New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-06-03

enough TO feed the life within, ana tnen the
nucleus, threatened with starvation divides LIS
own substance and that which envelopes ara
thus two cells are formed II that Is the begin-
ming of the Struggle for Others. then IL IS pain
that this principle is only result or the struggle
for life The cell Weismann TO the contrary not
withstandlng would soon cease to be Immortal Ia
+, lacLed food To avoid starvation 1t becomes
two l,ves instead OF one 1t has all the while
beon working on the most approved principles
OF self-nterest but in doing 30 1t has Increased
the number Of separate lives in the universe ana
so added to the sum Of JOY and sorrow OF which
only life ls capable. II one goes sun further
back into the history Of nature-and Mr.. Drum
mond does 60 back to the natural attraction ana
chemical affinity which are seen In the processes
of world building before life as known to us APP
neors AZ all--there is seen In the very words
used an analogy between the concourse OF atoms
in a p,anct and the gathering Of ants. or OF man.
kind into a social organism. But the analogy
IS metaphysical. not scientific. so far as 1t can
be understood. Ii presupposes a life and a con-
seriousness apart from the atoms which come
together II the attraction Of atoms and the
friendship Of men are different stages Of uni
form process. different epochs OF one great MS
torIcal enterprise. different results Of single
belongs not TO nature. but to something which
f. beyond and above nature Perhaps Mr. Drum
,nnnd would agree to this; but II he does so.
then he cuts off at one stroke ethical evolution
from cosmical evolution. and places himself Just
where he condemns Mr. Huxley for standing.
But II the inquiry be directed toward nlgher
level oven to the early NE OF humanity. II Is not
possible is separate unselhshness from sellshness
without also separating Il from the processes OF
evolution II results from the natural selection
Of individuals such as promotes and perpctnates
speclcs. Mankind could not exist II 1t were not
for the long training period Of infancy, enid
hood and youth. The mind Of man and the eN-
ceptional brain which Il necessary 10 II required
these years Of growth. Till the coming or thls
human BRAIN says the author: Everything was
too brief too rapid for ethical acheVeme''S'
animals were In hurry - be born, chiidreH
,b,ra,al T., 20. free There was no helplessness TO
nitv no pain to relieve no quiet hours. no watch
i,g. T., the mother no moment OF suspense-tne
,nost educatiyc moment Of all--when the spark oi
rfo IN her little one burned low. Parents couin
be ~ ~ nee - their offspring physically ana
the offspring could be OF ~ use ~ ih"lr par'"'s
physically" But tho term OK grower va , -,
benefit t. tho Individual only for whom us i'hg,u
was increased Those only survived VINO ''''i
gain n Aside from affection. which must uhlet
any theory De product. not premise "i 'NoI"-
tinn tho mother must be- impel'"d by tne
necessities % the race 10 a care Tor h'r Gnu
ard ~. heradi.or, defect which she might trans
mil f. erlsod by death. Somewhere else now
ever developing along similar Ines NOR ~
o,.,,b.r frnefiDualiv better mother w non we
.-c.,o,. ,,..urs sho rises t. the occasion. For
ON. hour aho transcends herself 1hat DAY d
cuhlt j. added - the moral structure on i''"
ltnI. The first act Il s..f-sacrihr" ia r'Stt 'r'N
- 49, - Tho human race" Surely Mr.. Drum
,,,nd has here imported something purely a'cl-
den,ql ~, 10 say Miraculous inio his system u.
cyofufl,u What possibility wa ih'rc OF l',S
,,,s'ash mother rising ont - her utterly s'lhsh
.,vironment? In fact the appeal here IS pla1hly
>. n force that may be working ~ nature Vu.
mich "a above nature The appeal is riGht' bU'
4, ,.ll llsorI.r the most perfect system OF eFo-
lufiDo that WAS ever constructed