ANALYSIS OF CONTENTS. xv 



Prolyl. Religion and belief. Haeckel's Confession of 

 Faith. Monism. Unity of organic and inorganic Na- 

 ture. Unity of chemical elements. Monism not science. 

 Spontaneous generation not science. Reincarnation. 

 Haeckel's definition of belief. The inheritance of ac- 

 quired characters. The courage of patience. Revision 

 of science by philosophy. Science stops where facts stop. 

 Primal motive of science. Message of science. Philo- 

 sophic doubt and common sense. Each organism a link 

 in the chain of life. Life deals in realities. Convention- 

 ality. Authority. Instinct springs from past conditions. 

 Intellect points forward. Practicality of sensations. The 

 sober mind. The recrudescence of superstition. Life 

 based on dreams and illusions. Sensation truthful in 

 the degree that action is possible. Hyperaesthesia of sci- 

 ence. Trust in reality makes life safe. Meaning of 

 pain. Value of ideals. The course of life. The world 

 as it is. Subordination of impulses. The search for 

 truth. 



XV.— The Struggle for Realities .... 366 

 The price of truth. The mystic sanction. The strug- 

 gle against tradition. The struggle against learning. 

 The struggle in the human mind. Nature of the mind. 

 Practicality of the senses. Suggestion and convention- 

 ality. The forces outside ourselves. Fear and worship 

 of the unseen powers. The science of our childhood. 

 The world as it is. The conflict between science and re- 

 ligion. The struggle between science and dogmatic the- 

 ology. The essence of conservatism. The effort to limit 

 thought. The effort to control action. The passing of 

 institutions. 



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