The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-22

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from the collection, examination, and COMPARE
son OF any group of connected facts to the de-
monstration OF their relation to some general
principle. The inductive method, however, was
no invention of Bacon; wherever observation
or tho testing of a thing proceeded speculation
about II, rs with his greater namcsakc. Roger
Bacon, and, Of course, with Aris.otlc himself.
thoro the inductivo system had its applica-
! ton. Francis Bacon. moreover, undcrvalucd
Greek science. He argued against the Copper.
nican theory, and either know nothing Of or
ignored Harvcy's momcntous discovery OF the
circulation OF the blood. A name much more
illustrious than that Of Francis Bacon is that Of
Rene Descartes, a man who combined theory
with observation, one who, in HuXlcy's words,
saw that the discoveries OF GnIileo meant that
the rcmotest parts OF tho universe were gov
erned by mechanical laws, while those of
Harvey meant that the same laws presided over
the operations Of that portion OF tho world
which was nearest TO US, namely, our own bodily
Frame" No small tribute to the greatness OF
Describes Is the influence which he exerted on
Benedict Spinoza, who reduced tho Cartesian
analysis OF phenomena into Gods mind and mat
ter, to one phenomenon. namely God, of whom
matter and spirit, extension and thought are
but attributes. His short life fell within he span
of Newton's. whose strange subsection to tho
theological influences of his age Is disclosed In
the wasting of his later years on an attempt to
interpret unfulfllod prophecy. These, and such
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ous mn W ~ .o,,e ."no o"o "
~ ri'onN -
ems" published In 1855, no anticipates the
hypothesis OF the origin OF the present universe,
which. associated with the succeeding names of
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eep'"n.o "nions ut u MANI iofesn"
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mn o.o "nu .n"'' w. :"
eon"eot'on =. .nel' inouo " se"e."tio"' eo
.u u" "o uAy y. W sVUp onot'
~ y. 'o,"9 Us my "io'
when si'os no ihslsh' INTO 'noir so"eta''oh,
anu noo h'' uoepair U s''"ins u iui' ihs'sh
nv LII y, n.'u, "
" eo many ANUS . hina III cel'",h COM
nun pan vi e'ruotuFo, Wh.oh '.en'' " " 'tsf
o.e II "nry n , ,ho a,ho e nOn,s u o, s,So n .n'
derfriiv siunle tvnical form hv tho shor,en.
uer'uii' simple .spieai orm ~ u Shorleh.
ing or lengthening or some parts. and by
tho suppression or DEVELOPMENT of others,
might be able to produce an immense
variety or Species gives us a ray OF hope.
49, b. oh,,inod -, 30 apn,iootion - ,ho nrin,
n"' "oo'.ai"ou' II ~. ~"
ciple OF tho mechanism or nature, without
on ~ ,hat /. th,s ansIoax ~, form, I'm so Tar
III W s" '""t lis "naioS u eo a
o-,o ,;,l ,~n r1totu& notitl
standing their great VARIETY warrants
s she suSpo, iue', that s,tAt tbey I have AN "a aetuaI
, oormon narant srn,os;tion which 70
arrived at by observation Of the graduation and
approximation of one class of animals to an
other' oeeihhlhs with inc one IN "nich Tue
principle Of purposiveness seems to be most
~ .pn N, 'n ICY a u 20 eAnu a so"n
" :" po,ps, 1anona "ns n""un 49,
a. raw matter, the lowest stage Of nature Oh.
1911. ~ -, 49,. - -.
ser'aoie p' US FROM 'niS ra" matter ana is
laws ,, uusa as uef those % ~iIDiai resn to m ie ,ho nral
auction Of crystalsl; yet this apparatus, as seen
! in organic beings, is so incomprenensible to us
that We feel ourselves compelled to conceive for
rI"sion "it wpnm nII Seam tba, r. a nchs ~ III
OF mature is az liberty 10 regard the great family
OF Gfettures nor, as g FAMILY; we must CONCEIVE
!, AZ doohenInl iSneo conti"uous anu con.
hectea teiationship ms a real hoInaationl as
h har ins Spsu"S LU Nv NV inn resui'S %.
her earnest az evoiutions, Judging from al me
i tnEed !, fbiime,r" mechanism known 10 or ooh'ec'
, IN our arrisai az the age OF tnese seers we
Leet piaS % = ,aeer. purer ar. ne aPproaGn
o tViernn h y mue 70 n o surrehuer o. ,s main
posinion of aogi I'm tneo,og{, out 70 mat lar,
eer percePtIon W tne CoullnunltS ot tne variety
and completely or life. ignorance OF which. or
smrviva I' nf rieiS o no Mm,ch1 r rs d dsme sccfe5 Gt n me az
sur'iVato o. rigiu opinioh. nc uemnonstration OF
M y EARN ro : GUINNESS none n ~ TisGovGrr9 nmeri ga
IA I'LL nv insros, ne ,hn h ~ iita to . Pc y:
tween tne icMest anu tne inquest nc toFIns, the
SOW out sure aeceptahoe OF INC Copernican
nnhrote an1 nrdop 10 -" Nth iH n q Sosu u N
uhprokeh oroer, 10 Whlch iuea every auvance
was the conception OF the Inclusion of
man himself in the universal order. duality
IVA a. stifl ffbes nnaitered note. y ;na srP tbe snnnrs
nature was itself but a part Of nature was, as
yer. a thing underlined OF; NOT could it he other;
held The feId sendinn wretched vis,ims - s'bbea
stake on the evidence n ,onscientious witnesscs