CONTENTS 



plained by Natural Selection Adaptation brought about by General 

 Laws Beauty in Nature How New Forms are produced by Varia- 

 tion and Selection The Objection that there are Limits to Variation 

 Objection to the Argument from Classification The Times on 

 Natural Selection Intermediate or generalised Forms of Extinct 

 Animals an indication of Transmutation or Development Conclu- 

 sion A Demonstration of the Origin of Species by Natural Selection 



Pages 141-166 



VIII. THE DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN KACES UNDER THE LAW 

 OF NATURAL SELECTION 



"Wide differences of Opinion as to Man's Origin Outline of the Theory 

 of Natural Selection Different Effects of Natural Selection on 

 Animals and on Man Influence of External Nature in the develop- 

 ment of the Human Mind Extinction of Lower Races The Origin 

 of the Races of Man The Bearing of these Views on the Antiquity 

 of Man Their Bearing on the Dignity and Supremacy of Man 

 Their Bearing on the future Development of Man Summary Con- 

 clusion 167-185 



IX. THE LIMITS OF NATURAL SELECTION AS APPLIED TO MAN 



What Natural Selection can Not do The Brain of the Savage shown 

 to be Larger than he Needs it to be Size of Brain an important 

 Element of Mental Power Comparison of the Brains of Man and of 

 Anthropoid Apes Range of Intellectual Power in Man Intellect of 

 Savages and of Animals compared The use of the Hairy Covering 

 of Mammalia The Constant Absence of Hair from certain parts of 

 Man's body a remarkable Phenomenon Savage Man feels the want 

 of this Hairy Covering Man's Naked Skin could not have been pro- 

 duced by Natural Selection Feet and Hands of Man considered as 

 Difficulties on the Theory of Natural Selection The Voice of Man 

 The Origin of some of Man's Mental Faculties, by the preservation 

 of Useful Variations, not possible Difficulty as to the Origin of the 

 Moral Sense Summary of the Argument as to the Insufficiency of 

 Natural Selection to account for the Development of Man The 

 Origin of Consciousness The Nature of Matter Matter is Force 

 All Force is probably Will-force Conclusion . . 186-214 



