The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-06-08

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4 delightful companion 90 which add
IN untirlng perseverance and energy
with an enormous capacity for work.
and you have a br.ci sketch OF this
remarkable man.
Tie embraced lu h.8 work an fields
associated with bis specially. di1cr.ns
10 this respect from Joseph Lcidy who
thnagh covering O wider range. cone
irCd himself mainly 90 Investigation.
description and Classification. while
Cope. ln addition o. these. devoted
much attention to ECrefa' za,lon-.
rl'ylogcnetic tchemes and phlosoph.-
oai srcc.a'lons. and 70 .s in thc-o line.
perhaps thar bis influence was most
marked. His publications. which are
volum.nous. consist Tor the mos, par
Of contributions 20 the reports OF the
United States Geological Survey. OF
wh'ea be was Tor a time palcontolo.
glst. 90 the proceedings OF the AmcrI-
can Philosophical Society. 20 tho pro.
cscd.ugs OF the Academy Of Natural
Sciences and the American Naturalist
Of which he was editor. and two vol
umes. one the "Orlgln Of the Fittest."
published In 1857: the other. Primary
Factors In Organic Evolution" which
appeared las, year.
As an evolutionist he belonged 10
tina. section known as the Neo-I.a-
MARKHAM. IN fac. he was the prlncl.
pal advocate Of this school. which con.
togis that narwin's law % natural Sc
te.ion does not entirely satisfy an the
rc0u rcmCus 90 organic evolution.
tha, the law. 90 which Herbert Spoa-
Ger has given the more comprcher siyc
name 20 survival 90 the ducst." b. de-
feci.vc .uasmuch as Il does not cover
The origin " the httost Darwln's con-
tontion that the tendency 20 variation
no two individuals being ldeaucal-
does this. being deemed insufficient
Therefore. while sustaining natural Sc
lection so iar a. In their judgment Il
satisfies the requirements. they have
recourse to the Lamareklan hypothesis
OF use and disuse" and inheritance
OF acquired characters as supple
mental 10 Il. and as capable Of explain.
lng the disputed point In order 10 DO
this. however. Il "a necessary 70 ind
directing cause other than natural
selection Tor use aud dlsuse." This
Professor Cope does by attributlng Il
10 organic effort. conscious EFFORT. thus
tn'hr0nlng consciousness as the real
basis % organic evolution,
Ho SAYS. "The hypothesis % the
primitive and creative function of con.
seriousness may De called Archacsthc-
usm. and iu another place. $50 you
rrrl tIsa matter Of necessity that men.
iaI phenomena De- at the back Of oyo-
'uu1a. provided always that the con,
ua.trr link of the argument that mo.
ton tss ever affected strs turc bg
fr. That De- o. polui which. of course
aTu.fs oi much discussion ! hay,
Wa.. myself oD the affirmative s.d,
70 u. question. and u live lonr
enough I expect Co see % absolutely
demonstrated"
Hc worked ont the hypothesis with
-feat deal OF skill. and 10 affords an
excellent example OF hts power as a
logl0an, but 90 some q seems 20 land
him, when carried 20 its ultimate con-
clusion. Ia an untenablo position. Ths
appearance Of weismanns book IN
lsS2 announcing his germ plasm'
hypothesis. and asserting the non-in-
heritabll,ty 90 acquired characters
which would. u proved. be fatal "a
Cores hypothesis. In no way dlscon.
oeriof him. and the controversy be.
tween the welsmannians. mostly Ger.
mans: the Darwinlans. mostly Eng,
iish. and the Neo-iamarckians. mosti,
Americans. sim goes on.
perhaps Professor cope's most In