The Old Riddle and the Newest Answer

The Old Riddle and the Newest Answer

by John Gerard

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Author: Gerard, John, 1840-1912
Credits: Produced by Chuck Greif, Peter Vachuska and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
Language: English
LoC Class: QH: Science: Natural history
Subject: Evolution
Category: Text
eBook-No.: 33859
Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/33859
Release Date: October 15, 2010
Copyright: Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1.THE OLD RIDDLE AND THE NEWEST ANSWER — PREFACE — PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION — PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION — CONTENTS — I — TO BEGIN AT THE BEGINNING — II — REASON AND SCIENCE — III — "EVOLUTION" — IV — "THE LAW OF EVOLUTION" — V — WHAT IS A "LAW OF NATURE"? — VI — "THE LAW OF SUBSTANCE" — VII — "THE SEVEN ENIGMAS" — VIII — MATTER AND MOTION — IX — THE PROBLEM OF LIFE — X — ANIMAL AND MAN — XI — THE ORDER OF NATURE — XII — PURPOSE AND CHANCE — XIII — MONISM — XIV — ORGANIC EVOLUTION — XV — DARWINISM — XVI — THE FACTS OF EVOLUTION — XVII — "AUDI ALTERAM PARTEM" — XVIII — TO SUM UP — APPENDIX — INDEX — FOOTNOTES:

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