The Red Cloud chief., 1886-01-15
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The following paper uas rad b. M
in q clear. resonant tone at voice. esfcru
the Academy 81 Science and Pugslasas
q. Erin Prairie. last month. and y
have been 81 Continually and so earn
es;ly impor;assd so pratt :, THAI life
WAS 90 longer desirable. ] suhmi; Il In
you for tia, purpose. hoping sAs, yos
Will print nv name In lsrgu caps. vita
as;oaisAcrs a; the end %. the article.
and also IN good display syps 8, tho
close:
eoNK rrAyrxss os EVOLUTION
No one eoald possibly. in $ hsisf
paper. 10 ;Ac subject of ~evolusion tall
justice, II il \ matter o. gres, impor-
,Ancc To our Lost snd uuioac racv IL
l.es near TO ever homzn heart. anj cx-
errl.e. = wonderful influence over our
,mpulscs and our ultimate success or
failure When we pause "a essasiier
the opaque and falhcmlsss ignorance
81 the gTea; masses of our fello~ r1za
on he subject - evolution. u is no.
surprising that cumc - rather un the
increase. and iha; thousands of q race
are sruaal.y filling d~runkArds graves.
with no other visible means IT support.
while multitude. Of enlightened human
beings arr NJ the same time earning
a livelihood by meeting wsth felons'
dcums.
These | would AK in all seriousness.
and IA Il tone IL voice that would molt
thc stnniest heart WHY in crcsIton
do you IL its The time - rapidly
approaching when ihcFv wiil b two or
thrcr irious for varh doom. ! am ssro
thai within the ncNt hiiF wears. and
perhaps euuutr even than tuxt. INSTEAD
If handing ogt these doans t. Tom.
Dfck and Harm y. formerly. every APP
plicAni for = iy!on's doom Wall have u
pas through a competitive GAMMA
ton. ~ he should DO.
L, viii b" the sans With tAose who
dc>iur Ia all ~du5nkAri. graves Tho
time j. almost here when all positions
oi profit and Of ,ru., viii DC carefully
and ludiciousiy handed cut. ami ihu>r
who do not III thvm~-lSr. for those po-
sitinnS viii bc left in the lurch. what
ever that NAV -.
IL II with ,his fact glAring me ia thu
face ths, | have consented Ia appeal
before you TO-DAY and iay barr tn.
whole hypothesis. history. rSr and fall.
notifications. anatomy. physiology and
geology IF evolution. !, i iur ,hi. that
j have poured over such orks az thoN.
Il HlSlcy, Herber, Spcnscr. Moses IN
the Bulushcs. Anssagoras. Luefetius
and %iioylc. II is for the purpose 70
advancing the cause oi common hui
mainly aud Ia jerk the rising genera
ton out If barbansm into the darling
c9ulgenc" 81 clA-hing in,sll.c,s and
f~crmcniing brains that | have sought
the works of Pythsgoras. Demo, ri;us
and Eplurcbu>. Wherever | could
find any boob that bore upon ia. sub
jcct 81 evolution. and could borrow IL.
] Rave done 81 while Others slept
That j. a matter which rarely enters
into The minds 81 those who 60 easily
and carelcssly through life. Even tho
General Superintendent 81 the Academy
Of Science aud Pugilism here Ia Erin
Prairie does not stop Ia think 81 tho
midnight and other kinds ~ oil that I
hif' CONSUMER w oibfI 40 NAt NV ~EtI
full ri information and 10 soak my
porous mind with thought Even tho
OR.Dly College IL this place. with is
strong mental faculty, has not informed
itself fully relative to the great effort
necessary before a lecturer may sps ak
clearly. accurately and eshaustingly oi
evolution.
And yet here in this place. wh.r. eda-
cation ~ rampant. and TIA. idea %
pai;ed ON the back. a. I NAV say. hetb
in Erin Prairie. whrr- progre-SgA
some other sentiments a., w~riitet'on
everything here. where I am addressing
o tonight for two dollars aud feed
for my horss. ] met n little child wi,ha
bright and cheerful smile. who did not
know that evolution consisted Ia n
progress, from the homogeneous To tho
heterogeneous.
So you see that you never know
where ignorance Turks. The hydra
headed upa- tree and bette noire Il self.
acting progress. IL -uch ignorance "a
that. lurking in the vsry shadow ~
magnificent educational i~ns,isuifon.
and hard words 81 grcs, cast. Moth
ing can be- more dIsagreeable To tho
scientist, than the bette noire. Nothing
gives him greater satisfaction than Ia
chase II up \ tree or NAH 10 between
two shingles.
For this reason. a. I said. 4, gives me-
grca, pleasure 20 ad.yes- YOU on thu
subject 81 evolution. and 20 20 into de-
tails in speaking of D. ! could 20 on
for hours A. ! have been doing. de-
lighting YOU with the iH;ricacie- and
peculiaritics Of evolution. bni must
IL would please me 10 DO @o.
and you would no donb, remain pa
,ientiy and listen. bat YOUR business
suffer while you ar. away. and
80 ] viii close. bat hop. tina, ans one
within the sound ~ ray soire, and
ia whose brsas, \ sudden hunger for
more light on this great subject may
have sprung uP. viii feel perfectly fres
10 call on me and AK ms sioa; !, or
imm.r-s himself IN the numerous tones
] have collected from friends. and
relate Ia this matter.
Ia closing ! wish To say tina; I have
made n statements In 'his paper rcis-
i've ~ evolution which | am mo-, pre-
pared To prove; and. IL ANYTHING. I
have been ovsr conservative. For that
reason ] ssy now that; the person who
doubts n single fact AZ I have given i.
tonight. bsanng upon the great sub
|eci at evolution. wiH have IN do 80
nay dumb remains
And a man Who sill do that j. no
gentleman. presume that many Il
'hese statements will b@ snapped mp
md sharply criticised by other iheo-
and many q our foremost
but they sill 10 veil , o paa~s
before they draw me into . controversy.
or ] have other facts In relation tn
'sosusson. and ~Sns personal renin-