, 1877-01-29

Z co,lrtc Of stx lectures on sclcnco anu man ~
lfc.el.eys Music Hail. Tho first OK the lectures
was delivered yesterday afternoon to a highly
Interested audience. The subject under consul
Grafton was "Forcglcalns Of Mnn tn tho Gco-
logical Age" mud was listened to with taps At.
The Professor. introducing h!s lecture, re.
marked that Agass!z used to ny that uAi meant
man when he made tho t,sl,. Oxen used to say
TINT man represented tue sun. total OF tho an.
nal kingdom. Emerson used 10 say that no
science ia sublnc until II touches tnsn. savans
md sagcs spoke wisely. III thesc sessions wo
are to traverse past aniicipatoFy oi man.
Tic past Is written in tho carth's crust D. n
few chalk dcltncations the speaker showcd new
lie dcltaeatcd the "lifc-lawn" from Its
| fossil cntot,lbcd in tho Oldest rocks. It was
body without members. The first d.,sft Of li1e
on the globe answered TO the tirst DRAFT Of cfefy
iife-tiaWn las !cft ia 1uins through rock eya-
tom which attaus tlickncsspf nineteen mtlcs,
ANIL. taking tho Average growth OF teuttncnts ns
80 ysa1s ay Se
earth lave eycled on utter the getting u i'ic
before tue getting of norse' n limb Il mouth
II "Lonciy M God" Is tho daring metaphor Of
q Western barl M lie looked on tho face o.
Shasta, cold, barren. and solitary. Lonely and
idle as Col, the mind says tl,at. measures tllie
uniyersc BY tne.seNie " y 600 yea5s; Asass,z sa
believed tEla. a!l things were created In germs.
bees In q sort Of hive Of germs, and men III
sort Of nation OF germs, but az germs arc
alike, and specs from the lisc.lawn animal
Of fish, bird, or man. II n fish tosccassel Iuat
in It's structure, 80 may Tue dnw!l-:nImal havo
been fainter forecast Of Tho future man. AZ
time passed, diversified forms Of llfe Appeared
sca.wccds, one representing " Its str'l:tnre
rout, another stem. and another a leaf. II was
not i'll vegetation came Oh tho land that tho
parts conhincd 10 Term p perfect n,an1. o,,oa If
crra.ton with the animal. Tho cgg.bcaring
! orean Is called an oraEy. Now, eefosc the oyary
appcara nh the organ OF an animal, y apprars rs
ful ltt!e bell-shnpcl Jelly with tho mouth pend.
cnt like the rlappcr oi bell. II pants ana
pulses through THE sen, slayins and eating. IL
showed that t!s rnvlng :lsuusa u tne egs,saae
. Il stomach, nuotller lung. Independent animals
unite and form ono and Tue oitgans arc eo,or-
, dinatcu. independent. zoofds have united 10
stomach nn!ulRl in tho form OF d ea'.
Il is n stomach which llasl gaincl o few
nppcndarcf, anong uctn heart. Instead Of 2
single pulsatsnr sac, which ts tho first tir9ft
!. | OF heart, sapa las III Autclc aud q vcntrsc'n,
yclns and arteries. Hut Nature, having nd
yarrel to double l,caEt, tlncs not know low tn
! use 1t. Aursrle 'inrcsaantly changes tnto ven
:, trfcic, a1lu ytntriclc Into nurlclc. rhctc anE
lnals ct,grcgatu Il, vast shoals, and, III theit
pl.osp'orcscilec, glare llko pillars OF Tire, green
:. unl cIIfs,. They unite into claIns. and nI-
y pear Hike wr!tliug, fiery ucrpcnt, gliding oYel
:. Tho speaker then showed hois, from bone
7 lcss compound, animal creation advanced to
vertebrate with l,Dncs. liz went Ou to skctcl
/ nearer md nearer antlctpat!ons or man. -, =
J method Of creation. Time was when Satlir'
:. stopped With the egg. Tisnu patect', aud Sa
r. t!re madc ai' oyary a9 animal A part,