New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-10

overthrow the old order OF society, npoVersing sot
classes and enrching others They render ola pohtch
traditions grotesque and ridiculous and make od max
inns OF statecraft null and empty. They give ola vice.
of human nature a chance to parade IN new masks, sc
that il demands new skill detect the same old foes
They produce a kind Of social cnaos in which contra
dctOry social and economic phenomena appear sue d!
side to beWdcr and deceive tho student VINO 10 nor
fully armed 10 deal with them. New interests
are brought into existence, aud new faiths, Ideas hopes
are engendered in the minds OF men. some 0! thest
are dou btess good and SQUAD Others are delnslye III
every case competent criticism ~ OF the rst necessary
In the society which Is going classes ana
groups thrown against each other III sucii way ~
10 produce class hatredS and hOstillties As the ou
National eaOusies winch used TO Do the lines on winch
waged lose their disnctness, class lealOuse7
threaten to luke their place Political and social ev
when occur on one sidc OF The globe affect the IN
tercsts population the other SIDE or inc Rooc'
Forces winch come into act ION part OF human so
ciety until ny nave reached al human society.
of such distinct and po.ttive character that we
ud prao zeal question oi che greatest moment %bal
Kind OF creatures some or these liter ohcbeo GU n
rem are. secondary rcmoler Effects OF 1ndls ral
changes, VIII formerly disspIted ana lost III ts
delay ana friction OF Communicating ate now, -; ion
prompt and delicate iGcchtnl@m OF cohl'ui'o"'i'-'
SAt up ana transmitted tngOugi s"cle'y , 49,, y,
Il is PLAN tIa social scence Il not on inc luNe w
the asks which throwS upon II o. Ga" h '' man
max the resources o the Globe available 10 si.isI! n
needs and Dy Tue lew ideas wAcH born OF the ne"
aspects which human lie otara 10 our eyes Ill cOn'o
qucHce tuo ueVCJpmDIt o. science Il ~ nc ''l'' f.,
r d mons Iont tine science aud Ot living lio pl ~
uadeuuate They break TO pieces IN ON hands "ne VIC
try t. apply tuoi cases nan oi soo' =.
may co 10 the contioUn sadly. Dut hc mist come 20
Inc CONVICTION honestly. tuat tue raitioha' "oclIo
aud lpl4 IatIOus UI uDtAn iic aIo MOI "'''
4 30 sres. wuich is not sy,umctricdl IS hll Hur
Is 10 AZ every branch hdlnaG Interest must DC uo'o
pIupUTuAa cty 10 all sac OthcL ui'Aei =
one which rrnalns In arrears va measure lh' 'uFdiiO
which may be won Dy the whole l. theI' we eau 10Y
prOdAce "A science OF life Ia s'clcD nHloh ~ ~ ',.,
euo, T. s0ly- al. tue new nI problems "nch oI9
now orci uunn as by the dcveiOpm'n mt 0i seen an
arc. We sAau hni tina. me achitFch MS " 1 an
art viii be overwhelmed ~ social reacuons ana GU"
Ne 90 not lack for attempts OF one kind ana tnotner
20 .at efg The need wIiou I have described our dls-
c,.n - N vcs of our &c atIon ana our deiOera-
t, 4, IA cxooss ihOIn4t Our loii nais' p
10 I'M On -. OF sOcoiogy Ihs oy re-u.t. now
ever. %, all his discussion - 10 Hho" t' 'i'io
al dozen 1rbi.rary cJIes u mJrais, nc cIose
AL, ny y he rim = 500: religious .eeds
and ecclesiastical tradition ana atOnlh5o" Juhio!o Va i
u,i,rlT AID noutiuiCua no iuus "AhcI ,'l.e 1".h
I.r IL, ina Dru, OF the ~ this gen raj N D. Is
aslunsuing 10 watch discussion ana 20 sec 10" "'
put.nt s1lrtng nom gwen poihC oi sie", "ii @
rpV on one line OF Thought uhli ne encounters sVio
rag Bcn o. another code or dOritIh't WIZ" no M
rived from sJue source o. ucatOhi Wheieupon
h.. ,uri al An angle. ana OF IN new COURSE uhu'
ne mus lace 70 race WIN au0lAer Vi us "a
possessions. what need IS dd quh'o cnterla "
~ lien 10 test and Classify and appropriate cdhOtS O
procedure adaptation OF universal caAohS 10 Tue
spcc.sl tasAs Of SOCIOLOGY. ,., ,
UnqIcs,Ion.by II Is grcat philosophy wLIch mas
now been established oy suci a"p,t lniic'i on III In
"a perAcut4I sciences, ald Shiod Oneis To man suon
rev com Juu 81! ,ne relations o! me- tHat We va
look Ur Inc csaJiisnnent o. the -ul"hS Hhe' ~ ".
