The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-01-10
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NJ. M. MURDOCH, Editor.
Alfred Russell Wallace, the ia


nous British scientist who startled
AND
the ncredulous of the professional
world a short time since with the
declaration this world the whole thing
in sense, although the co-discoverer with Darwin of
the principle of selection the survival of
the fttest materialist as Darwin strictly
speaking. Whatever Darwin may have been convinced
os touching life hereafter Immortality, he did
believe an orthodox way. DR. Russers book which
has caused so much comment among scientists is
titled MANS Place in the Universe in which work he
maintains that little earth is the only world
probably the only planet in the vast universe of worlds
and of and of satellites capable of maintaining
the being which the Bible declares made in the
image of God
Prof Wallace has been lately interviewed in which
he declares that he had previous conceptions
leanings and that his later conclusions all backed
by ndsputable facts and he DEEMS irresistible
illusions Most other writers this subject
started under the of preconceptions and
early teachings His foundations are of his own
building but the conclusions of astronomers physi
cists chemists psychologists and biologists the
Visible universe which he has brought together
which he finds that the probabilities against life
in any such form we know it here, existing any
other planet. he holds that purely natural
stic point of view appeared this earth by the
chance and that his life is miracle; that the
conditions of planet remote such could
make the life of this world possible.
This eminent British scientist, is ntimated in the
first paragraph of this article is materialist
sprtuast holding teraciousy to the idea that time
and thought have only confirmed his belief in the
istence of spirit world Being asked the other day
whether he, scientist any difficulty believ-
ing in the existence of consciousness apart from
teria organism, DR.. Wallace replied None whatever"
He said believed persistence of the
divdual after dissolution of the body surely
orthodox in this that in the interview alluded he said
that that best spiritual teaching to to be
that capable of infinite progression that
bad to be incapable of advancement. be-
ieve that the for the existence Of world
the explanation problems that puzzle us are
that earth struggles pains are essential
to the development of the highest spiritual
The ultimate problems, Dr. Wallace holds to be
"insoluble and indeed unthnkable. 81 have" he says.
"no difficulty in conceiving ascending scale of being
rising up into what the Christian by God" but
the idea of Supreme Being does not, OF course,
plain the mystery of the universe The chds questions
to when God began and where He from still
remain unanswered The fundamental problem is. Why
does anything exist all? Why was there not
absolute negaton-nothing but empty space? Infinite
time space matter alike unthinkabe by u.s.
AS to the question asked by some people, "why was
not made perfect at once?" DIR. Wallace says that
practically possible 1.-THE law of the universe
be growth by evolution-from the lower to
the higher smaller greater to better and
That principle may actually govern the action of
God Himself"
DR. Wallace is convinced believer in spiritual exist
ence continuing beyond the manifestation mind
earth His belief is the result of years research
and investigation and his views entitled to respect
for they those of great of science, held in
universal esteem for his profound knowledge He holds
that earth of nursery of souls that is
q place of trial and discipline (heren> agreeing with
Christian theologians and that here our life as i'm
mortal beings begins 1t is curious find him. though
not Christian believer maintaining the unique position
of our world the earth where life, as we know it.
has its start