New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-04-21

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tin 'o ~ gc' oririration arc untrustworthy. Is 1T
fair or scientific 70 throw INTO the Odia'e vi tno
one side the possibility or probability oil Wn1, Wv
! ,cvt sivtv wears may show, and not 20 throw u,
mon Tic other the improbahitY that i suGs'SIcu
| hv The violence done 10 every desire ahu nopc VI
MANS inner bciug7 If a man Is sclcutlHc IN pro
Triton a. Inc il sensitive to the most subtle lnia-
| lions and auaOgieS within limited Htiu OF .opS,
walton aud experiment, ne Is As IIilN s.lc" ~,
rvLcu ne il equally sensitive To the indications that
! nv info his face i'm another That the uelH OF
Science ought TO recognize the sentiments vi 'ho
| soul among the phenomena OF Nature VII ho' oo
/ denied however often the TACT - oNtro"k'th
The feeling OF reverence or worship ior me mort
! than finite Is another phenomenon when Scthce
has AT last conceded deserves It's notice IL ialls 10
do instice To this sentiment. however # II does not
! find its counterpart IN that living too loT WON
! the heart thinks and longs. We brleNe thal ~
helief in an intelligent Creator - essential 10 me
| posslhinty of Science, as tine Interpreter OF 'he
! th0upht of the universe. Our present hho "i 81
cumcnt would involve the concils!om ,|. -,
the demands of the heart OF man science Te'n'.'
/ ngisouoI and sympathiziug Father IN Heaven 10
| make the union harmonious aud complete ~,
! Tins far I'M our argument We have treated Tue
! so-c,lI,d sentiments or scutimeut1sms as th"ugh
| thev were emotion, only, having no po-iiNtiS III
! tpllrctual element, and rs only ImHHfclS nANinii
| claims to the notice OF Science. we nave "iI",u
| that even 80 REGARDED they are important az "dld
for scientific differences, and have 50 10 Spcah az;
| thouIy over the conclusions oi the lhlclc''' "o
! prncrcd 10 exhibit tEcn IN another aspect
| Ff0bJg- Much of hat passes tor rutIlnent mas
postiyE intellectual element. MANY of the soGaieH
Sentiments signify strong convictions warmed mo
| ardent enthusiasm and held with passionate ear
ur-turss. The intellectual element may hoi W. "p
! tru,ivr The truths which thc>" CONVICTIONS ttSt
! NAV be- seen 80 clearly and reasoned 50 l,'llN
hat the presence and activity IF the utelccl can
/ scarcely b. observed. The feelings NAV hl9n 80
Gu!ckIy into flame. and glow with >ch INTENSE car
U.~tue~s, that even the subject oi them St"I'ViJ
! know, that be thinks ut all IL should never oe
forgotten that emotion M man rests on o'i't .hal
In, If every sort Is the legitimate product OF
what il taken 10 bee true. The proNcrb Mhct lea'l'
.. Nurryrr there is smoke there Is HIc, may ne -
handed mus: Wherever there IS NE ll',Gi7 iu'',
/ and tins may stii further BE- applied NnrteNtrr
there Is the lire OF emotion there j. Il n p''i'' "
! truth. .. , = H.: ,,,,.,,
/ c,rt,,r ttnfh Nothing would hc more absurd. Bui
| va, Ior,1.on Ibus: Wherever from one generation
4, another. under al CIRCUMSTANCES, ihcle lll't
h,oi paI,r,.cut habits OF feeling winch nave tkch
tIo strongest mold of mans nature. and moved l"
m. sr.tl. ariwItiug 10 90 labor and sacrlrr th'Ic
f. r.rfaiu ryIlcuc. that some tact Of UHih Is ear
Mostly believed This hriri Pray be- oi.cn s.lS r
seriously mistaken n nay bee hat the ciIi'''I uI
tov.>fy of the truth; and yet that there j. tIuih
/ al.ur which IL ls concerned, NIIth man ''-htS
thinks 10 be important, Is most reasonably t' Zoe III
frtItd That truth, whatever Do ID" or Whatever VI
MAJ. concern Science b. bound tO search after MI
/ N can find H. AID deiIu. n and defend %.
Science then Is bOuru TO respect sentiment rs ih
evidence of earnest bturl, and finding clIn'S PC
lief 10 ir1u.rr how far Of Is well erouuued or II
b. Lros, az manifest error. % determine "i' IN it
trsth uH which 'ht err r'stS 10 itdl ''t'''H'
o. thnuol II were mere feeling, and to SCI science
over AGAINST emotion, j. 20 fight useless h3Iue
/ of words. iu which >cl'uc" denies OF "N'l",N'
I
S.ut1t-.I. us FEELING, and to TctU-" ITS iEhi~ rs
| ,rnuudrI on beliefs which Indicate important
truth, is To- 81. honor and degrade DO. ,.,.,
The convictions which are SD ready 70 br hlh"'u
inro a flame of sentiment are by no means
limited I'D ethical or religious truth they con-
r.ra mans cartl IS destiny rs truly as ms
spiritual nature, ms capacity Tor progress lHe
trumuh. of Science Itself. and the harmony between
man auI Nature and God which bciokrn the
triumph of GOOD. some OF them are the aNloW' Oh
belief and action vituoJt which tie prophrc,s ana
promises of Science would Poe romantic u,,',i'
and % deny or even question "hltH "ouu po
counted intellectual folly Dy the most ilRlu tAPe
mental-t and the most positive dogm1tIst ana the
most logged ma'ori1list
SCIENCE ROBBED ~ COMMON SENSE.
