The record., 1911-03-23
VARIETY


NOnuefIui variety OF thlhSS Nhi'h .
IS presented TO our view, we take
but little notice. We do not seem
to be conscious of the grand seen
ery of the variety exhibited and
by which we are surrounded and
with which we daily come in con-
tact and operate. Natural existence
is a mystery, but its variety IS
greater mystery. Wherever we turn
our ewes a vast scene of attractive
variety and contrast ot existence
meet our view, a multiplicity of
forms, size, color and appearance.
We lcok up and see it among the
stars, those shining lamps hung out
in the distant regions of space,
twinkling their silvery light in the
canopy of night. Astronomers look
ing thro their powerful telescopes
behold a vast variety of worlds,
suns and systems revolving with |
various movement and speed in the !
great expanse of ether. We may |
conclude that variety runs through |
the in6nity of matter and substance.
We find our earth TO be a vast col |
lection and conglomeration of dis
cernable variety, of material eX:s-
tence, of fossils and assures, of
stratas and stones, of minerals and
metals. of chemical compounds, of
various gases and acids. Upon the
earth's surface we ind a diversified
ton of things, of oceans and seas,
lakes and CULTS, rivers and rivle's,
mountains and plains, hills and val
leys. We find abounding in all the
water reservoirs vast asSemblage OF
variety of living, moving existence.
Upon the earth's surface exists a
variety of zones, climate and temp
eraturc, coming up from a variety
of soil ten thousand different scenes
meet our view. We see a variety
in the forests and fields, in fruits
and flowers, in verdure and foliage,
that clothes the plain and cluster
upon the mountain, vast scene OF
forms, shapes and colors meet our
view. The clouds that fit over our
homes present a mingling variety,
moving and changing forms, the
u = -'-.-- ---eAn.. d-sDs "nd snow
flakes that fall to earth all present
variety. We see in the animal king
dom a vast and continued variety OF
forms. shapes, colors, habits, dis
positions and movement, running
from the chipmunk TO the huge
mammoth. Among the fowls we
il ]
see exhibited a wonderful variety
of size, form, color and plumage,
of habit, movement and disposition,
{ running from the humming bird thai
! sucks the flowers to the mythica
roc. The variety of insects are in
Vulnerable, running down the in
visible and with a microscope they
can be disceTnable beyond the ma
tural vision of the eye. In the hu
man family there is exhibited won
, derful variety, no two persons are ;
facsimile, differing in size, form
color, features, habits, disposition
intellect and genius, Of diferen
ideas, thoughts, sentiments, lang
uage and articulation. While ther
exists a variety of species, there
4 variety among species, and in I'll
IS makeup of species, there also exist
& a sameness in part of that makeup
IS We consider that variety is a neces
u sary part and an equilibrium of tn
e elements of existence, and tina
3 without q variety nature could nc
l. exist, for 1t is by the variety of III
o forces contained in the elements o
II natural existence that is active an
&c progressive, and VIC believe that tn
u variety OF matter and motion is tn
'g power and life of existence. SUI
he pose that all the worlds, suns an
D. systems were the same size, densit!
movement, motion and attractiv
influence, what would be the resul
=" Suppose that all matter, substanC
" and objects were the same in natu
al tendency and effect, what woul
be the result. Now as TO the origi
of variety and contrast of natur'
existence is a problem hard to d'
3 termine. The theory OF evolution
= founded by Lamarck and advocate
y by Darwin. Huxley, Spencer, an
, others, teach that mupb of the Val
ETY. of animals and plants is eileci'
90 by the process of evolution. Th'
y; trace the animal existence TO a jel
or in the sea, but the animal and We
lie table variety is not all that exis