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

t-substItues the immortality of the species,
so far as the last edic allows IL to believe in per
manent species at all, for the immortality Ol
the individual IT gives the uuehdhS Pro
gress of humanity for the continued ne
of the individual man. When sentiment IS
chilled and unSatIStcd Science treasures hcI WIN
q splendid pcTsOniication of the lace as never
diving. and as gathering into its immortal existence
ali the disciplined thought and noble emotion OF
heroic and sclf->acriiicing lives. Thus imposing
abstraction of the schools II arrays IN the gorgeous
drapcry of hgh-sounding words. and setting IL up
IN a fowcry bower of snowy imagery, II tries 70
passo( the hdeous skeleton for living and breath
ing existence Sentiment rccos with adherence
from the CHASTITY counterfeit, ana walls III se'leu
over its lost Immortality aud refuses TO DC coA-
CLAIMS or THE EvoLUuoNsr.
The materalistic evolutionist essays loftier
fight. He not only tells us what the spirit Is. but
how it came to exist, with everything besides.
Starting with the transformations Of the dovecote
and the caprcious mixtures of cabbage garden
rushing back 10 the suggestions Of stariust and
the nehulT, stopping here and there TO consider
the progressive order of the fosSlIS-lh'ihg
everywhere i'm the world of If growth from SIM
p or TO more complex forms of beng, ana constant
conquest of the weaker by the stronger D. dexter
OUSlv turns the law of evolution into Nv lorce
which is comuctcnt to solve all the qnesuons OF
science concerning the universe or cOnde~rrnds to
accept 20 blind vet all-orecastlng agency IN SIM
pie yet immensely complex, ulormulalfu soir-
thing, of which nothing more can De Ir,.h.u ,i'l
that N Is lndetinahe. known than that II must
constantly be guessed at and never guessed ailght
II stretches out Its arms after person lhulyycN
great, before whom 1t may wonder ana WORSHIP.
IT. longs for Sympathlzlug goodness, when II W.y
both love and trust. But Science sucerS a. us
gravity ever allows il to do unseemly thng' OF
chIdes its fond and foolish meanings, AM bds IL
content itself with admirIug the latest brilliant
theory or worsmppUg the writer OF the last PM
osoplc romance entitled new theory OF the UNI
/ verse.
when Sentiment Itself according To the Conquered
standpoint, Is nothing but a transient tremr OF
hrlin-ccll-a rosy biGsn SuiIusihS ior an instant
the surface of superrehned molecuIcs-a rose Iral
hanging slightly on the stem eN OWED rom mate
rial germ. as fTdll as II is beautiful
or Ike the snow upon the rver,
moment white, then gone foreyerl
What rights has such passing phenomenon as
this to plead against the sublime conditions OF
science, when IN the name OF dcn9uStrdted liuj
she AYERS that she requires no God 10 explain the
universe or If she does, she cannot know him
Science stuucS the past history Of tine universe and
tlruup over the record, of countless agcs, tauccs
10 has come 10 the beginning, and cries ont with
solemn gravity: Ia the beginning there was 10
intelligent creator" $3.50
She searches the universe now existing hthcr and
thither and Won, till weared with her wandcriugs,
she returns from the outward verge with the re-
port i have found no God: nothing AT most but
an unknDwable and unlovabe somrWhat, Drlole
which we may guess and wonder" Sentiment
rcproachtully but helpiessy responds:
on. star-eyed Science, hast thou wand red there
To wait Us nome this message of despair
Last of all and in sheer desperation, Sentiment
appeals 10 tine conscience and plants Itself upon
duty as enforcing It's love and trust. But
>cicrc, couteues and thinks il has proved by that
duty is me- product of opinion and feeling, and is
an entity OF very unstable equilibrium; one OF the
changing moods oI sympathy and love; thai Whit
Is right for one man and one gcneIatl Is wrong
for Wo.hCIi that duty is itself q growth Wnch
is continually outcrowng its former self. and has
10 authority over The homage and love OF man as
REGARDED As NATURAL FNrNIEs
such is tie position of Science and Sentiment with
respect to one another in the view of many Of the
adhercuts ofcach Science, on the one hand, is sus-
picious of sentiment, and Sentiment, on the other,
abhors Science. Science dcnouuccs what it calls
.cntimeutalsm, and Sentiment is repealed by dcinl-
tion AVID experiment. The two regard each other
"a natural and eternal enemies u would seem that
this attitude If suspicion and hostility would be
unnatural and that some method might be oiscOv-
erred by which the strife may be adjusted.
