CONTENTS OF VOL. I. 



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List of Plates ... .*. 



List of Woodcuts ... 



List of Genetic Tables ... 



Preface to the First Edition 



Preface to the Third Edition 



Prometheus 



Faust ... ... 



CHAPTER I. ' 



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THE FUNDAMENTAL LAW OF THE EVOLUTION OF OEGANISMS. 



General Significance of the History of the Evolution of Man. — Ignor- 

 ance of it among the so-called Educated Classes. — The Two i 

 Branches of the History of Evolution. — Ontogeny, or the History i 

 of Germs (Embryos), and Phylogeny, or the History of Descent (or | 

 of the Tribes). — Causal Connection between the Two Series of 

 Evolution. — The Evolution of the Tribe determines the Evolution < 

 of the Germ. — Ontogeny as an Epitome or Recapitulation of Phy- • 

 logeny. The Incompleteness of this Epitome. — The Fundamental i 

 Law of Biogeny. — Heredity and Adaptation are the two Formative i 

 Functions, or the two Mechanical Causes, of Evolution. — Absence ! 

 of Purposive Causes. — Validity of Mechanical Causes only. — Sub- 

 stitution of the Monistic or Unitary for the Dualistio or Binary 1 

 Cosmology. — Eadical Importance of the Facts of Embryology to > 

 Monistic Philosophy. — Palingenesis, or Derived History, and Keno- I 

 genesis, or Vitiated History. — History of the Evolution of Forms I 

 and Functions. — Necessary Connection between Physiogeny and ; 



