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CONTENTS OP VOL. 1. 
conquer other less persistent instincts — The social virtues alone 
regarded by savages — The self regarding virtues acquired at a 
later stage of development — The importance of the judgment 
of the members of the same community on conduct — Trans- 
mission of moral tendencies — Summary .. .. Tage 7C-1C6 
CHAPTEE IV. 
Off the Manner op Development of Man prom some 
Lower Form. 
Variability of body and mind in man — Inheritance — Causes of 
variability — Laws of variation the same in man as in the lower 
animals — Direct action of the conditions of life — Effects of the 
increased use and disuse of parts — Arrested development — Ke- 
version — Correlated variation — Late of increase — Checks to 
increase — Natural selection — Man the most dominant animal 
in the world — Importance of his corporeal structure — The 
causes which have led to his hecoming erect — Consequent changes 
of structure — Decrease in size of the canine teeth — Increased 
size and altered shape of the skull — Nakedness — Absence of 
a tail — Defenceless condition of man 107-157 
CHAPTER V. 
On the Development of the Intellectual and Moral 
Faculties during Primeval and Civilised Times. 
The advancement of the intellectual powers through natural selec- 
tion —Importance of imitation — Social and moral faculties — 
Their development within the limits of the same tribe — Natural 
selection as affecting civilised nations — Evidence that civilised 
nations were once barbarous 158-184 
CHAPTEE VI. 
On the Affinities and Genealogy of Man. 
Position of man in the animal series — The natural system genea- 
logical — Adaptive characters of slight value — Similar small 
points of resemblance between man and the Quadrumana — 
Bank of man in the natural system — Birthplace and antiquity 
