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eomes rounded of, and now appears as an independent Individual, which
commences anew the simple course Of vital phenomena Of nutrition and
.Wby should the two monera commence anew the pbep mepa Of m
triton and propogation' Continue wouldhay been the better term.
ne two are coeyal and the process Of subdivision has made only two drops
tmTe albumen where but one had been before. The matter Of parenmge
ahiscase isleft undetermined. OfthetwooHaulsms resulting from this pro-
asUei is left n doubt as to which is the reyered parent aud which if the
darling baby Of the primitive family The next process Of reproduction
aa not improve the situation, ana each succeeding generation at nuHeaI
lenders the genealogical knot more intricate and dfHcut to uaneIe. The
MOST adept student Of genealogy would abandon the task Of explaining the
relationship existing between the several monerma of The fourth and ala|
generation; for as eaca'mongon would be in part composed Of the physical
clements Of the original one that came into existence by pontneous gsuer
alton. ti manifest that each individual organism must have been at theI
same time its own grandfather and its own gandcbHd, And as mopernI
scmposedo Of nothing but pure aud Undetermined abuman, ho@ was it,
possible that this process Of propagation could eyer have resulted in anything
more than the indefinite multiplication Of monera, which are nothing
noraProf. HaeckeI tells u.s. than "a single substance -nothing but semi-I
ana drops Of pure abumen? Apparently our pimordaI ancestor had
many and serious obstacles to overcome
Bt there was more trouble in store for our poeenJtoE Mr. Darwin lays
down the following fundamental la1 Of evolution, and Prot+ Hugley and
Heckel agree with him:
Unless fayooge yaraa99sbs inherited Dgso9e at least Of the on.
Natural selection acts only by the preservation and accumulation Of
aAny variation which IS not Inherited is untnportant to uso
Now supposing that some small structural variation did occur in one of
ae monerons: 50 chat variation could not have inherited it was mani
testify unimportant, according to the fundamental re above quoted. As
each moneron that came into existence by the process Of subdivision was
composed in part of the aorigtnal ancestor of all organisms, including man.
any variation it may have "inherted" must have been "inherited" from
itself Bullet us suppose a variation to have occurred in one of these
primitive OTganisms-hoW, under the mode Of p0pdgattng It's kind then las
now in vogue among the monerma was that variation to be transmitted?
When that particular moneron multiplied its kind by dividing ITSELF was
the variation also divided, each half taking an equal share Of the modifca.
uon?-I this we're the method pursued, howlong would the process have con-
tnued before the variation would have been SO infnitesimaly divided that
even the powerful imagination Of Prof. Haeckei would have been taxed to
discover any trace Of it left Suppose the variation to have been an eye or
an then the next generation would "nherit' each the halfofan eye or ear,
the following generation would have each the fourth OF such organ, that
succeeding would Hlnherit' the eigth Of such variation, and the next gen
Grafton would have but the sixteenth part Of an eye or ear aud % on
Plainly this would not fit the evolution theory But II the organ were MOI
divided in the process Of propagation; it was obviously impossible that such
variation could have ever existed in more than one moneron at the same
time and must have disappeared at the close Of its brief life
Prof Haeckel himself appears to have realized the utter absurdity Of
aisprto fhist heory, for we fndhim abandoning in themosth eartless manner
moneron, composed Of "a single substance" and which alone, according to
tile saplent scientist, "could rise BY spontaneous generation and could be-
come the prImeyal parents Of all other organisms" Hear what ne says
about his new love:
,Let US here make use for the time Of our fundamental biogentic law,
and anDly This casual law Of development Of the human eggcclL This re-
suits in an extremely simple but highly important conclusion. From TIE
onecened organism Of the human egg a t % 81 se e asSa % omaF gs liay. oe
that all animals, including man. descend originally from aono-celed organ
Gan animals, including man, had a one-celed organism for their first
ancestor Now let Prot. Haeekel tell us what an egg-ceU isl
"Nucleus and protopIaym. the inner con-kene and the outer cel-slim'
are the only tFo essential constituent Of every genuine cell NJ
ceIs and protopasm are Che only two active. essential ana always presen
parts Of the cell organism"
aTvo essential ontluentsp-nuceus and ceu-aime Without boil
fer. co1d have been No egg-cen, and without an eggcel there could hay
been no coolest ancestor Of all animals, including MANI What has be
come of that aimplest Of all imaginable organisms " composed OF "a slhgt
substance, which the learned professor had asserted was absolutely heca'
sy to the spontaneous generation Of the first living cFeature' "lOuou
one word Of apology or explanation the great scientist unceremohiousL
threw overheard the simple. undeGerentiated moneron ana tk up "
more complex and differentiated eggcel as tue Oue ancestor u "a q"
mails including man. !" AS PROT. Haeckel ~emphaticaly declares That the Egg
cell is more complex organism than than the cytod 10 which cLass u
momra belougl and as evolution works wholly IN the direction OF muU
DucIty and completely Of parts, and never backward to the unity ana SIN
Bncity Of parts, it follows that the moneron could not have DESCENDED Ho
the egg.ceIl The poor little thing lisa n outcast and an orphan
The limits Of the present paper do not permit reference q many oYn
ono.r toatnras o the evolution theory. What has been said herein va
written for the purpose OF showing that, however symmetrical au perez
NAV be the body and branches Of Prof Haeckels family tree y5 ~ fl
thereof is in amost precarious and unsatisfactory condition feFnaps
worId not have been deemed necessary to call attention 70 the inconslstei
ces of tie theory At ali, but for the fact that many prominent men, anon
them some leading newspaper and magazine editors nave aoopCeu Ome e'
~ NY nnnnnmnnl OF vegeLaDle 9l