Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-03-13

After twelve generations the proportion of blood
expression, from ancestor only a,o4S'
"Ths last estimate is obtained by Mr. Darwin under the
uppoon that the first descendant would partae of half of
the blood of the father and half of the mother, In
the generation having dparents the proportion
would be the third generation eight geat-gand
parents and thus by the proportions twelfth
generation would show 2o4S stated by Mr. Darwin;
the 18TH would be I67772I6; the 5oh 526o52,548,-
73oI2 and the tooth to LILO 7oo2o3 57o7988I 456633
1926 But long before this nterbreedng would have
take place. there would otherwise be enough life fill
the conditions; STILL the problem rolled back millions of
years the old Pine will what infinite individuals
there would be for this principle of reversion pass through
"And he will notice. too whilst so-caled reverson
is supposed through this immense number of assumed
ancestors thousands of other possible organs which would
belonged to individuals in this chain vastly its emn
alton do appear ALL and appear in rudmentary
form otherwise The explanation is preposerous."
1t is unquesonaby So said. But Since Ellen has
entered into the discussion far wouldn't she better go
farther? In the article by Mr. Huxley that Ellen has quoted
from, the following epitome of the subject appears:
The plants may
the growth prmoda germs old
speculative thought but the modern scientific form of the doctrine
be traced historically the influence of several conyergmg lines of
philosophical speculation physical observation which
further back than 9TH century. These
by conception physical
living living mechanism, and that
such, i is applicable physical principles.
The observation Of the gadatons sim
pcy great compexty presented by living things, and of the
relation OF these graduated forms another.
g. The the analogy between the
graaons presented the species which compose group
animals plants the series embryonic conditions Of the
highest members of that group.
The observation that large groups species largely different
present fundamental plan and that parts
the animal plant the functions of which very different
likewise exhibit notifications of a plan.
s. The observation of the existence of structures in mdimenay
apparently condition. species of group which
fully developed definite other species the
group.
g. The observation of the effects Of varying conditions modifying
T. The OF the facts OF geographical distribution
s. The observation the geological
forms of life
"What has Ellen say to all this?
ITO this Ellen has say that she thinks first that the
physical Universe, whether living mechanism and
that SUCH is applicable physical principles So she
thinks the operations clock applicable mechanical
principles but she knows just the that the clock did
come of itself but wholly the production of
intelligence And she knows that the many things which
we existing in the Universe could have into
themselves but the production of higher
intelligence.
Second the observation of the gradaton
is her only the exhibition of the power of higher intei
gence She might we'll think this if she knew nothing of the
methods by which intelligence but she that it is
exactly this way that all intelligence operates where
follow methods and therefore she the readily
believe that higher intelligence in similar
taught this by her nor she possibly
believe anything else unless she throws that
sense For that tells that the lower of intelligence
are unquestionably modelled the higher The
explanation of paragraphs and has already been
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