, 1879-08-16

common belief, 81. Dc 2unrtetauas ma!ntaus
md quotes authority to show that tho offspring
Of mixed human races nrc, other things bulng
enua,, more fertile than their ancestors. IIo
asscrts tat they nrc in tnany countries anl par.
ticu1arty IT. Polynesia, supolanttng the pure
hoods.
aeo and ronc lime las c'np.c,l since II. tf'man.
ctt!n,nt cd that mixed rnccs constituted al caat
and ',o cmphatlcal!y declared lhas ho had oulf
taken :ho ha'f'hrecds OF extreme races Into con-
II Honti, American. whcre whites. blacks. ami
natives hnve ling been in cnntacs nnh hnyc Inter.
mingled freely: there are Whole States n which
enfesx ea Il s b III nsvs sd Il = me- w' sd
J.. Far from 1'einr ,ftert!c. untars bctwtcn
nmn1 stons appn.Hny the mat 1*'nc' sc
tentot women, says 10 Eatllnnt, "wit! husbands
Of t,.etr own race i.ave three r. aaf ci',d,ea wh
ies HSa1Sss s .esf w wsias Il" os9a
@nis @ s whSh .aa,ss s 1GsG, 1,s. II ts
a% nm nho to 'aass s,ssc "'es 1,o savs. " at Unions
q white. with American womon l.avo Hlycn tho
and nczress. And, thirdly. the ncGto and The
american woman. uuiona hctresn Amcrlrans
faes ats .reant Ini car t" n no ese q crosnr be-
tween spcc!rs l'at fertility hccn 0sMervcdto g In
crease: nn the contrary. It ls almost hwafh uiHai"
tshetl, md often In tmnienfe nr0r1rtl0n. Etnsr.
I,lsF between races hhxe alone prnscnfeh 3nct*
analogous 10 those mentioned by 1ioabrnn and
Lo valiant.
rho origin Of the human species Is d mora
pcrplcxInr question. "'rl.crc Arc sotno points
in Darwiniam,n saya o,tr author, (which nro
perfectly unassa9lablc. We may consider as the
most Important the struggle for existence
nn1 'sclcction,' which Il the result OF It.
TN to this po!rlt agree in nil that DarHin has
said. disagree with him when ho attributes
to 'thc struggle for cxtstcnce' nn1 natural
sccction' The f'oots Of ,aodiufs9 organized IT,
taqs iudeGnteiV r., a Gfrea direction, 50 that the
f1irect tlescenftnts Of one *psces form. anosher
spteies dtstnct from, Ns first" With this toxt tho
author proceeds:
Tho Fundamental cnnsc of tho enlargement
arises evidently from the fact that Darwin had
~ c &C. TeE q s we e
uaaa!o 10 lind !n my, Of h!s works aIne1e precise
stntomont on thia point. The nccnsation Il moro
anshor who claims to havo discovered tho "ofie'n
" parwn S himself 90 several occasions .tates that
mala and nlants to tlas condition Or existence IN
which thoy hare to live, Upon this po!nt asroe
crisbsbch beswccn organized beings md the con-
dtton. Of life. the struggle for existence anu &C.
lection cenid only result In con.alt!asnx 1t. era @
eond,ttons of ife change thcv viii araln come into
nlay. In order to estabsl, new ea1il!6rfnm. and And
Of their Nciion lint viii these notifications be SIM!
contly srcat to G'vn risn to new spee'ss;; ;a; : =,
Wo may onswcr r. to cgaiTS u amy xnRhs Is to
Without 1enving the domain OF tacte. ann nn'y
judnine from what We know. wo can say that
snccies l,Es ncycr produced another by means nf
uusnoisn. and 10 substitute q possibility for tho
In this thoory. az in oil those which rest upon
gradual transm,itatlnn, tho now species derives ts
sn Il '0 fss f'Fsty whe ne
developed very gradually, making somp M pfocrsss s
In each generation, The fesnit Of ~ tha T., u that
II that OF rare. Now, VIC l'ayn. acen. tho fer
tty among racct ot ta tano species ron,..ns con;
s an a Is s9Ssfaf" ata of ssle n 's Ety. e 1
staatiy ronfuse fh< oriainat and dtrsrsd <peelrs
cause having produced tho nano effects since tho
commencement Of tho world, tho oFEatlic world
could prc<cn. tho greatest confusion instead Of !s
na,win, tl,en, himself and hin most enthusiastic
alhcronts must admit that at s9me moment thrso
sfs tes Isss@s s%ss" sanes
stcrfliiy which separates hpcclcs7 Whon aud Mt
what moment will tho physiological bond ho broken
which mites tie original species With ta modified
in o,dcr 10 admit The physiological trnnsmusa-
or po:Ss as and s
lowers reject tho secular rcsts Of experience ana
observation, and tuhstftutc In their place otst-
bt accident aid TIM HHkAoftH
-. Tho question has often been argued
tho ground Of Parontn1teey; mant mt and thGy
sny' sS ,u.ssseo ssse S's q fo,e s%es wae ous IT,
lis derivatives. They admit their inability: hIt
ycry FEW romans; that tho facts which favor their
doctrine aro doubtess buried unloF tho waycs with
thu submerged continents
hit again asl; tic question, In wl,at brunch nf
human knowledge, except these obscure snSiects,
Should W. regard problcms solved for Iht reason
that t Eosts*s mona Of the re9"''e k"0'saae for
Prof. Quatrcfagas cxnmincs ono By ono the
applications which have been mado Of Darwin.
lsn, to tho history OF man, und rejects them ALL
lie contends lint walking animal cannot be
descended from climbing ono; that the dieap
| pcarance OF Ihr tail contraitcts tho Fundamental
! law OF Darwn[sln, and that IT Is necessary tc
| Imagine four purely hypothetical groups tr
| order to establish tho most remote connection
| between man and tic apo. This curious fact Il
cited:
| II, Pruucr hey hns shown that the comparison
with ts aRe' S'ngs II
FEW exceptions, the cxiatcncc, namely. OF ai
iuptrse or1cr In Ito developmcnt, q! tin
upon tho spterollnl nrslc Of yircl,ow cada 10 the
s1mn c,,ncnsion, TOR III .Tnn the angle dlnin,shcz
| from the tina Of btrth whilst In the aps It is nj
| WnvA increasing, much 20 TINT II IL sometimes
| cNnced.
Tho c!,nAm between man and the highes
order Of apcs ls infinitely greater than that he
tween tho highest nnd the lowest apo. Henct
tho superficial rescmblances between man a,lt
| tho ape do not explain any OF the mysteries o
tho origin OF the former It would bo almost a.
rationa, 10 say TINT man was derived directly
| from tho lowest monkey as to'supnoso TINT III
was descended In direct linc from "a tnillcss
catarrhino" animal, or "pthccold," !" which Ii
purely hypothetical.
prof. Quatrefagas docs not seek to defend tll<
orthodox faith. He tsapparentlyn not belteyor
So far rs this book shows. he ts IN agnostlc III
writes:
To thoso who qucstion me upon tho prohlcma oil
| our origin do not hesitate 10 say: ~ DO So1
kMow."
We tave not the space to follow closoly tl,t
remainder OF rrof. Quatrefagas' brilliant aud
| entertaining treatiso. The mind to which It II
not moro interesting than the last novel must
be ponrly supplied with monta furniture, nl't
wholly indifferent to The great problems oi
human existence. The discussion does not con.