The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1881-04-23

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ym my last article to spy noth.ag
more on thie subject, buD duca
Henri So Rogue has joined d5c
opposing ranks / shdl b. pleased
to have you remember me 10 him
kindly. had credited him with
wil enough 20 hold hia tongue, but
behold with what alacrilyhcNalks
into public print tells lis brother
colleagues and sisters to "stand
aside, they haven't brain enough TO
cope with so formidable an adyer-
lsary,s and to lot him master tie
subject or "tread the wine press
alone Henri is certainly skcp-
tic, for see what title faith he has
in those noble productions Of Emile,
Beta, and others. You call for al
lies in my behalf, but | shall think
myself happy to inform YOU there
is nothing Of skepticism among
the friends Of my cause. The
question at issue in entrus ted to
me, moi because Of any ability |
may possess, but entirely under
the conviction that the cause !
have espoused declares a victory
in my favor. an sorry my arti-
cles have such singular effects up
on my opponents, as it is certainly
dishonorable TO have for ones op-
ponents parties whose brain is so
strangely located. They are anus
ing 70 one, nauScous to another,
and third, poor fellow, is thrown
into a fit Of hydrophobia. The
parties will please state in what To-
cality their brain may hereafter be
found and | will address myself to
those parts. But enough, | shall
pay my respects to Henri. Let us
notice his points consecutively.
First, he asks "can any one
point to a truly sensible, great
man who has ever been known to
proclaim his superiority to his
nother?' aad refers to Solomon
and his mother seated at his right
hand on the throne. Solomon
neither publicly nor. privately de-
clarcd his mother his intellectual
equal, for he was then the wiscSt
man who lived, or now, or shall
ever live, and Solomon was a good
man and could not prevaricate.
He would not dc lure his mother
his intellectual equal when She
could not be such. lie simply
paid her that respect due from q
son to his mother, acknowledging
perhaps, that upon the whole, she
was his peer in life,
Secondly. at is known, says
Henri, "to all who have taken the
trouble to investigate the subject,
, that the mother transmits to hei
offspring more distinetiyely thar
the father" While know there
are men of learning who agree
with him, and my experience il
not so extensive as his, still deny
the assertion on metaphysical anc
physiological grounds. But Hen
A
ri would scan the lineage of hi
domestic animals, ! the work o
learned authors ; he would retro
spect the families Of his acquain
tance, | the pages of history. a
: to which OF these is most authenti
and most creditable, the readin
. public shall be my judges. "lli'
tory repeats itself is a proven
y y older perhaps, than the expressio
= of Henri. Anything, therelor'
. which we can prove from histor
: may be expected either to ha'
> lie n repeated at some time past
vet to come, and those thini
u which have failed 10 transpire
:, times past shall have no likene
:" in future, for "there Is nothir
new under the sun, saith u
preacher, In retrospeeting Il
pages of history, we find the nea
'"' er we approach the dark ages
antiquity when men roamed aswi
- beasts through the forest and acre
w. the plains, the less visible Is II
y difference oftransmission by latll
~ and mother to which Henri refe
That this Is fact, any one c
- read for himself. Then to est'
~ " lish the point in view. we ha
only to assign our reasons for II
,rh At the present time, this diiierer
net n Of transmission is not due to al
ar thing Of inheritance on the part
all The offspring, but solely TO