

TABLE OF CONTENTS 



PART I: THE ATTRIBUTES OF LIFE 

 CHAPTER I 



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INTRODUCTORY - 3 



The study of human nature its attractiveness the sur- 

 prising anomalies and inconsistencies of man's disposition 

 if man has risen by evolution up the ranks of the animal king- 

 dom the roots of his behaviour must stretch down the animal 

 kingdom, and must, indeed, lie as deep as life itself the 

 essential nature of Life cannot be discerned by our senses, may 

 only be inferred from its manifestations what are these mani- 

 festations ? the marvellous energy of Life instincts, im- 

 pulsive and directive consciousness and volition memory, 

 habit and imitation sensitiveness and responsiveness 

 changefulness Life not the result but the cause of the sub- 

 stances and organs with which it is associated the proofs of 

 this contention Life's disregard of such natural laws as 

 express the workings of lifeless matterf unctions -without 

 organs anomalies of development and reproduction its 

 invasion of new environments the repetition of its schemes 

 with altered material. 



CHAPTER II 

 CHANGE ------ 24 



Man's inherent desire for Change the ceaseless round of 

 change in the substance of our bodies also, by death and 

 reproduction, in the constitution of a species the changes 

 that have resulted in the evolution of species Darwinism 

 Mendelism the former cannot, the latter can explain the 

 occurrence of useless features or qualities illustrations of 

 such useless developments has evolution resulted from 

 capricious changefulness or has it been guided by design, or 

 by environment, imitation or habit ? the difficulties involved 

 in the spread of new characters from the individual to the 

 species possible influences of environment of imitation 

 man's changefulness of disposition illustrated by his migra- 

 tions, and by his pleasure in the ludicrous, in gambling and 

 in drink. 



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