TABLE OF CONTENTS 



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PREFACE 



A NOTE ON THE LECTURERS 



INTRODUCTION— DARWIN RECALLED, by Ber. 



nard /. Boelen I 



EVOLUTION AND VIRUSES, by Frederick C. 



Bawden 9 



Introduction 11 



Definition of a Virus 12 



Primitive or Advanced Stages in Evolution 13 



Changes in Transmissibility 18 



Variation and Selection 21 



Effects on the Evolution of Organisms 24 



HUMAN ORGANIC EVOLUTION: FACT OR 



FANCY by Gottfried O. Lang 27 



Introduction 29 



The Fossil Record 30 



Genetic Interpretation of the Fossil Record 41 



Some Implications 52 



PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS OF EVOLUTION, by 



Andrew G. van Melsen 57 



Introduction 59 



Mechanicism and Vitalism 64 



The Abstract Character of Science 67 



The Distinction Between Inanimate Nature, Animate 



Nature, and Man 69 



Evolution and Finality 75 



EVOLUTION AND THE BIBLE, by Cyril Vollert,S,]. 81 



Introduction 83 



Origin of Man in the Bible: Some Preliminary 



Observations 84 



First Account: Origin of the Universe 92 



Second Account: Origin of tlie First Man 94 



Second Account: Origin of the First Woman 97 



The Bible and Evolution 103 



Some Zones of Obscurity or Discord: Adaptation of 



the Body 105 



Continuity and Discontinuity 106 



Adult or Embryo? 109 



Paradise Man and Primitive Man 109 



Monogenism or Polygenism 114 



Conclusions 117 



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