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conflict between science and 

 religion, 237; England on the 

 wrong side, 243 ; the biolo- 

 gist fails us in human society, 

 245, 246 ; on the appetite for 

 success, 249 ; majority of people 

 have little chance of success, 

 253, 254; on socialism, 257, 275, 

 277 ; progress is built on the 

 wrecks of the past, 264 ; on 

 capital and labour, 269, 270, 

 271 ; old institutions and new 

 wants, 273 ; on modern commu- 

 nications, 274 ; on abolition of 

 present social conditions, 276 ; 

 on fame, 277, 278. 



Kinetic theory, the, 49, 50, 294. 



Knowledge, perfect, 154 ; the king- 

 dom of, 234, 236, 237, 238, 239. 



LATSOUK, should be co-operative, 

 278 ; division of, 280. 



Laing, S., on Iron, 56; on the 

 elements in the Universe, 63, 

 64; on the brain, 120; on im- 

 mortality, 141 ; on atoms, 173 ; 

 the " missing link," 176, 177 ; on 

 decomposition and regeneration, 

 182 ; on human origins, 206, 207 ; 

 on the Bible, 212,214; on ancient 

 religions, 218; on the Penta- 

 teuch, 219-221 ; on the Gospels, 

 230; on the creation of Man, 231 ; 

 on Faith and Progress, 243, 244 ; 

 on morality, 241, 242 : on priests, 

 273 ; on increase of population, 

 275 ; on moral and religious pro- 

 gress, 279. 



Laissez-faire, the system of, 276. 



" Law of Civilization and Decay," 

 Adams, quoted, 280, 282. 



Law, Nature's, 25, 101 ; of the 

 strongest, 33. 62; Ohm's, 45; 

 Avogadro's, 57 ; of reproduction, 

 101; of progress, 171 ; struggle 

 for existence, 174, 211, 250, 252 ; 

 survival of the fittest, 174, 207, 

 230 ; of Polar movements, 204 ; 

 Creation's final, 281. 



" Lay Sermons, Addresses and 

 Eeviews," Huxley, quoted, on 

 science, 45, 46 ; on development 

 of the embryo, 99-102 ; on edu- 

 cation, 103 ; on order and pro- 



gress, 135 ; on science and 

 physics, 143, 237, 238 ; our duty 

 in the world, 259 ; on Sociology, 

 263, 264 ; true education, 267. 



" Lessons in Elementary Physio- 

 logy," Huxley, quoted, on the 

 brain, 122, 123. 



Libraries, Free, 271. 



Life, human, 4; what is it? 30, 

 36, 134, 135 ; the basis of, 71 ; 

 a state of change, 108, 148 ; is 

 eternal, 109, 137, 138; factors 

 in Human, 148; the History oP, 

 159 ; origin of vegetable and 

 animal, 167 ; eras of organic, 

 171, 187 ; beginning of organic 

 on our planet, 172, 184 ; pre- 

 historic plants, 172, 173, 182, 

 185, 188, 189, 192, 193, 194, 196, 

 199, 202; types of, in Carboni- 

 ferous strata, 190; first appear- 

 ance of Mammalian, 193 ; in the 

 Ice age, 205 ; organic remains of, 

 208 ; a physical phenomenon, 

 209; position in, an accident, 

 257. 



Limestone, 200. 



Liquid air, boiling, 292, 293. 



Lizards, Sea, prehistoric, 194. 



Lodge, Professor 0., see " Pioneers 

 of Science." 



London Clay, plants and animals 

 in, 201. 



Luxury, modern diffusion of, 279. / I/ 



MAGNET, with iron and nickel, 74, 

 117 ; with a copper coil, 76. 



Mammalia, in the Tertiary forma- 

 tion, 171 ; first found in the 

 Triassic system, 193; in the Ju- 

 rassic rocks, 195, 196 ; in the 

 Eocene rocks, 200 ; in the London 

 Clay, 201, 202 ; in the Miocene 

 rocks, 203; nerve centre of, 118. 



Man, 4, 84 ; power of, 7 ; could 

 only exist on the earth, 18 ; 

 before birth, 91-95 ; development 

 of, 97, 146 ; intelligence of, 150 ; 

 transformations in, 132, 138; 

 built up of molecules, 149 ; re- 

 production of, 150 ; social evolu- 

 tion of, 151, 171 ; progress of, 

 179, 264 ; effect of the forces of 

 Nature on, 159 ; sprung from 



