CONTENTS. 



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 Regret peculiar to Man, and why ..... 202 



Eemorse explained . . ... 204 



Development of Self -Control ...... 205 



Variability of Conscience .... . 207 



Progress not an Invariable Rule ..... 209 



All Civilized Nations are the Descendants of Barbarians . . 210 



"The Ennobling Belief in God" ... .213 



The Genealogy oi' Man. 



Man a Sub-Order . 



The Birthplace of Man 



Origin of the Vertebrata . 



From no Bone to Backbone . 



Does Mankind consist of Several Species 



The Races graduate into each other . 



Was the First Man a Speaking Animal ? 



The Theory of a Single Pair . 



Civilized out of Existence . 



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Sexual Selection as an Agency to AcconNx fob the Diffeeences 



BETWEEN THE RACES OF MaN. 



Struggle of the Males for the Possession of the Females 



Courtship among the Lower Animals 



Why the Male plays the more Active Part in Courting 



Transmission of Sexual Characteristics . 



An Objection answered . .* . . 



Difference between the Sexes created by Sexual Selection 



How Woman could be made to reach the Standard of Man 



" Characteristic Selfishness of Man " . 



No Universal Standard of Beauty among Mankind . 



Development of the Beard 



Development of the Marriage-Tie 



Unnatural Selection in Marriage .... 



Modifying Influences in Both Sexes . 



" Grounds that will never be shaken " . 



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