GENERAL INDEX. 



Abiogenesis, believed in by Anaxagoras, 

 26 : as a theory of the ancients, 33 ; import 

 of its discussion, 41 ; early prevalence 

 of the theory, 42 ; Roman philosophers 

 believed in, 43 ; Fathers and Schoolmen 

 accept, 44 ; Father Kircher"s curious re- 

 cipe in, 45; disproof of by Redi's ex- 

 periments, 46 ; theory loses standing, 

 48 ; fruits of the controversy on, 50 ; 

 notions of affecting science, 320 ; some 

 ancient ideas on, 321 ; Darwin's wish in 

 regard to, 327 ; as a corollary to Evo- 

 lution, 328 ; Haeckel positively believes 

 in, 329 ; discovery of still possible, 330 ; 

 if true not against Dogma, 331 ; scholas- 

 tic and other views of, 332 ; proof un- 

 likely to offer, 336 ; review of the long 

 battle in, 396 ; Rosmini's speculations 

 on, 427. 



Abubacer, curious philosophical romance 

 by, 29. 



Accad, science questions studied in, 13. 



Administration, Divine, views of St. 

 Thomas on, 295. 



Africa, pygmies of as the " missing link," 



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Agassiz, Prof. Louis, critique on Darwin's 

 theory by, 65 : as an adversary of Evolu- 

 tion, 74 ; on the origin of species, 79 ; 

 views on classification by, 90 ; definition 

 of species by, 96 ; on creation and 

 species, 101 ; argument from coral reefs, 

 152 ; denunciation of Darwinism by, 

 207. 



Agates, argument from the figures in, 33. 



Agnosticism, as an outcome of Evolution, 

 229 ; scope and nature of, 254 ; term de- 

 vised by Huxley, 255 ; late develop- 

 ments of, 256 ; views of Romanes on, 

 260 ; discussed by Duke of Argyll, 262 ; 

 cannot be a via media, 264 ; Max 

 Mullens views on, 268 ; the Christian 

 form of, 273. 



Agricola, strange theory on fossils by, 32. 



Albertus Magnus, the Evolution idea dis- 

 cussed by, 29. 



Allen, Grant, survey of transitional types 

 by, 131. 



Amoebae, theory of the, 247. 



Amphioxus, curious life history of, 117; 

 Haeckel's exalted notion of, 344. 



Analogous, compared with homologous, 



no, 



Analogy, Haeckel's quibbling with, 249. 

 Anarchists, Evolution kindly received by, 



209. 

 Anatomy, period of development of, 56 ; 



Kant's brilliant suggestion on, 57. 

 Anaxagoras, theory of life germs by, 26 ; 



ideological views of nature by, 380. 

 Anaximander, views on origin of life by, 25. 

 Anaximenes, on the Cause of all things, 26. 

 Ancients, their part in the Evolution idea, 



23 ; abiogenesis a common belief with, 



43. See also Antiquity. 

 Anthropomorphism, excluded from Chris- 

 tian Evolution, 302. 

 Anthropopithecus, views of Darwin on the, 



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Antiquity, species seen in the monuments 



of, 147 ; scientific errors and follies of, 

 400. 



Ant-Lion, remarkable pedigree of, 401. 



Apes, Haeckel's genealogy of the, 247 ; 

 question of man's descent from, 340; 

 Mivart on their human relationship, 

 344 ; possible human kinship with, 430. 



Apis, its identity with living species, 146. 



Archaeology, objections to Evolution from, 

 143 ; value of Asiatic research in, 179. 



Archaeopteryx, as a transitional type, 131 : 

 its discovery predicted, 137. 



Archacus, Paracelsus and the theory of, 

 324. 



Archebiosis, as a term for abiogenesis, 327. 



Arctic Region, Darwin on species of, 160. 



Argyll, Duke of, saltatory Evolution fa- 

 vored by, 198 ; views on Agnosticism, 

 262 ; on the accord of teleology and 

 Evolution, 373. 



Aristotle, conceptions of Evolution by, 27 ; 

 comparison of Empedocles with, 28 ; as 

 a yoke on early science, 34 ; abiogene- 

 sis one of his teachings, 42 ; describes 

 continuity of species, 144 ; doctrine of 

 the four elements by, 286 ; on classifi- 

 cation of species, 323 : scientific achieve- 

 ments of, 379 ; his influence on scholas- 

 ticism, 382. 



Artemia, valuable experiments with, 192. 



Assassination, Evolution held responsible 

 for, 210. 



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