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Show M IEMK AND 1IIMLE MIICMEMH, On Ihli lubject l'rof. J, 11. Thi una, la the.f iomlleilo Hevlew ruakee tba fr-!-lowlnn obaervattoni: If It wereuvnr iloalraola or poir,a lo At ur Ibe uaw by Noniiuiiv wrlttiia ol lan-!, lan-!, g iaiie wbluh la einl,r,...n,,it .nm.-uii lo ai'i-t If lekali II Biahy, ll la iti ibiii! v ' " loURor bu Binra toa laibl ..i u.ine ,1 mMBiiig ol leBliin.iiiy In llial ' II. n. by 1'mabloiilA. II. While, In liiaariiulMon . 1 be 'Warnri. of Hcibih-u." It la huburlv I ', Iruv. Ae iiaalbriiiB, llial ItiH buavi-n are ' I ! a.okiu of by III. in a. Iikviiik "win. I (i Uow," txilb 1 1 1 n ... 1 1 n ami th i,my 1 bavlnir "plilare," lt a ,l aa "n.ln." ' 1 H anil "ilo iiK .I iwii." mo. I to imulit I,., ' I e bled iliul ibu la .III, in., I ,.v. I dooiB," iba witlor. lo omi.iu "chaiii. biB" laid upon "u,, ' u,, olouda lo bo Luude Into 'Vbar-l't,M 'Vbar-l't,M mud the wind t ,bo ; 'wuiiia." Hut II llm ah.ii.l, ,i,,i, Mil ol DlOlM,llor la IbO IMDniltlBI oomllooii of "muirautiv" In rfaforruiK bi iliw Imi-u l n me, II la dnubllul ll any imxii-rii I wrlier cull preli'lnl lu ariBiililto Vuiai-liy. Mr. llitrwlu ourtaliily ooul.l noli (,.r lua votld-biiuou. pUra.e "naiuml Ml,o- i niiiiiilo lor lili ," llor.l "o I litVMiue," inu -Maw of paritm. .uy." ami I tba lino, furbld. ttrBlil Alb-u. In hl 3lion:a llttlu "f.Uirjf of Iba I'mnU," juat ! ' u '". ieKoriLlly dularoa ibai lhy "barn by Ilia loai-hing ol natural aoliu--1 tlou" wbat klml or b.avoa It la moal da- irable to uilu-ei iIimi ibuy '-uka "are lo throw away im valimOlH mau-rlalj" I Ibai iho lr..... pn.vldi-ll.ly "anulme for uia lail uf Ibuir Itavoa," lu tuo uio.l wholraioma war, ate. Me wonM, no doobt, ba anr, rl.nl 10 hoar thai ha bail Ihra-lorn Ihra-lorn bvnn rllvl a engirBl In "war-lara" "war-lara" again! arlatirj; hla languaira plainly raltr-ra.inir lie obi liryaillr upei'llllnn of lha ilrrka. Wrltlni In Ilia ulne anth reniurT, wbHn worda have Itmiionaelv mul'itdlM and ahadf-d ibouiBBlvae In aiar Imue uf uae, he hii.la bliiiBAlf rnniillad, In dnarrlblng pbannmnna, In apeak phatinmenally. '1'bia la, In ran, the untraraellv and tin. rhallBimnd faalilon ul arlonon. .Min taik lllblv of alraiabl ltn-a, atoma. at hr. aa II llmno wox. ,i.-!.iclblo to ha eye, olld In thn amlpr-l.a rl lmiBrlhablv aotual. It.. I none know bailor than lhemlv-e tbal nnl one of ibftn la dimoiiBlrabl. run if Ii he liilelllilbly pnaalble. Nball we tMyrome mora eiefuliift of laneuaKo In Ita nil, In arrhalo mvariy, than in na rlrh fli.volnpmanl and alabora e rHine- niKi.lol plira-aT '1 he word "day." lor lliatenrr., atlll be a wnunibra nf meaning mean-ing lM-ynnd lia morn awolln rfNrauoe lo ibeilineof tliererh'a revoluilnn on ba axla. la It ra.onable ui lucpove lhal, wtin ' llnina ware lial for fnrka," ll w aa Ir-aa ojrnpmhBnalve In uae r t I' may be addej Ibil Iba objiotlon lo Hofipiure ila emeoia on the ground that Hi lern,a are loiaullflrally liioof led la ell the mote ihiurJ, lhaol.)pr lion appllra cliltfly to the lerrai ea.ait. I by Iranilalori aa an equivalent for the word In Ilia origlual. Wbalavar tin error of tiprrulon any be ll lo la cbarsed lo trenilatura and net lo Ibe I) rat wtltert. OMeou ire by Ihem dnlg-mlrd dnlg-mlrd by ctrialn quallllea aa ganaraily obaerved, and lhay can Iberelore cor-'telly cor-'telly ipeak of Iba 'htaveui" ai in "eipenee" for laatiure, aad of "open. Ibi," or'aiMrlurei," Ibrougb wblob Ilia rain fludi lie way lo the earth. Toe modem Idea of "window" and llieold notion of "firmament" are both foreign to the original. Tbey oan with aa much truth and poetic beauty apaik of Ike "rlalng euu' aa we oan In our day watch lha ".un-rlie" and "lun-eel." Tlielr mode of eipreaalvn Ii no piool that lliry were Ignorant of Ibe itruo- .uia. 01 iue uuiverae, i nere are, en Hie eonlrary, numereua eiprenloni to prove tbey were not, iiibiloal autliora l eak of lha earth M a ipber., "iue-ponded "iue-ponded oo uulhlug;" lliry diillngulah between unoigauiiad miller and lha creation of Ike beavena and Iba earth; lu. ipeakof lha itara aa Immovable anu intimate ineir Oonnecllon lo vaat yaltmi all dependenl on annia al.wr. vadlng power, la nearly every flald olenoe la to eoraa eatenl auliclpaleu by Ibe wrlien of Iba Hlble, a fact wbluh would be plaloar atlll, ware II poeilble to give one In avary reapeol liarfeot Iranalatloa of tin leraii Ihej uie. There Ii no oonOlot between Ibe Hlble and true to'euoe. Ihe preeenl nied of reconciliation baa grown oul of a mliuudorataudlng of the Horlplurea and Ibe dicta of a pbll. leopby tbal doea not merit lhal name. |