ANALYTICAL TABLE OF CONTENTS. Xin 



Human automatism Curious views as to the nature of instinct 

 What is instinct? What it is Unity of each organism Definition of 

 instinct Energy of matter A new energy in man Grounds of this 

 decision Stupidity of animals Conclusion . . pp. 192 243 



CHAPTER VIII. 



V LIKENESSES IX ANIMALS AND PLANTS. 



&quot; The facts of mimicry and of the various kinds of homology as exhibited in 

 comparative anatomy, teratology and pathology, reveal an internal force and 

 dynamic agency, the soul, in each animal, which forms one indissoluble unity with 

 its material frame.&quot; 



Two kinds of likeness to be considered Mimicry Not to be explained by 

 accidental variations This shown by plants Second order of likenesses 

 The number of these perceived varies with the direction of our attention 

 Natural classification Of parts and organs Philosophical anatomists 

 The vertebral theory of the skull Analogous and homologous parts 

 Likenesses not due to inheritance Mr. Spencer s explanations Indepen 

 dent similarities Homoplasts and homoplasy Catalogue of homologies 

 Not due to the survival of the fittest Evidences from comparative 

 anatomy From teratology From pathology Teleology A resurrec 

 tion Development Are there cranial vertebra ? Amphioxus The 

 answer A deeper question Homology reveals internal forces Or 

 &quot; soul &quot; in each animal Mr. Lewes Conclusion . pp. 244 279 



CHAPTER IX. 



NATURAL SELECTION. 



&quot; The hypothesis of natural selection originally put forward as the origin of 

 species, has been really abandoned by Mr. Darwin himself, and is untenable. It 

 is a misleading positive term denoting negative effects, and, as made use of by those 

 who would attribute to it the origin of Man, is an irrational conception.&quot; 



Futility of attempts to ignore internal forces Origin of species, the author s 

 view Mr. Darwin s original view His later views And admitted errors 

 Consequent need of careful criticism Professor Huxley s defence 

 Points contended for by the author Differ from Mr. Darwin s view 

 What is and is not implied in man s animality Mr. Wallace s claims 

 to originality Mr. Francis Galton s view Mr. Darwin s style He begs 

 the question he argues Conclusion as to &quot; natural selection.&quot; 



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