Show EVOLUTION ON AGAIN observer yer closes ille big discussion cus sion AMERICAN fork oct 7 1897 editor enquirer En dear bear sir so prof nelson has baa summed up and submitted his final answer on effot effort he must mus have ma maa u j produce such sach an article but wit with 1 the arguments of the gentlemen in the hall hal I nei nelson son theory of evolution as bet beet orth forth in his replies to Ob observer seiver and query before us ns one need not wonder that he claims as his ancestors an elonza elongated ted tube or as I 1 ob observer erver puts puffs it a bologna ea sausage usage for the instincts and characteristics of 0 lower orders of animal creation are observable in most of his artic artices ls mr editor allow me space to briefly review the discue discussion sion to date first 11 query asks aska the editor of the enquirer for information in ia regard 1 to a theory advocated by dr hall una der the auspices aus of the B Y academy his subject tho the origin of raan man the article containing the inquiry is ia pub limbed in a daily issue of 0 the paper professor nelson discovers a malignant attack on the B Y academy in the questions asked and constitutes him self belt a committee commit tea of one to thrash tio tie U up p and handle without gloves the in ignoramus who dared thus to seek information and in his hia self constituted labor ignores Qa Que erya ryla interrogations and proceeds to find fault with mormon fathers for teaching their sons bons to despina evolution and declares declare a that dr halls theory of the origin of man i ie e that man evolved from a dieca of skin to an elongated tube led fed at each eni end to his present organism did not conflict with revealed theology and that nine tenths of what is ia taught under evolution theories theor iea is true and not in conflict wil with th revealed reveal edre religion ligion the remainder of mr nelsons belsons Nel sons article is an elaborate eulogy of dr hall per so nally and of the doctrine which he advocated also a labored defense of the B Y academy the whole seasoned with such epithets as vile slanderer bigot etc other etheri articles followed in which the questions at issue were stated in an earnest plain manner including a protest against mr nelsons belsons Nel sons style of argument and the theories which he be advocated also against his de tion to evade the subject and in lieu thereof introduce foreign issues and that to through a volume of words worda in which abuse egotism and self praise constituted the greater part having reviewed the matter thus far I 1 propose to note some of the ideas advanced in mr nelsons Nel Nels sons onla last effort I 1 quote from this article referred to 1 lam I am now done with query and observer it has been tome to me an unwelcome discussion and one for which I 1 have not had time chii suggest 49 the tha following thoughts professor why did you at tempt to answer the article in the first place was it love of ampro badiou and desire tor for notoriety aided by your well known egotism and con colt call which led yon to attempt that which tho abubo and so noticeable in your articles prove you were incompetent for the task tack YOU yon undertook der took does dees it not occur to you that you yon have made a great mistake in attempting something lor which you are unqualified why not ty try to at least imitate a gentleman and acknowledge leour your defeat and error errors and apologize for your rudeness if there is anything in your scientific training that stands in the way of you doing this discard it and for ones once try to ha boa a man no matter what your origin may be why did you make so BO vigorous vig orona a defense of the B Y A A when an attack was made on oft that worthy institution 1 does the love of filthy lucre or aspiration to office lie in your motive you yon may be able to answer although query does agn chot ot expect yon von to as you say eay that you yon are done with that person did it ever occur to yen that one of the requirements require menta of of mormonism makes it a sin ein for any one to teach the L D saints unless they the he teachers possesses the spirit of the Gospel and yet you are gazetted as a teacher and you propose to advocate your theories in another direction the improvement era an organ published by the Y M M I 1 A no no doubt sir the officials of the tion and organization will note your peculiar qualification for the work you propose and they being wise men and in possession of the spirit of the holy priesthood will know what stops steps to take to shield the youths of zion against such pernicious a spirit and absurd theology which your articles set bet forth as a definition of mormonism any oj of the readers of this article who questions the correct correctness neLs of my views as aa herein set for forth thare are ref referred to all your articles on the subject of this discussion cus sion now mart mark you mr editor mr nelson says bays nine of what is taught under eyo evolution lution theories is true as the gospel and not in conflict with it the tenth that is to me un true is the theory part the inconsistency sis els tency of chis this proposition may be accounted for antho in the follo following follow winZ ingi he says one often gets gats into a place where itis it is pol policy licy to say dog dougley gley 1 f aretty dogg coggey ey etc even when one knows that thai the brist bristling linic con combination addressed is ia anything but good 12 mey may no nos this statement account for in part his present condition of mind has he not been playing doggy with evolution end and been bitten so badly that hydrophobia of a very tery serious nature is devo developed loped in his erratic ef fusions of science one instance is noticed where you yon accuse query of using lies for quoting your article verbatim as also sophism to attract the readers attention from the quest questions ioas at issue and launch into abuse ot ol our mormon fathers for teaching their sons bons that which chich god hes revealed re yes professor there is no doubt that ton ten thousand investigators haya have spent their lives in ia observing classifying describing and putting into science the words of the creator creat jr this is very notice noticeable ble in the proposed christain Ghrist ain world and their success in this thia direction called forth a command from the creator to the prophet joseph smith to not accept ot of any of the con cl elusion of the scientists for all were wrone permit me here hereto to call atten tion to preat geo Q cannons discourse on oil tuesday last in beneral con ference on the me question involved in this discussion query accepts the statements and theories there set forth and invites the professor to do likewise mr editor I 1 thank you yon for your courtesy and now close this discussion so far as mr nelson kelson is E concerned I 1 cannot continue it farther without being compelled to be annoyed by epithets which smack more of a street brawler than of a gentleman and from such each a controversy the teachings of the mormon fathers bid me beware the poet bums Buma says A set 0 dull conceited lashes hashes confuse their brains in college clas classes seal they gang in and come out asses plain truth to speak and then they think to climb parnas bus by dint ol 01 0 greet greek addoe QUERY |