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to base fate (or fortune] upon celestial phenomena caused the Chaldeans to care- 

 fully observe them. 12. greifen hinein, reach down. 



LXII. SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 



i. sehen . . . , regard its contimially increasing utility. 2. brachte . . . 

 Reife, brought to completion with their assistance a carefully prepared plan. 

 3. den Menschen, mankind. 4. alles . . . , -was, representing everything 

 that. 5. Geldbewilligung, appropriation. 6. die . . . kb'nnen, the 

 curators of the museum can arrange it. 



LXIII. UBER VERERBUNG INDIVIDUELL ERWORBENER EIGENSCHAFTEN. 

 (On the transmission of individually acquired characteristics.') 



i. des . . . Dasein, of the struggle for existence. 2. der . . . innewoh- 

 nenden, that innate in the germ (i. e. Anlage). 3. der . . . Auslese, of 

 natural selection. 4. bisher . . . , has remained until now too limited and 

 uncertain. 5. zu . . . Thatsachen, insufficient facts observed with too much 

 haste. 6. wo . . . , when man himself furnishes the matter of proof for 

 answering the question regarding the transmission of acquired characteristics. 



LXIV. DARWINISMUS UND ETHIK. 



i. als . . . haben, to have for religion. 2. Carridre Machen, success 

 in life. 3. wie die genannten, as those mentioned. 4. die . . . , which 

 secures success in a certain social circle. 5. der . . . , the wages of sin is death. 

 6. gemass, according to. 7. Vernichtung . . . Leidenden, annihilation 

 of suffering by annihilating those who suffer. 8. Mogen Zeiten ein- 

 treten, let times of come. 



LXV. UBER DEN RUCKSCHRITT IN DER NATUR. 



i. die Rauber . . . , not excepting beasts of prey, are continually mindful 

 of their safety. 2. das bewusst, conscious of that. 3. zusammen- 

 gekugelter Igel, rolled up hedgehog. 4. die . . . haben, all of which have 

 lived in confinement. 5. auf . . . , upon the gradual wasting away of this 

 instinct which ensues as a consequence thereof. 6. konnte man sie 



