CONTENTS 



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PREFACE 7 



CHAPTER I. 

 THE NATURE OF THE PROBLEM - 13 



CHAPTER II. 



THE SIMPLEST FORMS OF LIFE 29 



CHAPTER III. 

 THE NATURE OF MATTER - 43 



CHAPTER IV. 

 IN THE BEGINNING - 59 



CHAPTER V. 



THE EVOLUTION OF LIFE AND MIND - - 74 



