SYNOPSIS OF CONTENTS. 



Protoplasm the only living substance Cells Every 

 living cell protoplasm First protoplasm Protoplasm, how 

 made Cell-nucleus the centre of elaboration Vital activity 

 innate in cell-nucleus Atoms and molecules Origin and 

 nature of atoms Atoms always in motion Attraction and 

 repulsion The Eternal Mind the source of matter and 

 motion Motion the source of life and mind Cause and 

 nature of chemical affinity and gravitation Solution of the 

 mystery and riddle of the universe Origin of protoplasm 

 Spontaneous generation No break in Nature's chain 

 Complex nature of protoplasm Different kinds of proto- 

 plasm Life a result of the activity within protoplasm 

 Mind a result of the activity within the grey nervous matter 

 Different grades of mind and their causes Conscious- 

 ness, memory, recollection, will, judgment, the soul. 

 Appendix, on "abiogenesis" Special creations Orderly 

 development of the world. 



