CONTENTS. 



PART I. 



PAGE 



PIONEERS OF EVOLUTION FROM THALES TO LUCRETIUS 



B. c. 6oo-A. D. 50 . . . . .1 



PART II. 



THE ARREST OF INQUIRY A. D. SO-A. D. 1600. 



1. FROM THE EARLY CHRISTIAN PERIOD TO THE TIME 



OF AUGUSTINE A. D. SO-A. D. 400 . . 37 



2. FROM AUGUSTINE TO LORD BACON A. D. 400- 



A. D. 1600 ...... 73 



PART III. 

 THE RENASCENCE OF SCIENCE A. D. 1600 ONWARD . 99 



PART IV. 

 MODERN EVOLUTION 



1. DARWIN AND WALLACE . . . .126 



2. HERBERT SPENCER . . . . .175 



3. THOMAS HENRY HUXLEY . . - . .201 

 INDEX ....... 267 



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