Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-05
DENIES THAT MAN is THE
FITTEST OF ALL CREATION

PASADENA, Aug. 2.-[Editor Her
add: The Herald Letter BOX, or square
deal to the public, was one of the prin-
cipal inducements for a six months
subscription to your paper, the writer
being pleased with the idea of an ed
itor who was big and broad enough to
acknowledge the possibility of an occa-
sional brain throb of one of his sub
csribers. But Of all contributors to The
Herald Letter Box, with their many
conflicting ideas of morals, religion,
temperance and politics, we think Dr.
Humanitas on the subject of "Crea-
ton" the widest off his base. The
trouble we imagine with such people is
they obtain their information from So
called science textbooks and do not
think for themselves. For example,
DR.. H. says: "Perfection which is es-
sential to all orthodox conceptions OF
the universe, is not evident. what
scientific folly. Astronomy teaches us
that our own earth and moon can both
be placed inside the sun, and in their
present remote positions but barely
touch its outer rim; that Jupiter Is q
thousand times a large as our earth
and revoVes on its axis every twelve
hours And for every star we can see
with the naked eye, the telescope re-
veals ten thousand more. Think of the
immensity and magnitude of the heaV-
enly bodies in motion, the earth max
ing a revolution on her axis every
twenty-four hours. giving us our day
and night, and around the sun every
365 days TO the second of time, giving
this planet her regular seasons. Then
a little puny death marked pup
pet called man, having the hardi-
hood TO declare to an intelligent and
educated public, that perfection which
is essential to all orthodox conceptions
of the universe is not evident simply
because one Darwin has bored glmlet
hole in mother earth and found few
baboon bones that he thought resem-
bled those of man, and in the appari-
tion or research hatched his theory or
the survival of the fittest," the most
colossal scientific humbuggery ever at
tempted on an innocent and suffering
public
Quoting still further from DR.. HUI
manitas: Evolution does not need a
plan, conditions were not made for life,
but life means response to conditions
and the survival of the fittest.' The
writer thinks that conditions were
made for human life on this planet.
When the cod lays a million eggs in
one season, instead of being waste OF
nature as suggested by DR.. H, it's a
wise provision for the feeding Of hui
manity. the same as the wonderful fer
tility of the honey bee, both fish and
bee collecting food for humanity from
a wide waste of water and blossom,
sweets that could be obtained in no
other possible manner. Hardly gro
Gerry store in the wide world is not pro-
vided with cod and honey.
A final word as to that survival of
the fittest. An infant, when born, is
the least fitted to survive of any be-
ing A Sabbath school was once asked
why God had made man. and to the
surprise of all a little tot in the infant
class held up her chubby, dimpled hand
and said: "Cause if God had made a
baby boy the bears would have eat him
up; and while there are others, we
think the baby made a good reply.
Now, a pig or chicken when born enters
this world clothed for life and able to
hustle and scratch for food the moment
II arrives. And If a survival of the
fittest. why should not the baby be en-
dowed with these superior advantages,
qualities that are most superior to the
infants utter dependence and helpless
ness. The OK, the mule. horse, camel
and elephant are stronger than man;
the antelope. reindeer, horse and dog
much swifter. In the survival of the
fittest in nature, the logical mind IN
ulIires that if the theory has any
foundation. why should man have lost
these superior qualities of strength and
swiftness in the shuttle? Or in the
matter of human vision, is mans eye
superior to that of the lower animals? ?
The eagle sits on his lofty perch and
with steady eye looks into the face Of
the blazing sun. And it would blind
man in less than an hour were he to
attempt it. The amphibian can see un-
der water as well as on the land, the
cat family and other animals in the
dark as well as light. Then how in the
name of common sense, also science. Is
the human eye a survival Of the fittest
when in the so-called evolution II mas
lost all these superior qualities Of the
visual organs of the lower animals,
the same being true Of other sense or
gans, such as smell and hearing? Also
lower animals are possessed Of cunning
and instinct superior to man-man. the
fittest of all creation, but not accord
ing to the Darwinian theory
WILL r. SMITH.