CONTENTS. 



PAGE 



INTRODUCTION ... ... ... ... ... ... xxv 



BOOK I. 



THE CREED OF SCIENCE, RELIGIOUS AND MORAL. 

 CHAPTER I. 



ON THE CREATION AND GOD. 



1. Whence came the physical worlds ? ... ... ... 3 



2. Answer of Science : (1) Of Laplace and Kant ; (2) of Sir W. 



Thomson and Helmholtz ... ... ... ... 5 



3. Origin of life, according to Haeckel : spontaneous generation... 15 



4. Origin of species, according to Darwin : natural selection ... 21 



5. Chance the chief characteristic in the process of natural selec- 



tion ... ... ... ... ... ... 25 



6. Natural selection as a scientific hypothesis, how far proved. 



Its great significance in a theological, philosophical and 

 ethical reference ... ... ... ... ... 31 



7. Natural selection dispenses with Design in the process of 



Evolution ... ... ... ... ... ... 35 



8. Gives a new and sinister solution of the problem of evil. Science 



optimistic in spite of the struggle for existence. Modern 

 pessimism and evolution. ... ... ... ... 38 



9. A Creator, postulated by Darwin, set aside by Haeckel ... 44 

 10. Real issue raised by the doctrine of evolution, Whether Chance 



or Purpose made and rules the world ... ... ... 47 



CHAPTER II 



ON MAN AND HIS DEVELOPMENT. 



1. The place of man in Nature ... ... ... ... 55 



2. The scientific portrait of man ... ... ... ... 58 



3. The development of the human species. Has been by a series 



of great individuals rather than by natural selection and in- 

 heritance ... ... ... ... 64: 



