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"No one who wishes to consider the philosophy of evolution can well afford to be 

 without this series of papers." — Christian Regtster. 



29. Evolution and Social Reform: I. The Theological Method. 



Religion the formative principle of social growth ; its relation to Socialism ; 

 theological morality ; influence of Christianity on social development; New Tes- 

 tament ideas of marriage and wealth ; early Christian Socialism ; monasticism ; 

 influence of the Jews and Mohammedans; the church and industrialism; usury 

 or interest; the church and slavery ; alms-giving and pauperism; the effect of 

 preaching on character; repentance, conversion and atonement; the religious 

 method the method of personal character. 

 By Rev. John' W. Chadwick. author of "Evolution as Related to Relig- 

 ious Thought," "Charles Robert Darwin," etc. 



30. Evolution and Social Reform : II. The Socialistic Method. 



Communism, Socialism and Nationalism ; the methods defined ; origin of their 

 modern phases; tendencies of Socialism to militantism; State-Socialism; the 

 doctrine of equality of earnings ; equality vs. liberty ; Mr. Bellamy's theory crit- 

 icized; Henry George and the "single-tax" ; the injustice of land-confiscation; 

 relation of land-values to the value of improvements ; socialistic schemes artificial, 

 not organic ; profit-sharing and voluntary co-operation ; opportunism. 

 By William Potts, author of "Evolution of Vegetal Life." 



31. Evolution and Social Reform : III. The Anarchistic Method. 



Anarchy regarded as a science ; its opposition to government by physical force; 

 its methods not revolutionary but evolutionary ; anarchism in social customs ; 

 its economic principles ; involuntary poverty, its causes and cure ; injustice of 

 rent, interest and profits ; social parasites ; anarchism and the ballot ; its method 

 that of education and peaceful propagandism ; its ideal that of mutualism 

 between free individuals. 

 By Hugh (). Pentecost, editor of 7 he Twentieth Century. 



32. Evolution and Social Reform: IV. The Scientific Method. 



The scientific method based on the uniformity of Nature ; the polarity of Individ- 

 ualism and Socialism ; the psychological argument ; necessity for governmental 

 limitation ; the scientific method as distinguished from the theological, the social- 

 istic and the anarchistic ; it advocates the golden mean ; it cultivates individual 

 independence ; its relation to education and ethical culture. 

 By Daniel Geeenleaf Thompson, author of "A System of Psychol- 

 ogy." "The Problem of Evil," "Herbert Spencer," etc. 



33. Asa Gray: His Life and Work. His birth and youth; his in- 

 debtedness to Amos Eaton ; his relations with Dr. John Torrey ; his works on 

 Botany; the "North American Flora"; his contributions to the doctrine of 

 Evolution; his correspondence with Darwin; his personal characteristics; his 

 genius recognized by other botanists ; his great industry ; his unobtrusive mod- 

 esty ; causes of his unfinished work. 



By Mrs. Mary Treat, author of "Home Studies in Nature,' 1 "My 

 Garden Pets," " Through a Microscope," etc. 



34. Edward Livingston You mans : The Man and His Work. 



His birth and ancestry; his education ; his early interest in natural science ; his 

 blindness: his interest in reforms ; his contributions to chemistry; his career as 

 a scientific lecturer ; his acceptance of the doctrine of Evolution ; his introduction 

 of Herbert Spencer to America ; his establishment of the " International Scientific 

 Series" and the Popular Science Monthly; his visits to England; his broad, 

 democratic spirit and unselfish personal character. 

 By Prof. John Fiske, author of "Cosmic Philosophy," etc. 



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