Samuel Butler: a Sketch
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On 13th June, 1863, the _Press_ printed a letter by Butler signed"Cellarius" and headed "Darwin among the Machines, " reprinted in _TheNote-Books of Samuel Butler_ (1912). The letter begins: "Sir: There are few things of which the present generation is more justlyproud than of the wonderful improvements which are daily taking place inall sorts of mechanical appliances"; and goes on to say that, as thevegetable kingdom was developed from the mineral, and as the animalkingdom supervened upon the ...vegetable, "so now, in the last few ages, anentirely new kingdom has sprung up of which we as yet have only seen whatwill one day be considered the antediluvian types of the race. " He thenspeaks of the minute members which compose the beautiful and intelligentlittle animal which we call the watch, and of how it has gradually beenevolved from the clumsy brass clocks of the thirteenth century. Thencomes the question: Who will be man's successor? To which the answer is:We are ourselves creating our own successors.
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On 13th June, 1863, the _Press_ printed a letter by Butler signed"Cellarius" and headed "Darwin among the Machines, " reprinted in _TheNote-Books of Samuel Butler_ (1912). The letter begins: "Sir: There are few things of which the present generation is more justlyproud than of the wonderful improvements which are daily taking place inall sorts of mechanical appliances"; and goes on to say that, as thevegetable kingdom was developed from the mineral, and as the animalkingdom supervened upon the ...vegetable, "so now, in the last few ages, anentirely new kingdom has sprung up of which we as yet have only seen whatwill one day be considered the antediluvian types of the race. " He thenspeaks of the minute members which compose the beautiful and intelligentlittle animal which we call the watch, and of how it has gradually beenevolved from the clumsy brass clocks of the thirteenth century. Thencomes the question: Who will be man's successor? To which the answer is:We are ourselves creating our own successors.
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