The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-12-10
HOPB or ETOLUTION.
Mr.. Msngssarian say. ~ Hold. Out I'm.
mOrtality's Light.


NJ. NJ. Mangasarian lectured before ne
Society for Ethical Culture IN the Grand
Opera House. In Chicago. recently upon
"The Hope OF Immortality I'm the L.gf,
of Evolution" OF which the following
Is a synopsis:
II il is impossible 20 prove n future e1.
isteuce. IL is equally impossible to prove
A future nou-exlstence. The popsIa~
conception OF heaven. as an immeasu.-
bic singing-school has little in lt Oh at-
tract the strong-mudcd. III tha orth..
dox heaven has ceased 10 attract Gle
orthodox hell has ceased 20 frghter
But the conception OF a future ne puma.
~ Intellectual and spiritual as contrast
ed with our present life, halt soul and
half dust. is both religious and sc.e-.
tific.
All evolution terminates en- dissolution
Composition and decomposition rerrser.
the two ever-active forces Of nature. or
one side OF the line there Us an anxiety
a passion 90 create. ON the other side "
the line there IS an equal anxiety ana
passion 20 deyour. 10 seems as II u..
ture with fair promises c03Xcs the seed
out Of the SOIL fans IL with tha dream
and hope Of life; but when the flower
blossoms Il bites IL TO death Nature
seems 10 be a type OF the mythical parent
who gave birth to children and then
devoured them. May NOT better and
deeper acquaintance with the laws which
make for evolution. put into our hands
the power to prevent these laws from doe
generating into forces M dissr.Iu0uq
Nav we not some day succeed Bob sratOh-
ing from the power that creates ha
mower that devours2 Who knows blt
that some day. speaking in metaphor by
wonderful surgical operation $50 srHI
unbosom life and take ont from b, che
seed Of death.
II is a hope inspired hy evolution. uat.
bv virtue OF this ldw ot eternal
progression. there may Doe developed n
man the puissance 90 arrest 900 i.ss1.l-
ton. All that bird needs t1 cross The
ocean is a good, strong wing DO Is Quas-
ton Of a few more feathers. m there IL
al present one little grain of the imHafis.-
able in man, IL would not be unreasonable
10 hope rhat, through the process Of e'o-
lution. that one little grain shall ltayen
the whole man, and then Dee WIZ ha'e
wing enough 70 cross the sen oi dett1
without sinking. Who knows hli 'ha
next shake and throw OF tine letters may
smell imrnortality2 Because ln the mime
Ire mast the arrow Of death has n..
missed its mark. it does not folio" i...
I'm the infinite future there may h'i .'.
a time when by a careful study OF .
movements. we may escape me l'i.
dealing dart They asked q sc'i.a ".
man what Il, after an her lalth aad ...
ers. God should plunge her inio
She answered, He will lose Watf i..'
7" IL after creating man. The paf'f
OF all the earth, II the eternal ehe."
having achieved self-con6ciousnf7s '..
OF Inconsistencies, IL should lE1Uy aHI
carelessly throw away 80 women"
creation. IL win be ana incaicuiabie
nature itself-an unpardonabie
III mind is no more than a Iui'
matter. ST would seem natural that VIII
~ dissolution OF the body. mind should
ceaee hut man. as the Greek phI',.'
,bers taught. IS the horizon line Wa.
the world OF matter and the "oi' "
enirit touch. We have IN us the power
10 rise where the sunshine Is constant
or 20 sink by the grayitation of me Ia.'
slons 10 the level o. the brute ,...
Goethe I'm his conversation Win f''
err,an said: "The belief I'm Immortal.
corresponds with the wants OF man H'
ture. To me the eternal existence '-
the soul is proved from my idea OF a.
tivltv." The idea OF another iiie SHOWS
our dissatisfaction with the llte htl DOW
&c II does credit TO the dignity OF iha.'
that not satisfied with the sleep NJ
ishness now or win the sleep or aiih'
ness beyond. he Is on an minnie 0l
for that life which shall challenge "7
divine possibilities OF his nature
E,nnerson said: "Our dissatisfaction "'''
anv other solution is the blazng eFil.'.
of Immortality" Thomas fa.Ne
'.There Is nothing more wonieflH aD.''
a ufe 10 come than there IS about D
life that now is" To have be-IH "
live is more mysterious than to .''''., ,t.
10 live. TO have evolved conscious ..
out OF the dust IS more wondefil. '..
the possibility OF perpetuauns iN'' -...
sciousness. The evolution OF lmil'. '''.'
out Of mortality would not DEE m'I
travacant or difficult than th' t''''
OF life out Of no life. Oh.
All these / offer not as arsum'N.'
highest things cannot De argued Na'
simply tried TO utter the unl
Ioneings OF the heart The most i.'l.
ant proof Is not In what Socrates
cicero Goethe and Emerson, Ni
and Paul. have said about imn' .'....
hut that such men believed DID ll
boped for IL. In the meantime ''
men and women. IL is our duty '''
we were absolutely without ho.
knew that we were approachlns 'I
OF the eternal abyss, 10 walk i' '.
tinv not with our mind ana thol5'' L
centrated on the abyss, but "lln -..
on our lips. a living hope ln our .,l.,... 81.
and our eyes upon the stars. W.. .r
hour comes for us 10 deseeh' ,...
tomb. let as cling 10 tho assulai.l ,... ri.
II It be best for US 10 nave III rf
vaster career-a freer ana ~, a..
Nature, our great father ana mo''.'
give IL 10 us.