listen to his
words with respectful attention.
II this WDrM writer is he. our Oriental
friend -u-tain- Nine. BLAyArsNY in her OPP
position t. the law Of gravita,ion with zeal
and pom eruu-nos-. He spcaks Of the tour
rcut notions concerning that law and in
stances many cases whore solid b0lir. have
totally di-legarlod its dccrecs, and poised
themselves in mid air, with nothing TO sup
port them but tine ambient ether Hero
plant OLcOrr says That the Prince of
WALLIS and his stan saw mdr in
"a. ait ...I, a. tt. /. H..
Light with nothing to support him, while
gravtlllon In vain tried 90 bring him down.
II this dill really happen, it was a very oy-
traoriiuary thing, and we shall await with
cagcfne,, the forthcoming official history Of
the piince's Experiences in the East. in order
t. read about This marvellous occurrence al
length and IN detail. Wrnu-t rSncnNcr.
however, tiat lle.ophaut OLcorr was not
himself present at the performance and ,a
get. his Information regarding ID from mor,
hcarsay. MI BULL RUS RUSSELL can tell
rs about it more accurately Still. We do
not yet discredit the story, for pos .ihly DR..
DIX may some day lit himself to the top OF
Trinity -trel !" by hi- boot straps.
There ARE many repeated instances Of hut
man bodies floating about Ia tncair as ifihrir
Substance was mpondrpolc but We regret
never TO have soon the feat performed. Al.
HONE, the sprtuai.st, it is assorted, thinks
nothing OF sailing about the room, and IA,
has no fear of starting forth in the air from
the tOpmp-t window Of the highest house
WhonneXt Doc attempt either Of those things
We hope We shall be there to 500.
The WorH writer, after diepo-lng 81 the
law Of grAYlntion, attacks that other
natural Law, supposed fixed and untraus-
gres-able- that man cannot 1--we whom cut
open and disen.boNel!od.' II has been held
since the time OF AacCLArIU5 and GALGs
that to keep this human machine rnnuiu-.
you must give it fuel, on food; that the
bowels arc tho furnace OF the'at"lm ma
cuiuory Of man, and as ESSENTIAL to his
existence as tho furnace Of steamboat
to it's locomot.on. They arc very
delicate part II the human organism,
and snl -,lHs would hesitate about roe
moving tlnm, eYcn if thy were diseased,
except from % cadaYor, Yet, this Woii
w.ter whom wa sumo to bo liirrophau.
OLcoiG a,lroos with Mac iLAyATshY aud
tnat entertaining French priest, the Albd
llCr That II is "no uncommon thing for the
ituas 10 cat themselves open, expose their
ontrAils, and Chen, Bringing tho severed
rdyos together with u few passes Of the
hand 10 cause the wound to heal inalanta-
ncou9ly, without leaving scar" II this Is
90, " IL wonderful, aud Wo advise al our