The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-09-13

could venture from homo at night except with
sgendarme by his side without danger OF as
sasslnation, what horror, what indignation
would fill every mans breast, and yet it has
become 80 we'll known that il causes no sur
prise. even IN this age of boosted Christian
civilization. that no girl however pure and
spotloss, can go out at night alone without
danger OF an assault, everywhere regarded in
the Bible az worse than murder. IL will DO
noticed that of the seventeen fcopies above
enumerated, this crime stands at the head OF
tne list, while murder is put near the foot.
ms classification is quite usual in the Bible.
lie who knew the human heart better than we
ourselves said, Let him that is without sin
cast the fret stone"
MANS RESPONSIBILITY
Unfortunately for man. he cannot Gin
without consent. and hence he il responsb BILE.
10 has been proven that some of the bad
pleasures Of man cannot be enjoyed without
intelligent consent. Animals cannot sin be-
cause they have no moral nature and conse-
quently cannot be immoral in any sense.
The shame sometimes exhibited arises from
fear of remembered punishment by their
masters. Hero there is bridgeless chasm
between man and brute. These human pas
sions are said to be instinct, but while that is
true in one sense. yet, as before said, they
are intelligent and under the control of a
healthy will. and are generally exercised.
strange TO say, under the protest of con-
science when enlightened How is it posi-
bic 20 explain this strange incongruity? IL
finds no analogy in tho war among the ele-
ments in chemistry. Where is the philoso-
pher who will give in the olutonl
MATHEMATICS OF THE MIND.
Bnt I must hasten on to the third propo-
sltion, tO-wit The cosmetic perception. or
the mathematics Of the mind and of natures
laws. While the study of nature las been. assald
before always more attractive than the study
OF morals, IL is nevertheless not 80 abstract
Nature j. tangible, visible some of her laws are
written upon the stones and others in the
stars We find metrcal motions IN the one
and methodica measures in the other To
man is given the measure OF MI the spheres in
the circle Without this there would be no
astronomy. The span" is the unit of measure.
the parted fingers the idea or 'dlviders" and
angles IN mathematics. Without the eve or
without the hand there would be no art re-
fined or gross. but without either what worlds
of beauty were built by Milton, We degrade
ourselves when we exalt the natural above the
moral. Nature gives no help to morals. virtue
seems not child of earth.
But let me hasten 20 the main object !
have In yieW-to-wit the contrast between
animal and human intelligence There AN
really be no comparison. IL IL a matter Of
contrast of antithesis. IL The animal intelh-
gence IS limited in man unlimited
ANIMAL INTELLIGENCE.
In the animal intelligence is X in man the
great complex problem of mathematics. In the
animal intelligence is drop N man the
ocean. In the animal it is a single thread III
man the bolt of cloth. In the animal it is only
one stone, in man the great edifce. IN the
animal there is no identity in man perfect
identity. In the ANNA no morality: in man
II IS the highest quality. In the animal salts
faction with the world; III man dissatisfac-
ton. In the animal coneruity: in the man
lncOngruity. In the animal no progression
in man endless progression. In the animal
insanity IS lmpOss bic IN man quite common.
We are surprised a. the tricks OF animals and
infants simply be auso We did not expect any
intelligence.
MISSING LINKS.
To say therefor with Darwin. that there
is one lns or two missing Inks between
animal and human Intelligence is 70 speak
without reason.
Mans h CHEST qualities or perceptions nave
no existence even ~ embryo IN animals. GU
cannot weld wood ana iron-the chain must
be of the same material few changes ia
the anatomy of tie chimpanzee would make
HIN man in form. but what changes IN hs
capacities would make INN mans equal ~ n
tellect? One Is the intelligent master. tue
other the ignorant slave.
A block of WOO may be of the same shape
As q block of marble. piece Of glass of the
lOl VI u tltlUIu Lilf lJi III VI al DblrCl udo
nothing to do with its quality or character.
MANS ORGANS.
Other animals besides the chimpanzse have
similar organs t. those Of men; this ia true
Of birds also the pattern may be the same
but the material without one item Of re
semblance one might be Of brocade the
other OF paper.
Lima US dogma. 'Natura non facet satus"
NAV be true o the vegetable kingdom. but
finds one notable exception in the animal king
dom. ] do not think that it will ever be
proved that any fOrtutOus concurrence OF
atoms. or Arrangement of cells. can produce
moral intelligence.
1t is not proposed in this paper to dis ,uss
its origin. but / would respectfully call atten-
ton to the lsalmsts reasonable answers to
his own three pertinent questions. to-wit He
that formeth the eye. shall be not see He
that plantetb tie ear. shall not he hear lie
that taught man knowledge, shall not he
know
But TO conclude: I have endeayored to
show that animal intelligence is zero; to
multiply it by itself you have zero.
have also said II is strictly limited, and If
multiplied by Itself the result is limited. But
the powers Of the human mind are unlimited
not one not thousand links can bridge the
chasm between the intelligence of animals
and the Intelligence Of man.