study OI socioi,Ky. can see no 10 'hu'l'o9 70
Inc scuIs o! tu5 philosophy OF EvoiuuOh. mat
philosophy IS to embrace an ihe interests Va
man OF tns Il VA Dc Ono OF us "HlHS III
uuDu, TO niu ist dud Ortor into the social piO'eW'
wnci are o iInivors bearing on al LIklhd @ SioA-
c,ris breaking me pam iOr ~ mo tie IouL,' s,n'
ga, 10 oil w nlm D., anu We i00h upon MS NoIH
sociuO-y grand slcp "a the nis'ory Oh Soclly
men therefore w. express earncst hol 10 tiat NJ
rucr NAV nave nelth AMI strength 10 BRING nls ""fh
speedy conclusion, We MOI only express od' Plls,i
re- pee anI COCOA VIII nins,t oar a'" our ~ pdty
win Wba dyuD, hO, i tie "drhcst "ish u mo o"
let, ad OIL tpple. ."..j o. 40 ai,@ So' Viva ~ "
science and to he welfare Of nAnkind.
address or PROFESSOR MARSH
M Evar,s then gave the following toast; Evoin-
ton: at first an hypothesis, now an established
doctrine Of The scientific world Professor Marsh
sad in response:
MIR PnEs.DENr AND GENTLEMEN: In meeting here
to-nisht 10 do honor distinguished guestwho Is
one of The great Apostles Of E'olutiOn, It seems
especially fitting the occasion that we should, for
moment nj least glance back TO the past, aud recall
briefly the progress OF a doctrine which has pldy
brought about revolution in scientific thought
Modern science and its methods may be said 70 date
back only TO the beginning " the present centry and
at this time the scientific theory organic evolution
was ad, anccd by lainarck During thu twenty ccntu-
ries before, "a few far-sceng men, from Aristotle 10
Bullion, seem to have had glmpses OF the light but the
dense Ignorance and superstition which surrounded
them soon cuyolopcd It again ia darkness
Before the beginning OF the present century, II was
impossible for Evolution 10 find general acceptance.
MS the amount Of scientific knowledge then Accumulated
was too email to sustain it, Hence, the various writers
before Lamarck Who Fd suggested hypothe,es OF de
vcopmcIt had based them uqon neral rc -onug. or
upon facts .cautv To Withstand Tie objections udtur
ally urged against new ideas
WITH the opening Of the nn' .cuth century. however
thc new ere u science began, Here. a the very begin
ming H., uu,s Of Cuycr and Iamarch stand .Orth pre-
cuutt; and the pro1.c,, OF natural science nom That
day TO the present largely due 10 their lahore Cuti.r
lad the foundation o the study Of vertebrate animals,
LIVING aud extinct. but with al his vast kuDUi'd' uc
vt- cn-ayci oy thc traditions of th" p - Although
the os drnce before him. pointing directly TO cyO-
luton. be- gave the auhort o. -la great name n FAVOR
~ tir l,ruuu.noc of .rr'Ir>.
Iama.ck uude Il special study OF the inye~tobrate
animal. al Ll, Investigate us -uoa led hIu t) tAc hDe
tnct Ia Mi, conclusion be found the germ pf theory
OF development. which he advocated Ctrur-,!y and
tunr %. Evolution as wc know ii today
III" method, of scientific WFe-rtti'n intro 'ucrd by
Currr and Luarck Ind already brought 10 light vast
array facts which could not otherwise have been
accumulatad and tc~e rendered the establishment of
the doctrine oi Evolution iOr the hr' time possible But
idea vita all his authority The Great contest between
him and Gco0y 7lA: Illlarc the strongest advocate
of .nurck's views Is well known Authority, which IN
the past had been powerful in defence 81 tradition
Ly6lgii5a was pronaurSl 10 be- Witoa fdndii"a
This triumph Of Cuyier delayed the progress OF EyoIu
Daring th, period however the advance in oil depart
mcns OF science was constant and the mas, Of facts
brought together was continually suggesting new lines
of research and solutions u Old Problems IN
geology, the old idea OF cliaStrophes gradually
replaced by That NJ uniform changes still in progress
but the cOrory TO this proposition, that lie also had
been continuous tine carh, yet only suggested
In the ply steal world the great law Of The Correlation of
Forces nad been advanced, aul received with favor; but
IN the organic world, Tire miraculous OF each
separate species firmly believed by the great Of
educated men The very recent appearance Oi man On
the earth and his creation nlcpued.nt of Ia" the
animal kingdom, were scarcely questioned at tie close
oil ia" first half Of the present crntury.
When the second half ~ the century began the ac-
cumulatiOu scientific knowledge sufficient for the
foundation of doctrine oil ~ JOn which authority
could suppress. and Obic 'tions overthrow The
material which II To be based not preserved
alone Ia the great centres Ot scientific thought, but
thousand quiet workers In science, many OF them I'm
mote localities had now the facts before them suggest
sou6n of that ny stcry oi mysteries, the Origin Of
Species.
Ia the first decade OF the present half century Oar
win Wallace, Huxley aud our hOnOrcd guest, all
nj The same time working at problem each in his
own way aud their united efforts have firmly established
the train organic ~ OutOu Our guest To night did
not stop 10 solve Inc dim, attic, OF organic Evolution but
IL Il ~ win In L..l Il