Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-08-08
Eudogenous and Exogenous.

CThe observations OF iHiio9OP'iN'''
Friend OF Ours)
indigenous Is the growth OF the seed
or egg. from within outward; evolution
airy; first the blade, then the ear, after
that the full corn in the ear Exogenous
is said to be the opposite Of endogenous;
the growth being largely on the outside
rs in the added rounds Of the bark OF
the tree. or the leaves whose lungs are all
exposed. to drink in the light and cir.
The oak begins endogenously, as II Is
conceived in the acorn. and thence
energies into the positive and unquestion-
ed tree Evolution. unfolding, and I'M
rolling from weak beginnings Is plainly
the general way Of nature. That Is
growth. The story OF Minerva is that
she sprang. full and complete and armed,
capable from the head Of Jove. 50
Solomon's acCosnt OF wisdom is that she
was with the Almighty, the Great Origi-
nal, at the beginning. as one brought
up with Him. The first order was: Let
there be light. and It flashed into being.
out Of the mind of God. And 50 we un-
derstand that the worlds were framed
by the word Of God, and things which
are seen were not made Of things which
do appear. So was llght, the Inorganic
and inexplicable, ordered into being, by
the breath Of God. so did things more
gross and palpable, with TIER mysterious
corpuscles and elements, and atoms and
inhmtesimalS divnely endowed, spring
from the mind Of Jehovah. good, true,
and ready finished and equipped for the
service Of the Creator: every thing beau
tiful after its kind, with the seeds Of
given: Increase and multiply and re-
plenish the earth. And so tho beginnings
evolve, and the Great Design goes on
expanGing-into the Infinite. We are all
indigenous and eXogenOus. And soon the
question arises: OF which sort are We;
heart or merely outside? The famous
dirge Of Sir Walter Raleigh laments that
mankind are all Hollow. hollow
hollow" And. on the other hand, we
can say nothing better Of a man than
that he is all heart-just as we call the
best timber heart stuff-orginal growth,
not sappy.
How far our educational methods and
social habits regard the exogenous or
outside development is worth considering:
and how far the endogeDous suffers when
the exocenous prevails is a grave matter.
The hollow tree, the reed. the gourd,
and q thousand likes of the vegetable
kingdom tell US how things are. We say
Of them. as of our own kind: There's
nothing in them: They are light-weights.
1t seems entirely possible that men and
women may. just like trees, live only
through their senses, on what they get
through them. and spend a mere superb
cial existence purely and merely sem
sual-with hearts dried up ana souls
wthered. They may neglect the honest
exercise of their feelings and Judgments,
until, Ike any unused member Of their
bodies they wlther. The lust of the
flesh the lust of the eyes, and the pride
of life make only an eXogenOus, an out
side development. Illustrations OF this
sort abound. And men and women differ
i'm character and quality i'm this way.
With all Of US. it is n question OF more
or less: how far We are solid. how far
we are pithy: how far we are fruit
bearers, how far nothing but leaves.