The Spokane woman. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1921-1935, 1927-09-22


of added interest TO SEE that they
were especially made for her. th,
handles being marked with the crAwn
the rose, the thistle, the shamrNNs
and the maple leaf. All this MIS- =
joy and happy bewilderment Ia me 4,
though | had actually reached Il cor
ner of the fairyland of MY hoNh0ot
dreams; but when | got into the hooh
department | was lost. | cannot taxi,
the time to tell You of tie ancient
crockery, and antiquated musical in
struments, and antique furniture, ano
thousand other things: but l just
must mention some of these books. AND
tell you particularly of one of them
There was life of Martin Luther
with his own translation of the book
of Galations, printed in 1919; the Laws
of Connecticut, published in 1914; and
several old bibles of century or two
ago. But the book that most inter
est2d me was "rhe Temple of Nature,
or The Origin of Society, Il poem with
philosophical notes by Erasmus Oar.
win NJ d.. +. II. s." published in
1901. Probably some of my readers
| had never known of him. OF COURSE
| knew of Charles, that he was Il Eel
low of the Royal Society, and that
he developed certain theories of crea-
tional method about which thinkers
have battled ever since his time, and
still the end seems not in sight. But
| was glad 10 find his Father WAS al-
so Fellow of the Royal Society, and
also his Grandfather, Erasmus, the
author Of This eccentric but exceed
ingly interesting book.
Dr. Erasmus Darwin lived from
1871 to 1902, in Nottinghamshire, Eng
land. Educated ut Cambridge and Ed
inburgh, he chose as his profession the
practice of medicine but rs an ayo-
cation was continually studying and
writing of the things of nature. Ii is
easy to see where Charles got his
Lent, both the Father and Grandfather
being special students. and the latter
writer of note in the field in which
Charles So distinguished himself 1t is
interesting also to observe the diver
gence of their views. as they are as
far apart on some things as are Char
les and the best of modern scientists.
Not that Charles is not worthy of II
place as AN original investigator and
theurist, but that his theories are not
all accepted by the best thinkers of
our time. 1t is true that David Starr
Jordon says that the doctrine of Ev-
olutiOn is rs we'll established as is
the theory Of gravitation but we may
note even he does not say Darwinian
Evolution. and many scholars disagree
with his statement. To some the term
Evolution" means little more than
development, and it is so used in large
numbers of College text books and
popular semi-scientific writings of the
day. To many it means little more
than the adaptation of species to en-
vironment, and the greatest of the day
freely admit that the development of
one species from another has never
been proven.
Haeckel wrote: "Darwlnianism is an
error and cannot be maintained
Prof. Joseph lie Conte of the Univer.
sity of California says: "The evidence
of Geology today is that species seen
to come into existence suddenly and
in full perfection, remain substan
TALLY unchanged during the term OF
their existence, and pass away in full
perfection" DIR. Roberts Watts says
"The record of the rocks knows moth
ing of evolution of higher from 1
lower form. Both nature and reveal
ton proclaim it an inviolable law tha
like produces like" DIR. J. b. Warner
of the University of California remark,