Sl5B-Scieucc 90 far rs IL dis1onors Sentiment,
EXPOSES IFS own ulIrowues7 and brings into Qn'S-
ton it's own right To- exist and Go give law To man.
That philosopher who reasons that Sentiment las
no rights over the scientific intellect because
IFS pleuoirpaa and their effects can neither
I. observed by the senses, pictured by the
Imagination or verified by experiment.. may
seem 10 Dee consistent Iu dI'mls-,ug -cniihchl,
sible relations that he can define - what he ac-
c.pt, ss scientific truth IL would he well that ne
should ask himself whether on ms own principles
uc doe NOT bring INTO question tNc authority "l
J-eiut.l.rcfHal Processes through Whch an me
result, of >c,r g' have been achieved ANA u} nun
!u which all lcyu.rc5 OF -'lrhCt ihi7 S'"ti' H5
s,e uu- r,.s th.crrJtINr hyUoihD SIS The splendid
and almost insured prophecy the magnificent gen
,r1ll1'iou. sIcn a.. have made modern SclrHce so
glorious and crowned lbs heroes a. rorcai.ng kings
of thc material universe, arc all processes none al
which are CJuabie of being observed by lht senses,
pictured bv le Imagination or verified "y expert
meut and yer, we trus! them or ui- .phoT men,
80 must Science stand or fall. The scientist who
would BRING di,hJnOr upon sentiment oi, see NlhS 10
honor II, whether m o.. cmot'hdl oi l'' ihitI'''N
sd. nfvr~ 10 10 only the MoCn homage OF ms lute-
ir..uIl di,t.u-t, ought tp subject iHe gefnHiht
-,rr... cf an, scientific intellect 90 q similar in
dignity. Bu. then what would become oI Science,
even the Science OF observation and experiment
Take away those iutcllccfut tmth, which some cal
Sentiment and Science Itself must fall.
ia. case is even worse S. Zen jIc theory OF tEoG-
f,r l- invoked Go explain fhe higher sentiments. Is
pccia!lv those which pertain 90 God ana lum'r tI-
Ifv. The speaker makes no war upon rms doc fi"r
40 flr % A. rauwl.c good ITS cause by verified rE
perimtnts or even by plausible 'n3lo-i's. bnt
,,h.u evolution b. made 10 imply tIat tine higher
sentiment and truths must necessarily change from
one gruc-1iIou to- another under the law, so that
they neither grasp nor Indicate any tfuth WIN
which Science can h0ld any fixed relations ID l"l-
lows tuat the aSionS Ga scehthc laiJh IluNI HItI
The workings of the same law be exposed To similar
distllst. The aNloms ot mathematics, the D'ei Ia
Zine and space, the confidence IN me ofi'f OF the
universe aud ~ the achievements OF Science ITSELF
nav the recently evolved belief IN evolution Itself
.c all but t!e temporary results of the JOINT action
OF many something's with their environment Tor
countless ages. II on" sentiment can give way 10
another theu one axiom may give way 10 another
But II tnr,e may give way 10 otlor aXl'WS, VINO
rhaI guarantee the stability OF Science itNeli
Why may u not h1ppon that M tue
next turn of tho vince! evolution itself shall be
evolved oui OF being. Science IN these day. Yields
u sharp scyttc and performs many Splendid aud
DARING tyai,. 10 were PITY that, seeking 10 cI'ar
ont Of us way AL impairment HtrudCrs and make
for itself q ear and open ACd, IL should cut OF It's
lcrS.
Iis sc ma, not Iiugcr on this trcacherous ground
LEI us return from ihi' metaphysical quaguro ard
gain firm footing, SO that We may gather the re-
rults o. our argument IN "a Few briei definitions.
rtnUMcutIIsl has been already defined - feel
ing partially enlightened by the intellect, and vet
refusing a. feeling 10 DO controlled by 1t. That
>tutlmrutali- Is often simple passion or -cit-WI
j. obyiou5 enough 10 any one who bcstows oven
casual notice ON the mild aud malignant tauat-
cl-.as 10 p0tics, social reform, morality and re-
hpiYn, which on tho one hand. shine - splcudIdly
and as harmIrssly as tho rummer-i ginning, OF, on