Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-06-07

stocks Yet think that, as
time goes by, mutual respect, under
andesympathy among the
English-speaking peoples grow great
er and not less.
More than ever before In the
worlds history, we of today seek to
penetrate the causes OF the mysteries
that surround not only mankind but
all life, both in the present and the
past.
Il is this study which has given
science its present-day prominence.
| am not now speaking of applied
science-of the science. for instance,
which. having revolutionized trans
portation on the earth and the wa
ter, is now on the brink of carrying
II into the air. ! speak of the sci
ence which has no more direct bear
ing upon the AFFAIRS of our everyday
life than literature or music. paint
Ing or sculpture, poetry or history.
A hundred years ago the ordinary
man of cultivation had to know
something of these last subjects; but
the probabilities were rather against
his having any but the most super
fetal scientific discoveries.
Another feature Of the change. OF
the growth in the position OF sci.
ence In the eyes OF every one. and
OF the greatly Increased respect re-
sulting for scientific methods, has
been a certain tendency among SCI
entific students to encroach en- other
fields. This is particularly true OF
the field of historical study. As re-
CARDS the latter OF the two positions,
that which would treat history
henceforth merely as one branch OF
scientific study, we must OF course
cordially agree that accuracy In re-
cordirg facts and appreciation OF
their relative worth and interrela-
tionship are Just as necessary in his.
torisal study as In any other kind
OF study. The fact that book,
though interesting. is untrue. OF
course removes It at once from the
category of history. however mucn
II may still deserve to retain a place
in the always desirable group OF
volumes which deal with entertain
ing fiction.
How far the resemblances between
the two sets OF phenomena are NOR,
than accidental, how far biology car
be used as au aid In the interpreta
tion OF human history. we cannot a
present say.
As knowledge Increases, our wisdom
Is often turned into foolishness, ant
many of the phenomena OF evolution
which seemed clearly applicable to tn,
learned master Of science who found
ed these lectures. to us nowadays
seems far less satisfactorily explain
ed. In tracing the history of the de
velopment Of faunal life during thl
period, the age OF mammals, there ar
some facts which are clearly estah
lished some great and sweepin'
changes for which we can ascribe witt
certainty reason. There are othe
facts as to which we grope In tn
dark, and vast changes, vast catastrc
Plies. of which We can give no ade
quate explanation.
Towards the end OF the tertiar
there was an upheaval of land b,
tween this old South American Islam
and North America. near what Is no.
the Isthmus OF Panama. thereby nal
ing a bridge across which the teemin
animal life of the northern cOntiner
had access to this queer souther
continent. There followed an inrus
Of huge. or swift, or formidable ere
lures which had attained their deve
opment In the fierce competition Of II
arctogeal realm. Elephants. camel
horses, tapirs, swine. sabertoothe
tigers, big cats. wolves. bears. dee
crowded into South America, warrir
each against the other incomers al
against the old longexisting forms.
riot OF life followed. Its fauna is no
marked. for instance. by the presen'
Of medium-sized deer and cats, 70
like wolves, and small camel-lil
creatures. as well as by the presen'
OF small armadillos, sloths, and al
eaters. In other words, It includ
dlminutive representatives OF 4
giants of the preceding era, both
the giants among the older forms
mammalia and OF the giants amo