New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-09

was at once made terc from physics TO meta
pbvsics and a substance of quite "a different kind
from all corporcal substances was hyposta'ized-a
souI ,vos set IN in the brain" Now three men
more utterly divergent in their manner oil thinking
and in the results Of their thought than buter
and Tyndal and SChopcnhauer would he nara 10
find But in TINS they agree. Leaving the woI"
soul. then under this triple condemnation. let Us
sce if Professor Tyndal has not replaced IL DIV
another vrrblism which is equally reyond 'Ile
mental vision to which he appeals. IiN 10
mentally visualize the force which hc describes
IA acting in matter. md see if YOU are any pc"''i
off than when You enleavorcd TO photograph NV
soul on he molecular structure oil your oidi"'
Where would this force be if there were ohN ON,
atom in tie universe; Could II ne uc,o ~ ~
az latent in that single inhabitant OF space A".
with the association Of two atoms. tli' iao'o ."
once enters the problem As something WIN" wa
in neither of tAem. but is necessary 80 '"''''
Now the problem is not changed by an l''''iN W,
atoms |, i, only put beyond human lo"'IS vi
onalvsis Tins in the long run. whichever WAY
tho mind turns il must in the end tai;e relu9e I'll
words which it cannot define words VIM" "'''
different effect upon every ndlV""a' WIN US
Them These words, like veil. nae inc liHoi"'"
bic and Tyndali and Butler and J"p' II NV
Schopcnhouer agre" in cXclamh2' N"' "a"
eoarcbipo find ont God Nor could there DE
more reverence expressed for the mvS''r' ,l"" -
shown in the CLOSING words of the Belfast Address
L. is not to the point to say that inc views VI
Iucrctus and Bruno and Darwin and spencer
,,,o,. I,o ,,ro,o Here I should agree with YOU,
dceminr il. indeed, certain that thesa views W'n
,,,,,,o,on ,,odifcation But the point Is that
whether right or wrong, claim the rISh' 10
For however.
svo claim l. here made you are MT nr-c u VI -.
il into an idol The ncNorahlc aaNam VI . .io.c
understanding in the path OF npnti"va
unouonchahlr claims of his moral ana ''ii'' 49,
natnIe which the understanding can meyer Ni,i'o
are here equally set forth. The Worlu c,i , n
not only Il Newton. but ShaTbiV'rrm. but !,
Ro,Ie hut Raphacl-not ONLY MANI, ""S
Tontboyen-not only a Darwin, but a carry lr . .,r
in each of these. but in all. j. human .,,,",
whole. They are not oppose ou. snP lpc ind it.
nnsatisted with them all, the humac inlhu' VIZ
the yearning Of pilgrim for ms dh'aI' !, ,'i Lr
will still turn t. the mystery rom Wiz ,,;tv
cmcrqed seeking 50 TO fashion II as 10 gEr UNI,
10 thonpht and faith 80 long AZ tiiis j. ny, NY
only without intolerance OF blGotrl 81 a,A MI ny, =
hut with the enliehtcncd rcc?gMn"E ..H ihir
maize GXity of conception is her" uhdi 'lIi" e w
nwd thot each succeeding age must he hcl lI''
TO fashion, the mystery in ncc1:dahcc WI i ~
own necds-thcn. casting ASIDE an fcIJ
of materiaism, would ainrm 'i,s contr,,f with
the knowing faculties may he callel ,.c h y
i've faculties of man. Here however ! t9ucm +
theme too great fer me to handle b"r w!c Mem
con- and like strealls of morning ond, ,hal
have melted into the infinite azure of thn past
The quotation already made from Mr. lnom-
cons book shows the judicial temper in when
il is written All sides have fair hearing on
nrohlcms of natural science. There Is an IN
usual tone of respect for the ancients and oven
for medieval naturalists. IT is astoniSlih-'
too. how much is crowded into the volume
Whether one aims at Independent study or ut
literary acquaintance with animal life, he Will
find this volume a convenient manual.