Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1878-03-15

of an:maIs and plants perisAed, bot
those Sorms that were driven Gar south
Survived. emo ullimaielg moved aorth.
ward with ihe alneliDEaliOn of The cli-
nsse. asd were sliended hy : new ele-
ment u The hisi0gy ofthe world-Pgim-
Tive man.
/ Takiag The geological record - isFas
L goes. RsoSsssos NewbesFy pToa0snce8.
q amtheniic and credible, c0nfaining no
pefsonsl eqpaiions, but automatie and
nseesssriIy true. The progress cf lie
upoh The gI0be bore evidence, IN his
opiniOn. that G. Gas the exprensioAs ofa
law: IN oihsr wenas. that il is the ep.
eFaiioa of forces Is distincsively deter
nsinnaiwe - iinse whieh produce and
guide the motions Of the heavenly bod.
ies. The psrallelisns 0fthe progress st
Iifs through the geOlegicsl ages with
that Of the gFoTth 0f On individual from
q Germ % 50 close that most students
Ot psleontoIogy are inspired with the
eonviction that the life forms of the dif.
feFeat ages are links in q connected
chain; in ether woFds. that the later
forms are deFivatioas from those which
preceded them.
This is evolution, aud therefore most
geologisss are evoiutiUnists. and they
believe that evolution Is not only exem.
pli6ed in the, progress Of life, bot that
L h law Of nature.
ave now come, said Professor New.
berry, 'at0 the question Of qnestions~~
what 10 the esuss that has produced
the progress Of Iifei One group Of ge-
Clogists, with Mr.. Darwin, Believes that
external influences have alone produced
the diversity Of snimals and plants.
Another gF0up believe that the iullu-
ence emanated from within the oFgaa-
ism. and has been nm essential feature
IN its life aud growth. External cir
eumstances have . most potent influ-
ence, as Mr.. Darwin has showp; but
We may we'll question ihe adequacy Of
the agencies he inyOkes to produce all
The effects he claims for them. There
are many facts which il is impossible
with our present lights TO reeoheile with
bic theory" ~ iHe 8 rig a
Professor Newberry next indicated
come Of the difficulties which up 70 the
present time have prevented him from
acceping, in ell Its Iengths and breadths.
Darwinism % the theory Of the Uni
verse, and have compelled him 60 hold
tie law Of evolution, not a. . creed,
Gbut Of conviction. AL.
There are the breaks in the chain Of
life, which, till they are filed, forbid
the cautious scientist % accept m de-.
inonslFated the derivation OF The later
forms in all cases from the earlier.
Professor Huxley explains the per-
sistent types Of life by saying that ifthe
spontaneous variations Of species do
not give IL an advantageous form OF
structure. that variety has not been per-
petuated, or no profitable variation has
been hit upon. Upon this Professor
Newberry remarked:
ITO ny mind this explanation is in
adequate, because cannot conceive
that a highly organized animal With
complicated structure like the nautilus
should pass through the revolutions Of
the globe without being more affected
than Il has been by external eiFcum-
stances, unless the life that inspired IL
vas more potent than all surroundings
and gave il Independence Of eiFeqn:
stances. That external circumstances
alone could produce such symmetEicaI
and continuous development Of organic
forms, Is something that with our pres-
ent knowledge seems 10 me highly i'm.
probable. GEOLOGY up uaOi The present
lime has h0t'a wssd @ say - 10 the eFs
igin Of man. The theory that We are
descended from apes IL appreciation In-
dulged in, hased on anatomical nesem-i
blaees IN the living animals. No ape
like Hsau has been found FOSSIL nor any
man-like ape. Remains Of monkeys
end Of savage types of men hare been
found; but even the Neanderthal skull
was of sveraga capacity, and, ~ Hnx-
ley says, might have eontsined the brasu
Of philosopher. No geoIogist plofes-
ses 20 have proved a6yShiEg like con-
meeting link between man aRd apes,
and until such shall be discovered geol-
ogy must be silent On the subjeet."i ~