The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1879-04-02

IFS RELATION TO HUMAN ACTION.
Ihe conduct of man, with refer
ence to the phenomena of nature. is
the measure OF his kno wledge.
whether he bow himself and
worship the stone as gods or blast
Any striking object of nature, as amas-
siVe rock, attracting attention and excit-t
I!,g hg wonder, IN the mind of the savage. is
i,,staA5 10 pe ciOtned with supernatural atri-
butes and worshipped as god.
1t with dynamite, then, of it's CHS
eied blocks, build his stately edifice
whether, standing aback, ,awe.stricken.
ne scarcely dare approach the cloud
capped mountain, whereon dwelleth
ms deity,f OF. with harnessed forces
! Josephns says; Now Moses.
: lfs cEs tfffSher to 1ced Jnem Now
this is the highest mountain tnereapouts
and the best for paSturage, and IL nau nou
before been fed upon, because OF the opln-
ion. men had, that God dwelt there; the
shepherds not daring TO ascend up 10 IL
Anon o the Greeks and Romans ParnasSus
and OLYMPUS were supposed &bodes OF Ihe
gods.
of nature, he tunnel, and drive his
engine, through It's adamantine base,
then laying his iron track to Its sum
nit, lit thence his car, and, with tel
escope and spectrum, sweep the uni
verse. resolve nebul9 into suns, ana
determine their size, their distances
their motions, even the material ele
ments of which they are composed.7
The nth of July, 1861, will be eve
memorable in the history of science as De
mo the day on which Magnus reao, DeioI
the Berlin Academy, klrchon e tha theHU,,' S'1,,
atmosphere and the existence IN III Oh II
m;i;ar substances found upon the earGt
Speedily spectroscopeS WeIS M MmuiOipaiSS;a ~ AZ,
modified, and improved, ana became Ihu, !
rensable auxilaries IN tne wOiAsMopi Tbe nh1 fN
1cian. the Psychologist, the zoeloRist' u
%otanist and technologlst nave snare
With the chemist and the physlclst u
service of this powerful analyst; s :,
But it is the highest prerogatas.Ib p .benic an +,
apaIvsis of celestial bodies upon the sing
coniitiOn that they give to 1t their hel
We see that one star differs from anoIn Sia,Gl
star in glory, but what the other ulneit t
ces OF resemblances are we hnoM vi hoo 80 ~
ant the spectroscope. Hencefortn asIae :c
on,v nossesses new Instrument OF uisct
onry md also a new tribunal to which
SnacnIatiOn about the sun, and the sta
the aurora, and the zodiacal llgnU, the II
teors and the comets, must be brougnt, u
hv which they must be judged.
While the spectrOscope has manlIeSteu
r;aties of material, color, temperature
nnnsoIidation in nebulae and stars, o.
Sin1le and composite, beyond anyGh
which fhe perfected telescope coulu 9
have revealed, it has, at the same tl
found enough of earth III all OF tneIl
make man feel at home anywhere III
Visible universe. The fact that cerl
we'll known substances on THIS PA
ross current everywhere Ill nature, 1e
irrislstably, to the conclusion tnat an
snecimens come, originally, 1r0Ih In9 y
m;nt.v prof Coverings ADDRESS pe
the American Association for the adVa
ment of science, 1874
Whether, ignorant Of the appro'
mo danger, he 90 blindly into
s 10Th II the tempest, become
ppivzed, perhaps destroyed, In
way and clash of elements, or, !
warning and forearming himself
science, he hold the tnunoeerp
\ The science of meteoroiogy' TN tne d1r 1n
adge of atmospheric YarlaIiQWns, On s,',s mas al
odSanced so far in regaru 10 StI.et;, tIn -,
the path they VIII lii;otad 1taoei ant nftan .0 So,
their approach IS preuic,~" cnrad;ct;ons
days ahead. LlkewisG pn1@1 9es are ofie
anDroaching weather CnanSUT ,.",D %rI III ahIv
made and have become rell"rA""iS