Back to Methuselah
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- A Metabiological Pentateuch
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1. A Metabiological Pentateuch2. THE DAWN OF DARWINISM3. THE ADVENT OF THE NEO-DARWINIANS4. POLITICAL INADEQUACY OF THE HUMAN ANIMAL5. COWARDICE OF THE IRRELIGIOUS6. IS THERE ANY HOPE IN EDUCATION?7. HOMEOPATHIC EDUCATION8. THE DIABOLICAL EFFICIENCY OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION9. FLIMSINESS OF CIVILIZATION10. CREATIVE EVOLUTION11. VOLUNTARY LONGEVITY12. THE EARLY EVOLUTIONISTS13. THE ADVENT OF THE NEO-LAMARCKIANS14. HOW ACQUIREMENTS ARE INHERITED15. THE MIRACLE OF CONDENSED RECAPITULATION16. HEREDITY AN OLD STORY17. DISCOVERY ANTICIPATED BY DIVINATION18. CORRECTED DATES FOR THE DISCOVERY OF EVOLUTION19. DEFYING THE LIGHTNING: A FRUSTRATED EXPERIMENT20. IN QUEST OF THE FIRST CAUSE21. PALEY'S WATCH22. THE IRRESISTIBLE CRY OF ORDER, ORDER!23. THE MOMENT AND THE MAN24. THE BRINK OF THE BOTTOMLESS PIT25. WHY DARWIN CONVERTED THE CROWD26. HOW WE RUSHED DOWN A STEEP PLACE27. DARWINISM NOT FINALLY REFUTABLE28. THREE BLIND MICE29. THE GREATEST OF THESE IS SELF-CONTROL30. A SAMPLE OF LAMARCKO-SHAVIAN INVECTIVE31. THE HUMANITARIANS AND THE PROBLEM OF EVIL32. HOW ONE TOUCH OF DARWIN MAKES THE WHOLE WORLD KIN33. WHY DARWIN PLEASED THE SOCIALISTS34. DARWIN AND KARL MARX35. WHY DARWIN PLEASED THE PROFITEERS ALSO36. THE POETRY AND PURITY OF MATERIALISM37. THE VICEROYS OF THE KING OF KINGS38. POLITICAL OPPORTUNISM IN EXCELSIS39. THE BETRAYAL OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION40. CIRCUMSTANTIAL SELECTION IN FINANCE41. THE HOMEOPATHIC REACTION AGAINST DARWINISM42. RELIGION AND ROMANCE43. THE DANGER OF REACTION44. A TOUCHSTONE FOR DOGMA45. WHAT TO DO WITH THE LEGENDS46. A LESSON FROM SCIENCE TO THE CHURCHES47. THE RELIGIOUS ART OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY48. THE ARTIST-PROPHETS49. EVOLUTION IN THE THEATRE50. MY OWN PART IN THE MATTER51. ACT I52. ACT II53. PART II—The Gospel of the Brothers Barnabas54. PART II—The Gospel of the Brothers Barnabas (continued 2)55. PART III—The Thing Happens56. ACT I57. ACT II58. ACT III59. PART V.—As Far as Thought can Reach60. PART V.—As Far as Thought can Reach (continued 2)