The New York herald., 1920-01-23

those things which elude our senses We're
propounded by Sir Oliver Lodge. eminent
British scientist. to an audience that filled
Carnegie Hall to the last inch of standing
room yesterday afternoon. 1t was re-
marked by persons in the audience that he
was in remarkably close accord with
Bishop Berkeley. original champion of the
unreaGty of matter.
He reiterated his belief that the living
are separated from those who have. gone
to the other side only by q veil Of the
senses, which are unreal, that there is no
gulf but only. perhaps, a chasm, which
is bridged by love. He said that those
who remain on earth should not sorrow
for those who have left, because Of the
joy and happiness existing in the beyond
and because those beyond look back and
watch over those remaining here.
Speaking with a steady. clear voice that
filled the great auditorium, the tall. white
haired. white bearded scientist declared
amid rousing round of applause. that "a
man who speaks from n negative stand
point, denying that certain things are true,
probably will not be worth hearing, but
man who speaks in the positive probably
is worth hearing"
When he had been introduced by S. S.
Mcclure as ''one of the masters in the
realm of physics. whom it is the greatest
honor of my life to present to you," Sir
Oliver Lodge said he wished to thank
the chairman for his kind words, but did
not wish his hearers to be put off by the
encomiums pronounced by Mr.. Mcclure"
He said this was the first of three lectures
he would deliver here.
Denial OF Unseen Called Falincy.
Declaring the existence and Importance
Of the unseen and branding falacy the
belief that in space there is no existence
and that only in those things which we
see and hear is there existence and life,
he brought his hearers to rapt attention
and SO held them throughout the lecture,
which was entitled The Reality Of the
Unseen
by the unseen" said Sir Oliver, 1--WE
mean the unsensed, something which does
not appeal to any Of the senses, such as
that of sight, hearing and feeling. That
which appeals to the senses is trivial,
momentary and unimportant. That which
eludes the senses-in that lies the reality"
He drew the picture of the person wit
Messing for the first time the beauty of
a great work Of art.
THE love for beauty" he said, sis in
the soul of the artist and in the mind of
the individual. 1T is not the sight of the
picture, which thrills. 1t is the transmits
sion of a thought and an idea and i'm
preston from mind to mind.
1--WE get out of picture or the playing
OF music what we take to it. The picture
or the piece of music was conceived in
the soul of the artist and existed to us
only as the mind found it,
The Fifth Symphony" he said, was in
the soul of Beethoven. and it is now in the
souls of those who hear tiff they have
l. Il .@tI ,x.e~ I,rt
series OF black marks on piece of
paper That piece OF paper with its
marks. was the means of transmitting an
emotion from one mind to another. It is
a matter. he declared of mind to mind.
He likened the belief of those of the
present day who would not believe there
was anything of reality in the things as
vet unseen to those ancients who before
the earth was proved TO be round believed
and were unshaken in their belief that
the earth was flat and that the heavens
were merely dome overhead.
Things are not what they seem," said
the lecturer. ITO the ancients the earth
was flat. There were specks of light gilt
tering in the dome, with two bigger lights
That was the appearance then and it is
the appearance now. But that was not
and is not the reality"
Reviews Astronomical Discoveries.
Then, he reviewed astronomical discov-
cries and paid high tribute to American
astronomers. "It is "a pleasure, he said,
TO sneak of astronomy in America. Your
astronomers have shown us the way
lie told OF the constellation of Orion
being at such n distance from the earth
that it's light travelling at the rate of
10000 miles a second required 600 years to
reach the earth
1.-THE ether that brings that light to the
earth is a perfect substance" he said. 1T
l. Iss,t.N ttVRrs ~ faff
substance would. 1t brings the light to us
in its entirety
The revelation of this midnight winter
star Is overwhelming. Yet its appearance
was known to the ancients. The revea-
ton has come only after long study"
He said that If the truth could be gained
with regard to the inhabitants of Venus
4 there were any-they probably believed
hey were the only world.
''Is IL TO be supposed" he asked, ''that
we see all. that there is nothing hidden?
we are blind to innumerable glories for
which there is no appeal to the senses. l
think If the Higher Being should look
down upon us He would remark upon no V
very miserable we all are in our inability
ia see and understand the beauties around
u.s."
Declares Ether All Important.
Sir Oliver declared that space was empty
only of obstructive matter Science has
shown that space will convey light. and
that in space there is ether of substan-
tial reality, containing an immense
amount Of energy. 1t is far more interest
ing, indeed. than matter. he said. 1T
also is a most important thing he added.
by far the most important thing in the
universe. OF IL matter Is made. Matter
is a modification of ether. Matter is un-
substa ntial.'
He rapped the small wooden table
standing before him and said d-"This APP
pears to be solid" Then he waved his
long arm in the air above his head, "And
this appears to be empty. It is exactly
he opposite. You may not believe It, But
il Is true
'Inasmuch as ether has no direct appeal
to the senses. IL gives doubters good
excuse Einsteln does not deny that In
space there is an important and interesting
ether. lie simply ignores It. because he
declares IL is too difficult TO experiment
upon"
He said many other things elude the
senses. such as electricity.
ELECTRICITY eludes your senses" he said,
but when II passes through a small wire
II produces light. It's current runs through
a dynamo and II produces motion. The
moment YOU connect II with matter you
can tell II.