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INDEX 



" Natural Religion,'' author of, 



quoted, 224. 



"Nature" quoted, on physicist 

 ideas, 40 ; on the " missing link," 

 177. 



Nature, 25, 31 ; fundamental order 

 in, 32 ; is alive, 36, 65, 77 ; forces 

 of, 33, 38, 48 ; Greek method of 

 investigating, 39 ; abhors the 

 rigid, 50, 79 ; phenomena in, 50- 

 52 ; miracles of, 89, 99, 131, 231 ; 

 acts of, 90 ; organic, 128 ; is 

 cruel, 136 ; is cosmopolitan, 151 ; 

 Monistic, religion of, 153; history 

 of the world, written by, 159; 

 effect of the forces of, on Man, 

 159 ; the word defined, 159 ; de- 

 structive forces of, 166; is wonder- 

 ful, 178; return to, necessary, 

 180 ; book of, 187, 191 ; progress 

 of, 196, 202, 280; works by 

 natural laws, 235, 237, 255, 257 ; 

 prolific in resources, 271 ; stamps 

 out the weakest, 275 ; order in, 

 280. 



Neptune, the planet, 16. 



Nerve cells, 28. 



Nerve-centres, 113, 118-120. 



Nervous system, the human, 118- 

 121. 



"New Chemistry, The," Cooke, 

 quoted, 48, 55. " 



Nicene Council, 229, 230. 



Nickel and a magnet, 74. 



Nile, investigations in the, 207. 



Nitrogen, 62, 71 ; in the air, 287. 



Nucleolus, 28, 79, 92, 98, 114, 119, 

 209. 



Nucleus, 28, 79, 92, 98, 114, 119, 

 209. 



OHM'S law in physics, 45. 



Organisms, evolution of, 98 ; how 

 built up, 100, 101-, Ill, 112; 

 microscopic, killed by cold, 147 ; 

 changes in living, 108 ; the 

 human, 149, 150, 151 ; first 

 appearance of, 171, 209 ; de- 

 velopment of, 277. 



Ovarinm, the, 86, 88, 129. 



Ovum, the human, 86-92, 95, 107, 

 129,132,150; Carpenter on, 130. 



Oxygen gas and hydrogen, 59 ; in 

 the air, 287 ; liquid, 296. 



" PASTEUR, Louis, His Life and 

 Labours," quoted, on precon- 

 ceived idea.*, 49, 50 ; on dis- 

 appearance of matter, 147 ; on 

 germs of disease, 252. 



Pearson, " Ethic of Free-thought," 

 quoted, 247. 



Pentateuch, errors in the, 219. 



Permian strata, the, 191. 



Phenomena, physical, 50 ; natural, 

 51, 56 ; social, 245, 254. 



Photography, 215, 296. 



Physicist, fundamental errors of 

 the, 38-41, 48-53. 



" Physiology, 5 ' Schafer, quoted, on 

 protoplasm in the body, 80, 92, 

 171. 



" Pioneers of Science," Lodge, 

 quoted, on Sirius, 11, 16 ; on 

 time, 19, 20 ; on the mathe- 

 matical method, 39 ; on falling 

 bodies, 43 ; on the inverse 

 square, 46 ; on the " three bodies," 

 47 ; on the ignorance of man, 249. 



Plague, the, under human control, 

 135. 



Planets, the, 11, 13, 15, 16. 



Plants, growth of, 101, 133 ; first 

 appearance of, 185, 188, 189; 

 gradual development of, 192, 

 193, 196, 199, 201. 



Priests, 232-235, 237, 233-241; 

 true function of the, 273. 



" Principles of Human Physio- 

 logy," Carpenter, quoted, on ova 

 in the ox, 88 ; on the ovum, 91. 



Problems of the day, 37. 



"Problems of the Future," Laing, 

 quoted, on immortality, 141 ; on 

 man and the ape, 176, 177. 



Progress, in organic functions, 

 171-176 ; origin of, 145 ; social, 

 246, 247 ; of man, 264. 

 Proteid Molecule, the, 62, 63, 66. 

 Protoplasm, 29, 79, 92 ; living 

 matter, 99, 111, 133, 200; nerve 

 codings, 120; in reproduction, 

 131; the basis of organic life, 

 167, 184 ; wonderful forms of, 

 196, 200, 209. 



QTJAIN, Dr., s^e "Elements of 

 Anatomy," 87, 94, 105, 107, 130, 

 147. 



