x Contents. 



CHAPTER II. 

 THE PSYCHOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES OF HEREDITY. 



PAGB 



I. Part played by Heredity in the Genesis of Instincts ... ... 306 



II. Part played by Heredity in the Genesis of Intelligence. Are the 

 Forms of Thought the Result of Hereditary Accumulation? 



New Form of the Problem of the Origin of Ideas ... ... 307 



III. Heredity Perfects Intelligence : Facts in Support of this ... 319 



IV. Part played by Heredity in the Genesis of Sentiments ... ... 328 



CHAPTER III. 

 MORAL CONSEQUENCES OF HEREDITY. 



I. Heredity and Liberty. The Personal Factor. Wundt and Bain. 



Character and Heredity ... ... ... ... ... 335 



II. Heredity and Education ... ... ... ... ... 346 



III. Part played by Heredity in the Genesis of Moral Ideas. Morals 

 and the Law of Evolution. Heredity and the Problem of the 

 Origin of Evil ... ... ... ... ... 351 



CHAPTER IV. 

 SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES OF HEREDITY. 



I. Part played by Heredity in Education and the Family ... ... 361 



II. Caste ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 364 



III. Nobility ... ... ... ... ... ... 369 



IV. Sovereignty. Constant Opposition in the Social Order between 



Liberty and Heredity. The Future of Humanity according to 

 Spencer ... ... ... ... ... ... 377 



CONCLUSION 



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