GENERAL INDEX. 



459 



Picard, Abbe, work related to Newton's 



law, 25. 



Pigeons, numerous varieties of, 183. 

 Pius IX, treatment of an abused scientist 



by. 353- 

 Planets, amusing theory on number of, 



394- 



Planorbis, evidence from shells of, 129. 

 Plants, evidence derived from, 148; St. 



Augustine on creation of, 281. Sft 



Botany, Trees, etc. 

 Plato, methods compared with Aristotle's, 



27 ; views on Divine ideas by, 91. 

 Pliny, as believer in abiogenesis, 43. 

 Pohle, Rev. Dr., on Darwinism and 



Theism, 212. 

 Pompeii, evidence against transmutation 



from, 144. 



Positivism, analysis of the creed of, 276. 

 Pouchet, Henri C. adverse to Pasteur's 



conclusions, 52. 

 Predictions, as a test of accurate science, 



136. 

 Protoplasm, the chemical aspects of, 334 : 



later studies in, 335. 

 Psychology, some false ideas exposed, 



269. 

 Pterodactyl, as a generalized type, 139. 



Quatrefages, J. L. de, species defined by, 

 95 ; on the theory of Evolution, 140 ; 

 on constancy of species, 182. 



Rawlinson, Sir Henry C., value of re- 

 searches by, 179. 



Ray, John, definition and views of species 

 by, 94. 3'8. 



Reaumur, Reni' A. de, as student of in- 

 fusoria, 49. 



Redi, Francesco, disproves abiogenesis 

 experimentally, 46 ; accused of unscrip- 

 tural views, 47. 



Religion, modern weapons for defense of, 

 XX ; Evolution used by enemies of, 22 ; 

 Darwinism in relation to, 207 ; Haeckel's 

 idea of a future, 239 ; relation of imma- 

 ture science to, 252 : Romanes" later 

 views on, a6i : wrong ideas of scientists 

 on, 311 ; not antagonized by Evolution, 

 388 : all science but serves to exalt, 409. 

 See Ch-irch, Dogma, etc. 



Renan, Ernest., absurd estimate of sci- 

 ence, 402. 



Reversion, its phenomena known to Aris- 

 totle, 27. 



Rhynconella, as elastic type of species, 

 159. 



Richter.Jean P., on the folly of unbelief, 



Richter, Prof., curious theory of life by, 



325. 

 Robin, Dr. Charles, harsh estimate of 



Evolution, 141. 

 Robinet,J. F., agreement of Flaeckel with, 



337. 



Romanes, Prof. Geo. J., latest testimony 

 of, xix : note on species by, 102 ; on 

 distribution of organisms, 127 ; on diffi- 

 culties suggested by fossils, 168 ; main- 

 tains physiological selection. 194 ; ag- 

 nostics classed and defined by, 260 ; 

 later views on religion, 261 ; claims 

 harmony of Bible and Evolution, 415. 



Rome, Evolution held by sages of, 28. 



Rosmini, Antonio, on the origin of soul, 

 347 ; views on materialism, 427. 



Rudimentary organs, summary of argu- 

 ment on, 413. 



Rupprecht, on authorship of Pentateuch, 



XVII. 



Ruskin, John, on pedigree of man, 430. 



Saint-Hilaire, E Geoffroy de, discussion 

 with Baron Cuvier, 39 : valuable collec- 

 tions in Egypt, 146 ; proclaims the sal- 

 tatory theory, 198 ; on the creation of 

 man, 363 ; as Catholic and evolutionist, 

 425 



Salisbury, Lord, attitude on science and 

 religion, 407. 



Saltation, as theory in Evolution, 198. 



Savages, races regarded as missing link, 



Sayce, Prof., on the credibility of Moses, 



xvi. 

 Schizomycetes, multiplicity of species in, 



99- 



Scholasticism, abiogenesis as viewed by, 

 321. See Schoolmen. 



Schoolmen, Evolution theory helped by, 

 23 ; writers on Evolution among, 29 ; 

 belie) in abiogenesis among, 44 ; agnos- 

 ticism of the Doctors and, 274. 



Schoim, Prof, on origin of species, 79. 



Schweinfurth, G A., studies in Egyptian 

 flora, 149. 



Sciences, faith not endangered by, xxvii ; 

 growth of theories and discoveries in, 

 24; unite on the trail of Evolution, 40; 

 anticipated discoveries in, 70; value of 

 Evolution theory to, 136 ; incompetent 

 to explain creation, 306 : failure on 

 some vital points, 327 ; censure of lead- 

 ers in, 353 ; stages and progress of, 387 ; 

 treatment of pioneers in, 391 ; conserva- 

 tism in the, 395 ; errors in infancy of, 

 399 ; absurd claims of, 402 ; bankruptcy 

 of, 404 ; review of conquests of, 408. 



Scotus F.rigena, views on dialectics by, 91. 



Sea Shells, succession of types shown in, 

 127 



Selection, as a factor in Evolution, 193 ; 

 Spencer's preferred term for, 195. 



Seminales Rationes, St. Thomas Aquinas' 

 theory of, 289. 



Senses, effects of use and disuse, 195. 



Serpents, mediaeval recipe for generating, 



Siebold, Karl von, as student of infusoria, 

 49- 



