The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-11-06

aware of. declares his disbelief IN IL
Darwin Makes Discovery.
or We consider what were the 1acls
of evilution that Darwin discovered
NO should find tina briefly they were
these:
ION his memorable voyage on n. NJ.
: Beagle in 1881, Darwin saw mass
of evidence that contradicted the ere
alton theory and forced him to the
conclusion that since earliest tilheS
there had been gradual development
of plant and animal life from lower
forms OF life TO higher.
The creation theory assumed that
at certain specific date in history
God had cretted all fc.ms OF beasts
land plants and other Xnd Of life anu
that from that time on there had been
no change or variation in these forms
OF life.
"parwiu saw indubitable evidence
on all sides that there had been cor
tiruaI change in all forms Of organ"
Efn and that no species OF lit" HAD
ever remained tho same.
"narwtn did not Immediately puo'
fish his first impressions OF that Won
IdcrCul VOYAGE. he took another twenty
wears 70 patiently ro.eNamIno his new
found discovery. collect further tN''
dence correspond with other natural
lists aud compare findings but III
llN5S something happened that forced
his hand and compelled him 10 make
known his facts to the world when an
other naturalist working and lnveStt
Catnig in the Mayaly Archipelago sent
Ito Darwin a memorandum setting
forth tho Identical theory that Darwin
himself had formulated in 1881. TINS
other naturalist was the late Alfred
| Russell Wallace.
Starts on Book.
THUS happened one OF the most
amazing condolences in history, a co
incidence that made Wallace and Oar
win Cu-disCovcrcrS Of the facts at cHO'
luton. It was this discovery Ot Wa
lace that madc Darwin start to write
his book on The Origin Of Species
Darwin did two things when he
wrote his book. In the first place he
formulated a mass Of facts proNlnS
hcvond A shadow OF the doubt the as
cent Of man from lower forms Of ami
nal life and he also showed ROW TINS
evolution had taken place.
lie showed that down the ages
there had been struggle TO survive
that far more OF every species were
born into the world than could sub
Sist on the limited supply Of food an"
that in the consequent struggle only
tho rittest survived. Herbert Spen-
Ger coined the phrase the survival OF
the fittest," to denote this ase-lonc
struggle.
1t was right here that Bryan made
one OF his great plumbers. White, as
he had said before, the facts that Oar
win discovered were accepted by all
scientists the world over the theory
that Darwin had advanced TO explain
these facts had been greatly modified
and altered by later scientists.
Bryan is Scored.
Because OF this difference there
had been coined two words Darwin
ism" and Evolution" and the one
was totally different from Their other.
K was here that Bryan. either with In
tent to mislcad or through ignorance,
made his great blunder. Whether 1t
was through ignorance or otherwise
It was equally culpable on Bryan S
part. A man in his position ought TO
know better.
Bryan was continually asserting
that modern scientists were throwing
overheard the theory OF evolution
when what he really meant was that
they were throwing overheard some
OF the theories regarding the accepted
fact Of evolution. Evolution was NOR"
strongly than ever entrepchod as Z
fact OF history but the theory as 70
how evolution had come about had
greatly altered of late years.
The Old, firm theory OF the sur
vival of the fitteSt had been shown 10
be not wholly true other factors that
had been overlooked by Darwin wer"
now shown to have been integral fac
tors in evolution.
Henry Drummond. for instance. had
pointed out that there was such a
thing as the struggle for the life OF
others and De Nries had shown that
there were such things as mutton B..
sudden lcaping forward in the lite o.
plants and anlmaIs-that altered con
Siderably the old theory OF Darwin as
to how Evolution came about
But all the additions that scientists
were continually making to the theory
OF how evolution had taken place did
not alter in the slightest degree In"
acceptance by all scientists OF III"
facts OF evolution: these wcr" too
firmly established by the patient III
yeStigatiou OF generations ever TO be
discarded.
"Why. there was living exam
pie OF evolution in the lie of every
baby before birth: il passed through
all the stages Of evolution in the
| mothers womb before birth. First !:
was like a worm. then 4 fish, then 4
scrvent. then a bird. then a mammal
and then a monkey. Only in the very
list stage Of human embryo in tho
womb did It become apparent that 1t
was human.
All From Monkeys.
How do the CrcatIonists explain
this strange process" II was in"Npllc
able unless one accepted The fact OF
evolution. Mr.. Bryan seemed 81
shrink at the thought that To had IL"
! grrD6rI from monkey hut II is 4