INDEX 



305 



the ape, 176, 217 ; how created, 

 178, 215-219; curse upon, 219; 

 first appearance on the earth, 

 205; part of an universal brother- 

 hood, 246 ; ignorance of, 249 ; 

 not born equal, 277 ; factors in 

 the development of, 281. 



" Man's Place in Nature," Huxley, 

 quoted, on the development of a 

 dog, 95, 96 ; 011 the " missing 

 link," 177. 



Mantell quoted, 166, 167. 



Mars, the planet, 16. 



Marsupials, first form of mammals, 

 195, 196. 



Martineau, Dr., on religion, 224. 



" Martyrdom of Man, The," Reade, 

 quoted, on the Greeks, 132; on 

 religion, 152, 153, 226, 227 ; on 

 primitive, 159, 160 ; on God, 

 225 ; on Christianity, 232, 233, 

 272, 273 ; on nature and science, 

 236, 264 ; on modern luxury, 

 279, 280. ' 



Marx, Karl, quoted, on capital, 

 269, 270. 



Ma=s, 3, 10 ; Professor Fitzgerald 

 on, 40. 



Materialism. Ethical, 241. 



Maternal care, 102, 103. 



Mathematics, the science of, 39 ; 

 methods of, 39 ; applied to 

 Nature, 41 ; how recognized by 

 Nature, 43 ; fail in astronomy, 

 47 ; false formulae in, 45, 46 ; 

 useless in the study of Nature, 

 50, 52 ; process of reckoning in, 

 285, 286. 



Matter, classes of, 3, 27 ; which 

 exists in space, 14 ; exists in 

 Eternity, 15, 35 ; Conservation 

 of, 23 ; definition of, 21 ; Gior- 

 dano Bruno on, 26 ; mineral, 

 29 ; organisms, built up of, 28, 

 29; is atomic, 77, 134, 149; 

 consumed in life, 109 ; reverting 

 into gas, 146; death of, 295. 



Medulla oblongata, 126 ; spinalis, 

 114,119. 



Meldola, Professor E., quoted, on 

 molecules, 24, 25 ; on the proto- 

 plasmic molecules, 29. 



Mercury, heated, 75 ; gaseous in 

 experiments, 290, 291. 



" Metamorphoses of Man and the 



Lower Animals," de Quatrefages, 

 quoted, onthe egg of vivipara, 102. 



Milky Way, the, 8. 



Mill, on religion, 224. 



Miracles, 89, 99, 131 ; supernatural, 

 231, 232. 



" Modern Science and Modern 

 Thought," Laing, quoted, on 

 evolution from atoms, 173 ; on 

 the Bible, 214 ; on the Gospels, 

 230 ; on the miracle of man's 

 intelligence, 231 ; on progress 

 in thought, 236 ; on truth, 243. 



" Modern Views of Electricity," 

 Lodge, quoted, 45, 46, 74. 



" Modern Zoroastrian, A," Laing, 

 quoted, on iron and rust, 56 ; 

 on the elements in the universe, 

 63, 64 ; on the brain and nerve 

 fibres, 120, 121, 122, 142 ; on the 

 will, 123 , on decomposition and 

 regeneration, 182 ; of the priest- 

 hood, 273 ; on the increase of 

 population, 275 ; on progress for 

 the masses, 279. 



Molecules, 3 ; matter a mass of, 

 14 ; compared to grains of sugar, 

 21 ; can be created and de- 

 stroyed, 24 ; are individuals, 29 ; 

 combinations of atoms toform, 31, 

 32, 149; motions of, ever varied, 

 51, 52 ; not rigid objects, 57 ; 

 have polar openings, 56; gaseous, 

 57, 58, 61 ; incandescent, 57 ; 

 crystalline, 54,65; expansion of 

 the water, 57 ; water, 56, 57, 58, 

 61, 163 ; organic, 62 ; Endother- 

 mous and Exothermous, 64 ; 

 combination of, 71 ; are vesicles 

 of Ether, 114, 134; regeneration 

 of, 137, 138, 209; build up cells, 

 171 ; in protoplasm, 184 ; every 

 cell a group of, 208 ; liqueKcation 

 of gaseous, 289. 



Monera, the, 210. 



Money, craving for, 253 ; waste of, 

 263 ; power of, 282, 283. 



Moon, the, 12. 



Morality in religion, 242, 243, 244. 



" My Autobiography," W. P. Frith, 

 E.A., quoted, 142, 143. 



" NATURAL History of Lavas, &c.," 

 Judd, quoted, 164. 



