CONTENTS OF VOL. I. 



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List of Plates ... ••• ••• •«• ••• ••• xi^ 



Liat of Woodcuts ... ... ... ... ••• xv 



List of Genetic Tables ... ... ... ... ... xriii 



Preface to the First Edition ... ... ... xix 



Preface to the Third Edition ... ... ... ... xxyii 



Prometheus ... ... ••• ... **. iutu 



Faust ». ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• xxxni 



CHAPTER I. 



THE FUNDAMENTAL LAW OF THE EVOLUTION OF ORGANISMS 



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

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

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

 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 Fundamentaj 

 Law of Biogeny. — Heredity and Adaptation are the two Formativ* 

 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 Dualistic or Binary 

 Cosmology. — Radical Importance of the Facts of Embryology to 

 Monistio Philosophy. — Palingenesis, or Derived History, and Keno 

 genesis, or Vitiated History. — History of the Evolution of Forme 

 and Functions. — Neoesaary Connection between PhyeiogeHv am 



