INDEX 



Acquired characters, alleged trans- 

 mission of, 1 8, 46, 89, 202, 217; 

 definitions of, 8, 202, 211, 215 

 Acquirements, power of making, 



214, 215, 222 

 Alcohol, alleged transmission of 

 craving for, 89 : analysis of 

 craving for, 72 ; comparative 

 strength of craving for, 76 ; 

 limits of craving for, 77 ; origin 

 of craving for, 110; medicinal 

 virtues of, 63 ; motives for 

 drinking, 72 ; per capita con- 

 sumption of, 109 ; in Europe, 

 263 ; use of, in Africa, 258 ; 

 weakness of ancient solutions 

 of, III 



Alcoholism, alleged cause of filial 

 drunkenness, 89 ; of filial de- 

 generation, 91 ; proof against, 

 92 ; comparative mortality 

 from, 62 ; regarded as a 

 disease, no; early deaths 

 from, 68 ; estimated mortality, 

 69 ; factors in, 86 ; inheritance 

 of tendency to, 89 



Alcoholic selection, 85 



Adams, Rev. J. S., 138 



Altruism, evolution of, 239 



Ant, 228 



Argyle, late Duke of, 38 

 Army medical reports, 267, 268 

 Artificial selection, 55 

 Asexual generation, 201 

 Atavism, 59, 244 

 Athenians, 237 

 Australia, 154 



B 



Baggara, 42 



Begonia, 214 



Beverages, strength of alcoholic, 



114 

 Birdwood, Sir George, 134 

 Boston, 149, I S3 

 Brinton, Professor, 99 

 Brown, Rev. F., 133 

 Brown, Dr W. S., 100 

 Buckle, 237 

 Buddhists, 159 

 Bury, Rev. Wilbur F., 150 



Cambridge, United States of 



America, 153 

 Canada, Temperance Reform in, 154 

 Caribs, 43 

 Cell theory, 206 

 Cells, differentiation of, 213 



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