Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-08-17

sc~t that We -hould roylc - Il Judgment
a. o. what Is or i, not probable in these
respects.
a. ! have sand ALREADY, this l. no time
for dcyi ing theories Of evolution, and |
PROFOUND ~. But a. Ne savc rot ~
recognize that there haA been an evolution.
that somehow or other thu form OF life
have arisen from fewer forms. W may ~
well See whether We are limited "a the oh
view that evolutionary pro~rr-- j. from the
lmpic "a tic complex. au. whether after
all il ~ conceivable that the process was
the other way about. | ak yon simply 10
open your minds 20 this possibility. IT in
wolves q certain effort. We have to re-
verse our habitual modes Of thought. Al
first il may seem rank absardity to snip
pose that the pFimordial form or forms ~
p~rotopla~n could have c0nt-ined complex
nv enough 10 produce the divers types Of
life. But Is II easier To imagine that these
powers could have been conveyed by ex-
trin~ie additions! OF what nature could
these additions be? AdditiYas Of material
can mt surely w IN question.
THAT primordial life may have been of
small dimensions need not disturb a..
Quantity y 81 no account IN these con~id-
eration~. Shakespeare oscc existed a. "a
peek 81 proiopla~m not 80 big n q small
pin'~ head. TO this nothing waS added that
would not equally well have served IL build
up = hahoon or a rat.
Let a. consider how faI we can yet ~
the process ot removal OF what sc call
'epl~iatie' factors, in otht- words these
hat control. mask. or suppress underlying
powers and faculties. ] lave spoken III
shc vast range of color- exhibited bv the
modern sweet peas. There j. no question
that these have been derived from the one
wild hi-coinr form BIZ "a process OF success
~lvc removals. When the vast range of
form. sizc aud flavor found among the cul-
tivated apples r. consider. il seems diff
cult % suppose that All this variety j. hid
den IN the wild crab apple. | can not posi-
.ivcly assert that this j. 80. but | think An
familiar with the Mcndclian analysis would
rgrcc with me that ii ~ probable. and that
Che wild crab contains presumably inhibit-
INK elements which the cultivated kinds
have lost.
II have confidence that the a~rtistics gifts
"A mankind will prove to be due mol to
something added 10 the makeup II an or
binary man. but to the absence ~ factors
which IN the normal persons inlibit the de-
vciopmcnt OF these gifts. They are almoS.
beyond doubt To bc looked upon a. releases
Of power normally SUPPRESS d. The in~tru-
mcni j. there. but il j. stopped down.
Somewhat reluctantly. and rather from
a sense a duty. | have devoted most Ut
this address 70 the evolutionary aspects of
ecnetic research. We can not keep these
things out Of sur heads. I'll 1uvh sometime.
We wish We could. The outcome. as Won
will have seen. j. negative. destroying much
that til lately passed for gospel. De
~truction may b. useful. hut ii j. "A low kind
81 work. We are in~t about where Boyle
was N the seventeenth century. W. can
dispose "a alchemy. hut W.. can not make
more than a qua~i-chemistry We are
awaiting our P~ricStly and our Mcndelcff.
IN truth il A. not these wider aspects OF
@~cnetic~ that are ai present our chief con-
Germ. They will rome III their time. The
great advances ui science are made like
those "A evolution, not BY imperceptilc
mass Improvement, but hy The sporadic
birth Of pcnctraiive genius. The journey
iaen follow after him. widening and clear
Inc M, - we are doing along the track that
Mcndel found
Professor Baie~on will r%0ntinuc hi- adj
dress next Thursday AZ y ancy. to which
clty the a~~ociatiDu adiouru~ after ~
initial meeting here.