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"^ Regret peculiar to Man, and why 

 -•Remorse explained . 



Development of Self -Control .... 



Variability of Conscience. . 



Progress not an Invariable Rule 

 ^^11 Civilized Nations are the Descendants of Barbarians . 



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The Genealogy of Man. 



Man a Sub-Order . 

 The Birthplace of Man 

 Origin of the Vertebrata . 

 From no Bone to Backbone . 

 Does Mankind consist of Several Species 

 The Races graduate into each other . 

 Was the First Man a Speaking Animal ? 

 The Theory of a Single Pair . 

 ■••Civilized out of Existence . 



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Sexual Selection as an Agency to account for the Differences 



BETWEEN THE RACES OF MaN. 



Struggle of the Males for the Possession of the Females 

 Courtship among the Lower Animals 

 Why the Male plays the more Active Part in Courting 

 Transmission of Sexual Characteristics . 

 An Objection answered .... 



Difference between the Sexes created by Sexual Selection 

 How Woman could be made to reach the Standard of Man 

 "Characteristic Selfishness of Man" 

 Xo Universal Standard of Beauty among Mankind . 

 Development of the Beard .... 



Development of the Marria«e-Tie 



Unnatural Selection in Marriage .... 

 Modifying Influences in Both Sexes . 

 j" Grounds that will never be shaken " . 



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