CONTENTS 



Illustrations Page ix 



Chapter I. The Making of Worlds Page 1 



§1. Laplace's Nebular Hypothesis. §2. Difficulties of 

 the Old Nebular Hypothesis. §3. Spiral Nebulae. §4. 

 The Tidal Theory. §5. Planetesimals. §6. General 

 Agreement as to the Nebular Origin of the Solar Sys- 

 tem. §7. The Old-time Religious Wonder. §8. Three 

 General Impressions. §9. The Evolution of Matter. 

 §10. The Unification of Energies. §11. The Fashioning 

 of the Earth. §12. Making a Home for Life. §13. Criti- 

 cisms. §14. A Possible Picture. 



Chapter II. Organic Evolution . Page 39 



§1. The Emergence of Life. §2. Note on Photosyn- 

 thesis. §3. Outlook on Animate Nature. §4. Evidences 

 of Evolution. §5. The Rock Record. §6. Geographical 

 Evidences. §7. Anatomical Arguments. §8. Embryo- 

 logical Evidence. §9. The Living Past. §10. Experi- 

 mental Evidence. §11. General Conclusion. §12. The 

 Gist of Darwinism: (A) The Web of Life. §13. (B) 

 The Struggle for Existence. §14. (C) Variability. §15. 

 (D) Selection. §16. As Regards Heredity. §17. Habits 

 and the Possible Entailment of Their Results. §18. 

 Evolution Not a Chapter of Accidents. §19. Evolution 

 in Its Religious Aspect. 



Chapter III. The Evolution of Man . Page 193 



§1. The Tax on New Knowledge. §2. What Darwin 

 Proved. §3. Factors in Man's Origin. §4. Recoil from 



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