, 1879-03-01

sight TINT, IN tho varous kinda Of lIvInR bongs,
wn hnya only dlGerenco hefnre us, ~ in the
il; iSe II meroseopio % annalcule, % Or funa,s; @ % ths
fnncr wlinlc, or fudfan llg; tho lowcr In the
hnir Of the girl, and tlls blood In llcr veins:
neyer,hcless, throughout lhesc, and nll other
1'versit'c., there really e1lsts M three,iold unity.
unity of sulsiaase." Arain, he says That tho
protoplasm Of tic lowest organisms = "tse,-
av Identical M;o Th,i most .n1ms9 REALITY sG
further asserta, the prosoplasm to 10
oxyRep,. md nitrogen, Again ,:hc ttatics nre
mine. nay add. upon excellent authority,
skilled chemists, md under ,l.c most favorable
circumstances, haa faIictt TO detect nny differ
ctcc In tic rroorffon Of Tho elements in dlfer-
cnt gern.colls, Or protoiasnt. might Etrc
oiher oua;a.lo'ls FROM Prot. Huxley to tug eamc
fully Justified IN saying TINT thc elements in all
Ecru.eells arc substantially identical.
III this controversy between the natoralsts
and the believers IN tho supernatural, The former
haye taken tile 1aboring onr. They haro under
tukan to ptoVC, In Opn0a!tton to q vast majority
Of mankind, that all phcnofncna. including that
OF life, arc caused by, md retcrable 10, purciv
arc sufficient Of themselves to proiuco und &c.
count Tor alt We sec ind know; n,nl II is for
Them 10 make out their cnss by what lawyers
would call @ @p'eponasta,S9i nnasNi,, u sy!doneee,
ocr o poese. ~ Whs nsn '1saG %
10 nnscttla urul eupplaut tho worlds
convictions, they Ought not to expect
to succeed by merely sugsest!ng doubts and dit
tlcultea in The wny. Of those convictions; their
contention should be so strong md conclusive
as to preclude all raiionn1 rcpty. ln other
words, they ought to give Us n better, moro
rntioDal consistent, and philosophical belief
than tat aI ly ihey scek to 'uprIant' Have they
Now, having In mind tue aoovo propositions
or laws, namely, tint all things are subject to
law; tl!at tlic sat,c conditions produce the
same effects; Tint ail 1ic beelns IN Esrnl.ccls;
snmc-aine It follows ine7ttably-aa Inevitably
rs Tint two NIX! two make fUur--thut, Ia Tic
whole Universe, there eau be hut one product
fr1m cr'n-ess,-one kiad Of spectes Of life.
chance, or o freak Of Nature as It ia so.ucttmcs
called, might producu different kinds Ut lilo;
but for tho second, tho result would a!ways be
UNCERTAIN; anl TINT Mnecrtsinty might result in
might como In through some other channel than
gctm-cells; and but for. tic fourth, tic pio-
Inenss Of tls goFm.eells might BE- different,
.; and 50 's produce ,aa VARIETY Sf ;-atssd
ard plant lifo Which we IN our Ignorance sup
posed to exist ON carsh, thero Is, and eau hu,
but oncl That is to say, granting what these
wonderful ec!cnttsts-or, morn properly speak
uIdtc4lalDt4~fGlunE hh " uElIGfE4 LNNG
tcre Is no other atufsa OF life but that Of Nm
turc, and VIC are shut In nnA forced to this most
slrnnGc AMI absurd conclusion. II the nlatcrt-
allsts would csrape this dctntna, they must
show conrlustycty tllat one ur more at tic above
propositions Is Or arc untrue. Until ilsey do
this, a little moro modestY would greatly become
them.
According to prof. Huxley, the anme conui.
tions-thnt Ia to say the same Vcrn.cctls or pro-
tonlasm-produee, now llchen, now the paint
cr. That paints 1t: now ycnst-pant, now n
whale; the sumo fountn!n sending forth botl,
sweet nrti bitter waters. And yet he will tell
tic samo conditions must produce tl,c same et.
fects; that ntl ll!c originates IN EcrHl.cels or
protoplasm; and that tic clements OF those
rern'-cclls arc icnttcall Alay | not suggest-
BUTT may be- said TINT, although tho ele-
nents uf all gcfm.cei1s are tl,a same, yet that
the prots,rton Of tlicsn elements MAY bc dtjrcr-
tlat difference n'Hy produce q lllEeFont result,
plant OF Dninlas. II thu elements use tlie samc.
low cat they ue difforent1 131lt. TINT aside,
liaro no desire to play upon words, OF take any
for victory, Int for truth,-ior ths Ticllt. In
t|ls eonncction, 1t ID proper to say tl!nt these
gersn-rcl!s arc SO small. so minute, tllat they
tnnnot 10 seen oy thu naked eye. and can only
b. detsssd ey tho au' %uss Eowertq' microscope
rr1ts -tho,,nf, an ia enIu nht,vn tho .,1o.+ 80
fc.t ana VII H.. - nnt ho,, III, ~ . oa. ptl
tlfrhtrst rrrrncc ...w1nt inau,tc ~ rsttat, 'tu ~
ths r,,ontitr ri ~, friIri. se,n,"i ,at,,,,;J ~
nro,,i.n t,e, m inans ysr,ctr ~ ,in,.t .r'i "
anImnl mi a':1 m"w ,yc nnt s1 ID IL ,rn.. r.,,u
"hs,,r,i,ina nsn i,are !" a, r"sort "at sfoss ~
rrt rid q, Tia iha sanrrnotnro, RAJ u caI ~
nnt ~ In mn,vcrs' r. H., nriE.s Ers a.'.t esu!
s,t ,c Nv ,stt, ,n,,,,, oraa @ u!tG" ngtn
at there are no more cTedulo,s peonlc @ IL ,I; thn
,v"rja than A,ioa,s n IL" ohorp a ~. tau
.,tinna ~ Io,as n, T,o,o u"'o - luut ttepo.
% se1t,t viii deny tu thrro rst i1 on ,rj;cr
Trof nv ,f H. t'fn,nrs nu nsimer a,
ic fol'ys y ~ i,t ' M ,'st III cI ~ I
nowcr nvc ,mn,icr rI on NJ III III
airet nco,r. npgfo ~, evs an u ~
nnn, anl IN nnrol III. se'o"s 'o' '''s variety u
Vhst n,snsn, io.v !. 4h.-. ,a+ mr., ,.t,,o .,.
,,mM ~, aia in f"r, ~ .Itl.. u' s @ " o..o
.st.e ~ ~ t,ros NV ~, ~ .t' u1t' Ch.Gle1
ann,or ~ thnt " aMotIs ,r rst y. .tniy' Lo
erhuomrn NV .ros ~ Fron, mo,, e ,hi,,rr nH W .a'o
SunnIn ~ mas, mIoIla IL Hu.g n"!l''E comes.
Isl. liia Mron,ss n n,rrn i',,cstinn n I'm rn..
puitntlI,r- Of matter. IN fiMt II ,nsy r"nnrate
rcrt"m f1,rms NH nmnii, ,.s NJ iieo y ~,
iGc con,hinntinn ~ mm,trr forrs ~" a., ~ ~ ~
ovo,ve ,s,"t rlIi c.a.," ~ r,r,,,a H. ea po