The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-11-11

r8d mnes ana simple lump Of characteristics y TACT
onir single chemical combination prof
Or he importance Of the moaefon 20 1p
af i only since We nave discovered The eze9edinslg imPo y I pt
asgL ~ aIn rTf distinct organ. but which consist solely o. sngre
chemical combination, and ye5 grow, mon nola sd fbe bgg95thesis Of spontane-
oUs generation hs gained degree Of probability Whlch eH I'LL ne.
7 ~ go Totaae1 Rants "Cosmogony' and Lamarcks .I9elY y =
up ING 5P s"s dor as an trace Of organizaton-and an distinction Oh
heterogeneous parts-s still wanting IN them1 al y ~ f,yrlsss mat
nooe5a 4re reformed by one and the same homogeneous anu ~ l
ag we c@n assdy Imagine their origin by spontaneous generator.
rterts nothing like being a scientist, Ordinary mortas VINO enaeayo
TO pronoqate a novel theory are required to advance some paus'"'
therefor: but when a mao is not only a scientist but also a poies"r u ~
University Of Jena, he can advance almost any SORT q mp'n7's I%
d vivid imagination. and a credulous public tasesi j. down As q
trnts ;, when prof Hseckels attention was called to the fact that Lore
Kelvin supposed himself to have proven that animal life cono no NV
- en- oroto far more than twenty-five millions Of years. the profess
en- dtd ,o+ Az fatoa rage aud accuse Lord Kelvin Of mendaeityi no. ne
scta5 en- na mast courteous aud genteel manner and Admitted IWU ue
otbouslnd million years" he had alleged in his paper were not hgures Of ms
own computing, and he had no means Of verifying inns particular pi' y
his scientific discourse The impression conveyed ny ms eh@ u g' s'
anns,chnapt WAS that a little matter Of 9@75.ooQOoo years was hardly worth
IdI4mtiug abom, and that he was perfectly willing to curtaI hs so'1emeno
Ito 100000 ia the interest Of harmony and tae theory OF evolution. " :
beautiful to behold the liberties these scientific gentlemen TAX WIN L"as
49, MT let MS return to Prof. HaecEel and his first organism. Letus SUP
nose that the moneron has given birth to itseLf-that IN tnat world q NJ
less and inert matter there was by some strange accident deposited a sL4pr
hmm of aIbnmen. and that blind desgnIess Chance working without
purpose, bad seized the opportunity to iubue that dentlcai paucls u a.
bumen with qualities andattributes which IT Ghe pima cnauoel ~ p~
sassinr itself: OF course had not the power to confer Let us suppose now
ever, the ovodraft Of Chance to have been honored and amoneron porn ano
pfted with vitality and such mentality as its humble sphere made necessary
to its extstence are the difficulties in the way p ~ eSomO0u Dh9oiy :"
removed? We will look into that.
Prof. Taeckel says that only an organism composed 81 M single suo
stance could arise by spontaneous generation and could become the prime
val parents of all other organisms In the moneron he PROGRESSED TO nm
the one thing needml to starta family tree, and we will accept Its exstenc
as a "scientdc truth, " and 60 on to watch It's career as the unue d US
tf,anisbel family. OF course it could not be an ancestor without having
descendants. and it is interesting to note the method by which monerol
nroropated its kind. Prot. Haeckel describes the progress, and as t can D
Iput in print without bring q blush to the cheek 9 ing most seusl0'
reader, his account is here reproduced;
"a pinching ia takes place contracting the middle OF the slo6ae on al
Sides and 6naTy leads to the separation of the two halves. Each half the
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