CONTENTS 



PAGE 



PREFACE vii 



PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION . xii 



PART I. 



THE STATEMENT OF THE CASE 



PART II. 



THE EVIDENCE PROVING THE STATEMENT OF THE CASE . 5 



1. On Space ......... 7 



2. On Matter 14 



3. On Eternity 15 



4. On Time ......... 18 



5. On Atoms and Molecules ...... 21 



6. On Cellular and non-Cellular Matter . . . .27 



7. On Chemical (so-called) reaction ..... 31 



8. On Regeneration all Nature is alive .... 34 



9. On the prime factor Ether 37 



10. On the Number of species of Atoms . . . . .68 



11. On the Order of the selective properties of Atoms, under 



the influence of Ether ...... 74 



12. On the Manner that Atoms form Cells . . , . 78 



13. On the Way that Atoms form Organisms .... 84 



14. On the Eternity of Life 137 



15. Summary of the previous Statements and Proofs ") 



r 149 



On the Factors in Human Life The Issue ) 



