The problem of human life : containing the fundamental principles of the substantial philosophy, with a review of the six great modern scientists, Darwin, Tyndall, Huxley, Haeckel, Helmholtz, and Mayer, upon evolution, spontaneous generation, the nature of force, &c., &c / by Wilford Hall.
- Alexander Wilford Hall
- Date:
- 1877
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The problem of human life : containing the fundamental principles of the substantial philosophy, with a review of the six great modern scientists, Darwin, Tyndall, Huxley, Haeckel, Helmholtz, and Mayer, upon evolution, spontaneous generation, the nature of force, &c., &c / by Wilford Hall. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![TABLE OF CONTENTS. „ lTVflT,_, T tUo present ago. Thelstic Evolution. Review of tlTe Rov. Joseph Cook, Bov. Dr. ° McCosh anTl’rof A^a Gray T.ieira lopUoa m Evolution criticised and censured. Appeal to the Clergy, andtne countryworned against the spread of this doctrine. „ Tiie Problem of numan Life stated and discuss.-1. All the forces of Nature claimed to be sab- TI fenUt tiivo nature of Lite, Soul. Mind, and Spirit shown. Many Illustration.. u. The ly y staullaL rlenU.1. j if ttucuL^ted TUo intangible and incorporeal vital and imma! v rguuism within blolog.eai ,nd p,ychol,glcal problem. Origin of Life and Matter. Nature of (Sod. Solution of Mysteries. One great Mystery i-refern. i to mau>. Mind and Main t. Cause and Effect, variously elaborated aud illustrated. nutPTFR ill Charges of Materialism and Pantheism answer,. 1. Correspondence with It, v Dr. Barr, of Phila- CUAPTi.it in. v - shrilr ike .,f Tennessee. Tno Arguments ,,; the Author critically silled, utid tl.o S.S“ i.'.ph.haopby of a Future 1.11, , at. l a-oMhefioU Judy distTussod. Of wuat the Earth aud corporeal tonus must lmvo been created, since mailer cannot bo eternal. niAPTFP IV The Doetrlno of freodom of tho Will, and Its relation to the controlIng Influence of motive* and c, -. ..“nisiaii. Uy ,-.... 1 l. Fata i a naequenees pointed out , hown to be iin (Jrgamsni, pressed of Eye- . Ear., and Drain. H. nee the Soul must have Size. SI, m . mid An ear- » i v l,i.. ■;,v.- re , . ■1 *. . - M' tai h.vMefsts kindly cmi.'is,** . niusirated by several quotations from ltev. Joseph Cook s lectures, etc., etc. A concluding analogical argument. CitAPTFn V Tho Wave-theory of Sound avvaiU-d. In order to weaken the force of scientific authority. Many ^widderaUous urged against the received view. objections In ita f< explained In opinion, such ns It. ...mam Interference. S>m,at he tie Mbrall. n, Ovirttues, musical beats etc etc Mag.ixlno expl.isi-,ns fatal to tli< Wave-theory. Tympanic vibration domed, and Prof. Helmholtz's arguments reviewed. Sound shown, without doubt, to Is- a subsianc, ,-r s-.n.c nind. Vi.rlora analogies from Nature brought to bear. Odor oud the h.-nse of Hiuell an unanswerable aigumeut against the current theory of Wave-motion. The Five Senses etnl-rnuly analyzed and compared, and llit.r rela- tions to oach oLhor shown to favor tho corpuscular hypothesis. CHAPTER VI. Sound continued. Nature of Sound, m.-doof Travel, js-netratlon In 8 lids and Liquids,etc., dis- cussed Prof Tyn liill's arguments lima1 i and ii '. Many of hlapoalUona reviewed aud shown I ba fallacious. Tbesup|»>sed iuteriereiico of two Unit- n Instruments, thereby cuu.-mg alienee, v/hen placed halt u wave-length apart, proved to b-- a gr.- p. al -urdlty. The Doubh-stri-u 1 x] > run, nt falul t,. ill* ttuve- theory. The Resonant Jar Experiment turn,- 1 against tho Theory. The honlg Instrument, for dividing a stream of Sound, and thus producing silence by mterfer. « .'..•mill , d. and the atuu-nicnts of Hclentlrii) shown to bo without tho least foundation In fact. The Tiu 'Put, n: Lighted Candl, Experiment dlsoa- troualy overthrown,and expos I Tho very n <!»nnu sm , ,! t>. !