POPtTLAR SCIENCE KEWS. 
[March, 1891, 
TWELFTH EDITION, BEVISIVD. 
Whence, What, Where? 
A VIEW OF THE 
Origin, Nature, and Destiny of Man. 
By the late JAMES R. NICHC^S, M. D., A. M., 
Author of " Fireside Science," " Chemletry of the Farm," and " The New Africultnre.' 
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HEADINGS OF CHAPTERS; 
The Genesis of Man. 
The Material Man. 
The Spiritual Man. 
What is Spirit? 
The Religious Man. 
What of Death? 
After Death, What? 
Where? 
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