The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-10-14

whore rcigning in physical nature, ne turned
dgilantly round upon nature and Jaw, and
own mind lie was not going to be the slave OF
II thing which he had himself crcntcd. There Is
n good deal to be said in favor Oi this view, hut
few Of MS prohnhly would b, able to bring into
play the scsyent transcend entallsm whereby
fichto melted his chains. why do some ~ MS
wkic oth her," do i not fear atai} Has not oar,
lyle somewhere said thnta belief IN destiny IS
the bias of all earnest mindsp 1t Is not
naturc,n SAYS Fichtc. lit ia freedom itself bv
which the greatest aud most terrible disorders
incident To- our race are gr9ndn,cGd, Nan - me
moral responsibility here energies. and It is the
possible l0o-rning I'll this responsibility that 50
uinly failed to Brighten bishop Butler. lie
Thought il untrue, but ne did not iear its prnoti
cal eons,quenccs:. ile showed. on the contrary.
in the Analogy that a~ lar as human cundul
is concerned. the two theories Of tree will and
necessity cum"to the sumo In the end. What *
meant by free Willy Docs II imply tn" power Of
Producing events without anirccdu nt--of start
INK. as 1t were. upon a creative tour of occur
r.urns without any inipul4e from within or
from without Let lis consider the point. II
there is al solutely or relatively no reason why
tree should fall. Will not fnll; and ifthcrr bc
absolutely or relatively no reason why man
should net. he Will not act. II II true that the
united voice OF TINS assembly could not per-
power to lit my arm II wished to do 81. With
la this range the conscious freedom of my will
cannot lc questioned. But what about the ori-
gin " the wish z" Are We. ornre ". not. COM
lirte masters Of the circumstances which create
our wishes. motives and tendencies to action 2
Adequate reelection will. | think prove that we
are not. What. for example have to do with
the generation and development OF that which
some will consider my total being, and others "A
most potent factor Of my total hring-the living
speaking organism which now addresses You
A. stated at the beginning of this discourse my
physical and intellectual textures were woven
Tor me, not hN me. Processes ~ the conduct or
regulation of which had no share have made
me what | ann. Here surely. If anywhere, We
are Us clay IN the hands OF the potter.
THE WHITE PAPER THEORY.
II il tho greatest Of decisions to suppose that
w, come into this world rs sheets Of white
paper. on which the agr can write anything ii
likes max ing u good or bad. noble or mean, us
the nEe plcasrs. tn" use can stunt promote.
or peryert pretN istcnt capactics but Il cannot
create them. The worthy Robert owen. who
saw IN 'AWthai CIRCUMSTANCES me Er,W iouiu-
ers II human character. was obliged to supple
nrnt his dOetrine 10y making the man himself
one Ut the circumstances II il as fatal as 1t Is
coWardly to blink IN Is because they are NOT to
our taste. How many disorders. gho-ty and bod
lly. are transmitted to us 10y Inheritance In our
courts of law whenever it il question whether
crime has been committed underline influence
of insanity. the best guidance the Judge and
/ jury can have IL derived from the parental an
ieeudents u the accused. II among these insan-
! ity Dee exhibited in any marked degree. the pre-
\ sumption in the prisoners favor IL enormously
enhanced. BECAUSE the experience of lie has
taught both lud-e AMI Jury that insanity Is ire
uucnty transmitted from parent 10 child
SHOULD CRIMINALS DE DROWNED?
| Tmet. some years ago. in a railway carriage.
| the Governor Of one ut our largest prisons. lie
was rVldghi.y nh ons.rvah, anu r.nr,lN. mum
/ Gus paris nt the Wnrlu' hl!l th,rougl student
o. IN" uu,i'~ ~ NJ N"i,loh' NJ uilu n. il"ii
into three distinct classes. Tho first class COM
! sisted of persons who ought never a. have hocn
,n prison ENtrrnal ac'id.ni; ana nnt internal
law. and what had happened 20 them might
hhpi'n 'o m IN, ~ Us. ney W'r" ,ssrhtltlly
| men oi SOUND lhur,.t stamina oHsh wear NJ
/ the prison garu. Then came ih" largest rlIs-.
tyilAru ui nun Nv nl,aurII ~ s,i .i-
ni.7 h.Iai OF ilni,II,un IH1'. 10 ih .u'i. ~
clr um-thn - wien w"ud inouH ihgn into
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p'"''''s' IN "''.''
/ l. i- not however from th. observation ~ In.
lIvilliil- that th. aiguurut against ir,r will
u- COMMONLY understood. derives It's prn lpa
/ fDr'r l. II "A. already limited iu,ituuft'. ia
| strengthened when ext indeed to H., rnr. Nln-r
OF you have been forced f1 listen 10 tho out rl.s
and ,isnunrnt ms which rung dIs,Ur,lnul
through M. land for some. wears AT .r tho tilb
li.atl0n of Mr. nnr,vin'- Origin of Species.
Well the wDrhl-ryen the clerical woflt-hu,
for Tie most unrt settled down in thr belief tha
Mr. Darwin. book simply reflects the truth Vi
nature: that We vino are now foremost ia IN,
files of time" Nnye come 10 the front through
almost en- lass stages Of promotion from lower
h. higher forms of life II to any one of u.
were given the pr. l,r. of loo king back through
the cons Al IT. - which lit. has crept toward n.
present outcome ms vision would ultimately
srmHy troa iii,i Mt a. caai human From ti '
humble society. through The int'.ractlnn ii II,
uleinher- and inc Storm. tp Of their best qunll
Ties. Il better ono emerged: IRON this again I
h,tier still unit, al length, 10y the intesra
ton of innmii"-iuinls through ages II ameli0ra
ton We came To he what We are to-day. We
tins generation mad 10 conscious share in III,
production OF tins grand and hrnrilceni result
Anyand every grnerution which prccrdod Ms ha,
u4tn liitl. shar. The favored organisms who's,
enrlrrrd Aseilcn constitute = our present -tor,
owed their advantage. it-t 20 Wllt W. IN ouI
Ignorance ire oll god 10 rall nr.idental vuriu
ton and secondly. to a law Of hrrriIty iu tn,
PASSING oi which our Suilrascs were n. cDl
leei-d. WIN characteristic felicity and pre-
cl-iou Mr. VI ittHew Arnold ms this question
into ih. fire.. ui poetry 'ut NOT out % the at
mo-pucr. of truth wA.n hr 'rih.- tho pro
r.--' nl amrIl,ri'..fi to"n power not ours I've
whi.h makes Tor rIshf.0u-nu--" H. then ouI
t-.U.srt- with tl.r f..,.l.t..it ,ttl ,.u