CONTENTS 



I. Shall we Accept the Universe? 3 



II. Manifold Nature 19 



III. Each for its Own Sake 30 



IV. The Universal Beneficence 54 



V. The Good Devils 73 



VI. The Natural Providence 90 



VII. The Faith of a Naturalist 112 



VIII. A Fallacy made in Germany 134 



rX. The Price of Development 138 



X. Tooth and Claw 158 



XI. Men and Trees 173 



XII. The Problem of Evil 193 (/ 



XIII. Horizon Lines: 



I. THE ORIGIN OF LIFE 203 

 n. THE LIVING AND NON-LrVTNG WORLDS 205 - 



III. THE ORGANIZING TENDENCY 207 \f 



IV. SCIENCE AND MYSTICISM 21 1 



V. IS THERE DESIGN IN NATURE? 219 \S 



VI. OUR IMPARTIAL MOTHER 225 



VII. BAFFLING TRUTHS 226 



Vni. SENSE CONTRADICTIONS 230 



IX. MAN A PART OF NATURE 233 ^ 



X. THE FITTEST TO SURVIVE 237 



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