„■ ,i,.tin,Mri,-ui , . to the Wave-theory, rations of Ocean-Waves at Bockaway Beach, and numerous experiments. Clvcii. Prof. Mayer's singular arguments on tho Auteui. • of the M ,|Ult,> reviewed. Tie Telej I., • ,• arid Vnonograph explained, an 1 proved to harmonize w ith the new ,i> i- rture. am : xda to Chapter VI, con- taining the Brockott-Wllford discussion on the Wave-th >ry, ami U. K« i hnrt-WIlford corrcsj-ondence on the same subject. This section contains an Interesting and coudciis, d epitome of tlio whole qucMiuu. Cha pteh VII. Review of Prof. Haeckel's two great works.— Tht Jh*tiry of Crratwn, and Thf EnAttbm of ifmt. Spontaneous Generation as the start of Ev,,luii,,.i an-v.crcd, and Its nin-r Imi sslblllty shown by rcaiou uml philosophy. Tho M.mero* (claimed to be the spontaneously g neinu d l nn nt of all oilier organisms) critically examined. Numerous scii-contradlci: a In the Tin ery 11 luted out. Prof. Haeckel In c< i.filet with Huxley, Darwin, aud lilmsclf. The imi-rtant fundamental laws of Ontogeny, Phylogeny, and Blogcny examined, and shown to bo self-contradictory Ir iu beginning to end. They show n<. hing favorable to tlio Theory of Descent. The entire embryological argumci t (Including ihe “ Human Tail” and Gill-arches ) taken away from the Evolutionist. The change Irom Bisexual to t'nisexual Organism Impossible by nat- ural selection. Only explicable by miraculous Intervention. Sexual selection fatal to Evolution. A per- sonal God apodeictlcally proved. Col. Ingersoll convicted and forced u)>nn his knees. Conclusion of Chapi- ter VII, coutaluing many miscellaneous considerations against the Theory of Descent. CHAPTER VIII. The strongest arguments in support of Evolution considered. Betersimu examined and their Impossibility, on the Evolution hypothesis, proved. Positive evidences of an internal and Incorporeal organism lioro adduced. Numerous facts which no other hypothesis will explain. Mr. Darwin's hypothe- sis of Paugeuesis analyzed, and its laughable defects pointed out. His amusing modo of accounting for tho Instincts of Young Animals described. Difference between reason and Instinct, and ho,w it originated, ex- plained. A provisional hypothesis to explain Reversions, and embryonic resemblances suggested. Cause of variations in organisms given for the first timo. Chapter IX. RwUmaitary Organs considered, and the Evolution argument based upon them shown to be er- roneous. These facts and arguments diametrically opposed to the Theory, and the very words employed sh'-wu to mean tho opposite. Miraculous Creations demonstrated; hcnco proved to be scientific. Darwin’s fatal mistake in not knowing how to utilize rudimentary organs after l:o found them, pointed out. Ascien- tifle hypothesis framed to explain them. Important arguments based on the duality of all organisms. Many Illustrations aud authorities cited. Chapter X The Paleontologic and Geologic records examined. Anatomical similarities considered and shown not to favor Evolution. They are only explicable, as shown, by special, intelligent interventions. Huxley's arguments, on tho similar cerebral structure of Man and tho Gorilla, carefully reviewed. Tho scientific facts of Paleontology shown to favor Miraculous Creations for the various species, as they appear In the geologic record. Huxley’s Lectures in New York severely criticised ami exposed. He Is turned against Darwin, Darwin against Haeckel, and all against each other. Many conclusive arguments against Evolution drawn from the very facts claimed in support of it. Chapter XI. Intelligent design, on the part of a personal Creator, every where visible in Nature. Origin and Structure of the Wings of Birds and Insects impossible under Natural selection. Only special Miracu- lous Creatioms can account for them. Darwin's Theory of selection breaks down by his own definite stlj u- lations. Various Illustrations given to prove it. The rattles of the Snake, the sting of tho Bee, down of tlio Thistle. Camel's humps, neck of Giraffe, trunk of Elephant, mimicry of Insects, etc. Numerous arguments and considerations In favor of intelligent design, and against the possibility of Evolution. Haeckel, him- (“'If. demonstrates that tho Theory Is Intrinsically false Self-contradictions multiply and accumulate Finale. Scientists and the Immortality of the Sou). 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