Some woull adjust it by an armed neutrality Of
the parties, They assume that ne. Two are m
comeu-urahle QuantIties-iorces which IN Their
nature are mutually r'prHaht' IH'T colh''I
10 cIch Of the parties Is 20 let the oiher alone /
I'm this Strain writes who claims TO be foremost
in science Men of science have but one dc~ire-to
know the truth; they have but one itar-to believe
a lie And If they know the strength ofSccuce and
rely Uron DO with answering trust, thtV also know
tl Iif.. beyond which Science ceases 90 be- strong
They best know that questions OTicr themselves To /
thought which Science as now prosecuted GaS NOT /
even the tendency to solve. They keep s1ch qncs-
tou- oueu anu Will not tolerate any unnecessary F.
limitation of the horizon oi ihri! souls ihry nave
as httlc fellowship with the atheist who says there
i.uo God, as with the thoiet vino know, the mind OF
God.
10 these terms Of neutrality not few are ready
to 8cC..c. Iagv hIt 20 them no humli.HtCu Ia,n .
rYt f.v r-e of feeling who are wfll.ngto escape
tho Obligation of giving reason for their Io,uGs
even if tlcv Iuust cOncgdc hat these iotlng> can
not be Justified Low Icu~uu-uot d lew answer iue .
supgIcil.us dogma of Science, with iIcir o"u S'ft
pro r1ilHe ro.hudS. Iui p.HtF u ht"ill!lF
purchased by uOi-Btryroursc VIII never satisfy, !
aud ought not TO endure for the simple reason that
the hear can neither love nor trust what The head
demons. rotcs to he untrue. An earnest AID
thorough man must believe an the reality oil what
ha loves and cares for. Ii is only IN the excitement
of q WUIIcui that "a man can love aud nate ana lear
t,or. l, car, only rrleSs 9t aud much mistake in
bis guessing Least of all Will man OF science,
who Us b., taste I'M, habits, and ms llc rs sworn
devotco Of tine ruth, be content 10 play hdc-and-
seek with convictions IN order 10 enact the hol-
COW farce of feeling Tor the sake OF feeling.
REALLY INDISPENSABLE FRIENDS.
These two great forces ~ every individual man
aud IN human society must look each other IN the
face : they must respect one anotheTs rights. and
Join hands I'm mutual alliance. They cannot 20
asuudcr like Lot and Abraham, to cross each others
track as rarely as possible Ny own opinion is that
there is no occasion for any conflict or an armed
neutrality betwccu them but that being mutually
dependent, they should regard each Othcraa natural
allies aud INDISPENSABLE friends In support of TINS
view, ask your attention TO tho following con-
Tjr'i-Science is the Offspring Of Sentiment. "In
WONDER say4 Plato, " all philosophy begins But
wonder only arrests the attention aud holds 1t tor
moment Curiosity follows, and lmp@is tie soul, a.
IynGJil says to look beneath what the senses OBJ
scryc-jhat u, To interpret the phenomena tLat
s-grl. end delight il. The gralhcatOn OF this I'M
ulep .lHdles 10 into an intense flame. The desire
for know ledge becomes rs impcrious the thirst
for power or the thirst tor gold. 1t Is only when
this desire Is supreme and unaIlOycd that Science
Yields is most abundant fruits As long Science
is courtei for profit or fame or ostentdtOn, she
ayeTts her face, gives with irOwHlnc looks and
reluctant hand. She requires that her dey0tec
should leave al for her sake. The fact that tins
passion seems so strange 10 the observer only Illus
tTatee it, energy. The strang"neSs of IFS manifesto
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