Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1886-01-07

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n a clear, resonant tone Of voice. before
he Academy Of Science and Pugfism
It Erin Prairie, last month, and as /
nave been so continnally and 80 earn
sstly importuned 10 print II that life
was no longer desirable. submit II to
gou for that purpose, hoping that you
will print my name in large caps, with
lstonishers at the end Of the article,
and also in good display type at the
close
i SOME PEATURks oF EVOLUTION.
No one could possibly, In a brief
Paper, do the subject of evolution full
lustice. II Is a matter Of great impor-
lance 10 our lost and undone race. IL
Ties noHr TO every human heart, and ex-
erclfsS wonderful influence over our
Impulses and our ultimate success or
failure Wbcl we pause to consider
the Opaque syid. fathomless Ignorance
Of the Hrcet Masses OF our feliow-man
on tho subject II evolution, Il is moi
surprising that crime is rather on the
increase, and that thousands of our race
are annually filling drunkards' graves
with no other visible means of support
while multitudes Of enlightened human
beings are at the same hmc earning
a livelihood by meeting with felons
dooms.
These I would ask IN All serltmsaess
and in tone OF voice that would melt
the stoniest heart: why in creation
do you do itP" The time is rapidly
approaching when there will be two or
three felons for each doom. am sure
that within the next fifty years, and
perhaps sooner even than that, instead
of handing out these dooms TO Tom.
Dick and Harry as formerly. every APP
plisant for fclon's doom will have TO
pass through competitive examine
ton, as he should do.
IL will be the same with those who
desire to Gil drunkards' graves. The
time Is almost here when all positions
Of profit and Of tISst will be carefully
and judiciously handed out, and those
who do not fit themselves for those po-
sitions will be left in the lurch, what
ever that may be.
IL Is with this fact glaring me in the
face that l have consented 10 appear
before you to-day and lay bare the
whole hypothesis, history, rise and fall,
notifications, anatomy, physiology and
geology Of evolution. II Is for this that
have poured over such works as those
OF Huxley, Herbert Spenser, Moses in
the Bulrushes. AnaTagoras, Lulretius
and Hoyle. 1t Is Dor the purpose of
advancing the cause OF common hu-
manity and to jerk the rising genera
ton out Of barbarism into the dazzling
efulgence Of clashing intellects and
fermenting brains that have sought
the works Of Pytbagoras, Democritus
and Eplurebus. Wherever | could
lind any book that bore upon the sub
joe; Of evolution, snd could borrow Il.
/ have done 80 while others slept.
That Is matter which rarely enL rs
into the minds " those who 20 easily
and carelessly Though life. Even the
General Superiptenjent Of the Academy
of Science and PuginNn here in Erin
Prairie does not stop 70 think Of the
midnight and other kinds Of oil that
have consumed in order to fill myself
full OF information and to soak my
porous mind with thought. Even the
O'Reilly College Of .his place, with it,s
strong mental faculty, has not informed
itself fully relative to the great effort
necessary before lecturer may speak
clearly, accurately and exhaustin0iy of
evolution.
And yet here in this place. whero 4.|,.-
cation Is rampant, and the i1.4 IS
patted on the back, as I may <&= W.
in Erin Prairie, where pr1. uif
some other sentimcnts aIo f|f 1i
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