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A ghuice will sufficiently indicate the admirable skill and thought tliat have been 

 brought to l)ear upon these subjects. Jioston Saturday Evenimj Gazette. 



The lecturers are men of wide research, thoroughly acquainted with the topics of 

 wtiich they treAt. Charleston {S. C.) News. 



16. Tiic Relatloitif of Kno%vled(/e. The nature of sense-perception; 

 bighi, sound, taste, smell, feeling ; the doctrine of the Unknowable ; the relative 

 nature of matter, motion, form, weight, extension; the relativity of ethical and 

 sa<;ial theories ; the truth of definite relations ; the doctrine of relativity assures 

 charity and mental freedom. 

 IJy KOBEUT G. EccLES, M.D., author of "Evolution of Mind." 



19. A StMdy of Matter and Motion. An exceUent digest of a much 

 vexed question, with quotations from many authorities, I'rof . Youmans, Herbert 

 Spencer, Geo. Henry Lewes, Prof. Helmholtz, Prof. Coues, etc., etc. 



IJy Hon. A. N. Adams. 



We must not allow any prejudice of thought on account of the cry of " materialism." 

 -,- Text. p. 6. 



20. Primitive Man. Man as revealed by archaeological studies; evi- 

 dences of man's antiquity; geological periods; man's appearance in the 

 pliocene; palaeolithic and neolithic races; the ages of bronze and iron; cave- 

 men and lake-dwellers; dolmen- and mound-builders; primitive implements 

 and tools ; proofs of man's natural evolution. 



By Z. Sidney Sampson, author of "Evolution of Theology." 



31. Growth of the Marriage Relation. Marriage a primitive insti- 

 tution; its earlier forms; no evidence of original i)roniiscuity ; exogamy and 

 endogamy; group-marriage; polygyny, polyandry and monoganiv; marriage by 

 capture ; monogamy the highest form of the relation ; divorce and divorce-laws ; 

 marriage a contract; its regul.ation by the State. 

 By C. Stanilani) Wake, autlior of " The development of Marriage and 

 Kin.ship," "The Evolution of Morality," etc. 



22. Kvolution of the State. The growtli of political institutions; 

 the patriarchal family; the tribe and clan; the ancient city ; monarchical and 

 representative governments ; constitutions written and unwritten ; the Amer- 

 ican Uepublic its success and its dangers; evils of municipal government; 

 what final form will the State assume ? 

 By John A. Tavi.ok. 



2.'J. Kvolution of Law. IIovv law begins; statute law and judge-made 



law; the conversion of customs into law; religious sanctions; legal fictions; 

 the development of equity juris])rudence ; the common law; legislation; the 

 cddification of laws; laws for the collection of debts; personal rights under 

 the law. 



IJy I'ltoK. IvUKU.s Sheldon. 



21. Kvolution of Mrdiml Science. Supernatural ideas of disease; 

 fetishism in int'dicine ; the beginnings of medical science ; I'ythagoras ami Hij)- 

 jiDc.rates.Celsus aiwKialen ; Christianity and medical science"; the .Mohammedan 

 iiiMu(Mi<^e; lioiiieopatliy and alloi)athy; foods and ])oisons; the develo])inent of 

 Mirj^ery, anatomy, physiology, ('henustry and i)harma<'y; bacteriology; the 

 tifowth of sanitary science. 



By KoiJT. (;. E<-ci,i;s, M.I)., author of "Tlie Evolution of Mind," "The 

 lU'lativity of Knowledge," etc. 



2.'". Kvolution of Arms (Did Ainiior. 'Y\w m-cessity for anus and 

 arniiir under the Strug;; Ic f(irc.\i>t.('nce ; Nature's two methods anions:: aiiiinuls, 

 l)lants, men, nations ; how arms and armor have led to the industrial arts ; to a 

 lii^litT inanliood ; to r()-(>i)('rativc elVort; to iii<livi(lualisiii ; tli(> wcajioiis of 

 tlioiitilit; our National policy a.s rct;ar<ls defenses; the two methods in religion, 

 morals, law. social safety ; oii this rude stalk the tlower at lust of universal peace. 

 By John C Kimisaij.. 



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