CONTENTS 



OF 



FRAGMENTS OF SCIENCE 



VOLUME TWO 



CHAP. PAOB 



I. REFLECTIONS ON PRAYER AND NATURAL LAW ... 6 



II. MIRACLES AND SPECIAL PROVIDENCES 12 



III. ON PRAYER AS A FORM OF PHYSICAL ENERGY ... 44 



IV. VITALITY 51 



V. MATTER AND FORCE ,58 



VI. SCIENTIFIC MATERIALISM 82 



VII. AN ADDRESS TO STUDENTS . 99 



VIII. SCIENTIFIC USE OF THE IMAGINATION 109 







IX. THE BELFAST ADDRESS 145 



X. APOLOGY FOR THE BELFAST ADDRESS 213 



XI. THE REV. JAMES MARTINEAU AND THE BELFAST ADDRESS . 238 

 XII. FERMENTATION, AND ITS BEARINGS ON SURGERY AND 



MEDICINE 266 



XIII. SPONTANEOUS GENERATION 306 



XIV. SCIENCE AND MAN 352 



XV. PROFESSOR VIRCHOW AND EVOLUTION 392 



XVI. THE ELECTRIC LIGHT . , 440 



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