CONTENTS 



PAGB 

 V 



vii 

 ix 



BOOK I 



THE UNIVERSE AND THE INDIVIDUAL ACCORDING 

 TO THE CLASSICAL SCIENTIFIC AND PHILO- 

 SOPHICAL THEORIES A CRITICAL STUDY 



PART I 



Classical Naturalistic Theories of Evolution 



FOREWORD 



CHAPTER I FAILURE OF THE CLASSICAL FACTORS OF 



ADAPTATION AND SELECTION TO EXPLAIN THE 

 ORIGIN OF SPECIES 9 



CHAPTER II FAILURE OF THE CLASSICAL FACTORS TO 



EXPLAIN THE ORIGIN OF INSTINCTS I 8 



CHAPTER III FAILURE OF THE CLASSICAL FACTORS 



TO EXPLAIN ABRUPT TRANSFORMATIONS CREA- 

 TIVE OF NEW SPECIES 23 



CHAPTER IV FAILURE OF THE CLASSICAL FACTORS 



TO EXPLAIN THE IMMEDIATE AND DEFINITIVE 

 ' CRYSTALLISATION ' OF THE ESSENTIAL CHAR- 

 ACTERS OF NEW SPECIES AND NEW INSTINCTS 27 



CHAPTER V THE TESTIMONY OF THE INSECT 29 



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