CONTENTS 



PART I 



GENERAL 



CHAP. PAGE 



I. INTRODUCTORY THE MEANING OF EVOLUTION . 3 



II. THE PHILOSOPHIC TEMPER 16 



III. WHAT is MEANT BY PHILOSOPHY? 28 



IV. THE FOUNDATION OP EVOLUTION 38 



V. THE EVOLUTION OF THE IDEA 55 



PART II 

 INORGANIC EVOLUTION 



VI. COSMIC EVOLUTION 69 



VII. ATOMIC EVOLUTION 83 



PART III 

 ORGANIC EVOLUTION 



VIII. GENERAL 95 



IX. THE ORIGIN OF LIFE 101 



X. HEREDITY AND VARIATION 116 



XI. THE FACTORS OF ORGANIC EVOLUTION . . . . 121 



XII. THE ORIGIN OF MAN 135 



XIII. EUGENICS THE FUTURE OF MAN 140 



XIV. SPENCER'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO BIOLOGY . . . 154 



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