Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-01-15
THE SCIENCE OF LIFE.



Following is a synopsi, Of Prof
whiteley's lecture al the UnivereilJ
last night;
In treating the subject, The sclenc'
Of Life, Prot J. wni,eley said
According to the doctrine Of evolution
man has passed through all the pro
gressivo stages Of this wofla'
highest pheuomonon--lliu--ifom onfn'
one prlmordlAl form up TO tn'
present wondrously he'ofogeu
Gus human ego. 20 TINT man
10 indeed n microcosm, embracing
In his very make Anl constitutions hl
the iuudAmontsl principles " belh.
He is literally the epiiomo " the uhl
verse.
II ia therefore In tbs wider study d
nature we can buit approach tue sluclaI
study OF man. II was iayofiie &c
tum with SIR William hamiiioni
"lhat there was nothing In naluie ~
great a. maD, anu nothing IN man ~
great rs mind" All tao clog ~
known to science touch man ana heli
TO explaiu the science OF hlH ne.
Hitherto tho chnngciul completely ol
human nature has led ~ the cOutld'
sion that neither man individuaily,
nor man IN society, can be fuhltc'
OF science, In the strict sense 10 wnieH
this h uue Of the 0bIsc oi ouiWhfd
nstuTe. IL Il tu1idlent ~ say that auy
facts are fitled, Ia themsrlves, TO on a
subject Of science which follow one
another according 10 cousta.t lave
although those laws may lot nave
ben discovered, nor even DO dit'
coverable by our existing tusUuToor.
For ages the fluctuations VI the YEA
Their confined the best obsorvtls 10 n
guuss, but recent science has won.
urouuly mslhoiizsd tho phenomanou
Of meteorolsgy. IL IL true, as an
American humorist tells "a, "rhefc IL
Agrs.t deal % human naIufo IN man"
land this natufe Is profoundly ab.
ktfuse nnd Intricate. Nevertheless We
hold that n science OF ihs lisa poseible
science, sufficiently 30 NJ leasI ~ 10
yield tho benefits OF soience-the In.
crease Of human happintss aud tue de.
efesae Of human suffering.
A very superficial survey OF life
viii bring US 10 the conclusion that the
very make Of things are tuch ana were
maniiettly Intended 10 be sucn, that ~
we were conslstently Intelligent and
morally right, VIZ should DO iudividu-
ally. socially and pnysioally happy.
Science already has 90 llluminod the
dark sides OF lie rs 10 inspire the hope
that the very evils OF life may be, II
not altogether eliminated, yet reduced
10 n minimum that will be easily dealt
with and easily borne. A. tue light
spreads tho dafknessea retreat.
Already Considerable pfogross has
been attained on soms Of thslines OF the
science OF life. We refer particularly ts
tho recent advancement In biological
and sociological studit1; these two and
not lees physiology, Psychology anu
ethics are closely related studies ~ tho
science VI life. IL has been said that ho
who knows his Bible only, does not
know II well, so, II We would know
well the science OF human life, We
must know stmsthlng Of those sciences
closely allied - man.
We we'll remember tho intense ex.
element occasioned by Professor
Huxley's address before the British
association, on "rho physical basis OF
life." BigotoriAl Numbering was
heafd Tor weeks ana msuths ffOm tue
pulpits and In tue pres; but the
proloplastio positions, which Huxley
then stated still remain, anu more and
more the physiciAns. the sooiologist'
and statesmou In general are alive 10
the ply steal conditions OF human life
there Ia not alone n physical basis, but
there IL the closest and most essential
relationship between the two.
IL 10 In no way surprising that In
the list Of sciencos-the science OF life
~ 20 recent-and 10 the thinking oI
some there Ia not yet. nor can there BE-,
a science OF life. lis formulation IL nDl
yet made with anything like con,
pleteness, and II should not be- cx
pectsi 10 have the exactneas OF home O
the older sciences; but its future is un
questiOnably n grs at on IL Taught will
highest good to mon s.sl the sOcieliti
Of men.