CONTENTS. 1 3 



THE LAW. 



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General deductions arising from the discoveries of Palaeontology. 

 Origin and advent of life unknown to science. Universality of 

 life in time and space. Uniformity of type and plan through 

 all the geological life-periods. Similarity of functions and life- 

 relations. Distribution in space. External conditions never 

 uniform. Representatives of the great life-types in every 

 epoch. Gradation and progress. The course and apparent 

 order of this progress. Introduction of new forms. Extinction 

 and creation of species. Theories of variation and development. 

 Geological epoch of man. Time and progress. Apparent 

 course of creation. Life-phases of the Current epoch. Causes 

 of local and general extinction. Man as a sub-creative centre 

 and modifying agent. Duration of species. Time and term of 

 the human race. Life aspects of the future. Progression or 

 succession? Onward and upward, .... 177 



CONCLUSION. 



What has been aimed at. The known and the unknown. The field 

 in which we may all become fellow-workers. The spirit in which 

 we should inquire, ...... 241 



