, 1877-02-12
SCIENCE AND MAN.
Prof. Cummings Lecture OIL "AIan In ths
NtakfHE,n


his series Of lectures OF. "Sclcncc and Man ~ 10
q larg. and respectable audience ut IIershoy's
Music Hail, yesterday afternoon. Tlc subject
"Races In the Making" WAS very Interesting
ont, md waa listened to with much attention.
The following Is an abstract Of the dscourse:
The speaker said In beginning that no une
should say that In graphing with the problem
Of tic origin Of man and the races OF men, we
arc 6entiug our heads against n flnttless ab-
stractfon. The human mind never bent Its
powers 10 tho solution of n more practical
question tlIan this. This schooi-rnen toycd
with questions which Ind nothing
to DO with tho conluSt OF HE.
We arc concerned with questions of scupcnlous
interest TO- the welfare Of our Nnil. they cx-
lion. "whcthcr, in a state II innoeencc, ail
babea are not bon, boysl" We are beginning
TO expend portion Of our activity IN this qucs-
tlon: 'tNhctlscr, In state Of rattona1 exercise
o. ahs farat!e; al @ tanSs .,Gnia not oe 5n
question: "Whethcr tlod knows more than lie
knows tint III kuowsl'' We arc beginning to
exercise our powers on this qucatton: "Whrthcr
na knoMl,s wisc 10 .sn sa,lt, aa lw wy
ftfci" II tnaB Gun truce Ills ortglu 10 lnys.
teriols Power TINT wrought hy What VIC call thu
methods Of nature, the tacttra being many and
dirertc, tho types Of innn should bc many nud
diverse,
The speaker considered then how far ,nan,
like tho anlfnnls around him, varied with tho
aspect Of nature. lie showed that animals, IN
general, take tho color Of their hu''itat. liz
their habits. ilo then deliucatcd q tribe of
Diukas, who lire OH uplands by the White Nile.
q land whose soil IL red-br0Wn. The csIsor of
the Dinkas Is rcd.l'rown.. lie drew man from
low lautl between two tributaries Of thu Wlito
Milo, Tho color Of the soil In black, uEul the
man Is black. The habitat OF tho Dyoor y like
thai q the crane an! tlam!ngp, and ths pyo9r
ioaz neck, iong aud eaunt iis iia,Ss, 't ant
over l6o marsh. Here, then. smsns
n,en who llvs, almost q near TO- M:
as miserable. We tnd the SANG protective adapt:
ntohs between tho color ot the man unl that Of
his habttal, an,l uu exceptional! adaptation OF
form to al cxceptlOnal nu11 Ut life.
garment Of nof,.eonductlng b'ubbcr. Tho Fae-
slal On tho borslers Of tile Antarctic zose. tn
h0utcd anu unc'a'!, has an uttdcr.drcss OF non.
conducting fat. Not having mind enough 10
forsYs have played upon him IN tic Arctic lan.I
as II he were whale In the Asrtc seas, and de-
yclopc4 in him coat VI hlubber. Nhcru We
tllNl 1nan living near to Nature VIC tlhd hls
body played upon and modified by tho eanlc
forces and In tho samc way as the auln,als
ar0llI him.
Did he spring from single pair in arop!c
Edcn Us Milton sang, OF from iIaton Of germs
sown tn different lands, o. .teasslz taughti Or
dill ke unfold iuso manhood aud branrl, Into raccs
from favored ancestry In uae centre3
Man ia rnicr tho sha'lnw of a mighty past.
On the palace walls of Nancse!l and tuntplo walls
Of Egypt we !lM! hin dzFptste4 already negro
scfarc Christ the negro was standing ont Il, lila
dark isolation with no whisper frutli that ,nYs.
scsIo,ss past hclltnd him to tell how ha 'ccu'ne
negro. TIC rares seem as old AZ tho rare.
q ne4Eo before le was fully iHan.
Tho rarct s!,aiic oil from two stranclvIcfnclt
centres. II the section of nlanh hair il csr,s.-
lar. tue man bcloags To rare whose sest y the
North hcmtsplIcrg,- rucu which, Il, tts hlGhsat
embodiment, has wrltten language. laws, iusti.
tut.ons, sctcncn. art. II tho section Of mans
hair Is oval, the man belongs 10 = racc wGose
seat y tho South hcmiaphcrc. md which las
rlea,-a race which has no history, no laws, no
sclence, I'D art 1t IL Watts who sang:
Great Godi on what slender lhreal
iIan1 everlasting shngs.
Yes, rcl'glo9 aaa science a!e Ia harmony
again; Rs slender 24 llalr. Other rafe~teaeurts
may vary, but he Is . feature which neser vas.e4.
i is 10 old that It always runs with tho blood,
Wa infer that It was Diuons the earliest dfrcr-
essss s.ss4 1,t nxxiea . nan ns ad .
The earliest division Of man was with q stra.ht-
haired rarc and awool-hafrel racc. The speaker
drew the lowest member OF tho wool.llatrus
sn4 ,hs Lowest sSsT Of Tho
.lesrr'l,cd tho features they hare III common.
lls nalntaIuesi tllat tho primitive racs from
which they sprung mns: nave gsncra'izsl thess
nature iocs not favor white, aud snowei Why
VIZ sIrd no mild animals of pure white. While
man m e living purely natun'ltfe bio color nuss
Tue assen.blage OF featrres he ascsibca to the
AbhnI}I IN. dark Grin f,lrnhnAH