CONTENTS Xlll 



CHAPTER XXII 



BACIAL MENTAL DIFFERENCES 



PAOI 



Mainly acquired Differences in instinct must be slight Shapes 

 and sizes of brains in relation to intelligence The stability of 

 inborn characters Most racial characters cannot be inborn since 

 they are liable to too rapid alteration The evidence from 

 religion 289 



CHAPTER XXIII 



METHODS OF RELIGIOUS TEACHING 



The ways in which religions mould character Dogmatic and 

 rational teaching The mental uniformities and divergencies 

 caused by religious sects The mental characteristics of the Greeks 

 and Romans Of the Early Christians Of Christians during the 

 Dark Ages Of Heretics Progress Enlightenment The propor- 

 tion of great men 301 



CHAPTER XXIV 



METHODS OF SCHOLASTIC TEACHING 



The evolution of the hunting instinct The reason why labour 

 is unpleasant The formal education of the lower classes That of 

 the higher classes Classical teaching The decay of the patrician 

 classes Scientific teaching Artificial aids to memory and the 

 reasoning faculty The teachings of the principles of heredity 

 The training of medical men 314 



CHAPTER XXV 



PRACTICAL PROBLEMS 



Physical deterioration The influence of urban conditions on 

 the race Public health Water-, Earth- and Air-borne diseases 

 Intemperance Child-birth Insanity 335 



APPENDIX A. Characters, inborn and inherited .... 353 



APPENDIX B. Mendel's Laws, and the Mutation Theory of 



Evolution .... * . 357 



INDEX -. . . ., . 373 



