Last and first men
- Subtitle
- A story of the near and far future
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1. Front matter2. Preface3. Introduction By One of the Last Men4. 1. THE EUROPEAN WAR AND AFTER5. 2. THE ANGLO-FRENCH WAR6. 3. EUROPE AFTER THE ANGLO-FRENCH WAR7. 4. THE RUSSO-GERMAN WAR8. 1. EUROPE AND AMERICA9. 2. THE ORIGINS OF A MYSTERY10. 3. EUROPE MURDERED11. 1. THE RIVALS12. 2. THE CONFLICT13. 3. ON AN ISLAND IN THE PACIFIC14. 1. THE FOUNDATION OF THE FIRST WORLD STATE15. 2. THE DOMINANCE OF SCIENCE16. 3. MATERIAL ACHIEVEMENT17. 4. THE CULTURE OF THE FIRST WORLD STATE18. 5. DOWNFALL19. 1. THE FIRST DARK AGE20. 2. THE RISE OF PATAGONIA21. 3. THE CULT OF YOUTH22. 4. THE CATASTROPHE23. 1. THE FIRST MEN AT BAY24. 2. THE SECOND DARK AGE25. 1. THE APPEARANCE OF A NEW SPECIES26. 2. THE INTERCOURSE OF THREE SPECIES27. 3. THE ZENITH OF THE SECOND MEN28. 1. THE FIRST MARTIAN INVASION29. 2. LIFE ON MARS30. 3. THE MARTIAN MIND31. 4. DELUSIONS OF THE MARTIANS32. 1. THE SECOND MEN AT BAY33. 2. THE RUIN OF TWO WORLDS34. 3. THE THIRD DARK AGE35. 1. THE THIRD HUMAN SPECIES36. 2. DIGRESSIONS OF THE THIRD MEN37. 3. THE VITAL ART38. 4. CONFLICTING POLICIES39. 1. THE FIRST OF THE GREAT BRAINS40. 2. THE TRAGEDY OF THE FOURTH MEN41. 3. THE FIFTH MEN42. 4. THE CULTURE OF THE FIFTH MEN43. 1. THE CULT OF EVANESCENCE44. 2. EXPLORATION OF TIME45. 3. VOYAGING IN SPACE46. 4. PREPARING A NEW WORLD47. 1. TAKING ROOT AGAIN48. 2. THE FLYING MEN49. 3. A MINOR ASTRONOMICAL EVENT50. 1. BIRD’S-EYE VIEW51. 2. DA CAPO52. 3. SLOW CONQUEST53. 1. INTRODUCTION TO THE LAST HUMAN SPECIES54. 2. CHILDHOOD AND MATURITY55. 3. A RACIAL AWAKENING56. 4. COSMOLOGY57. 1. SENTENCE OF DEATH58. 2. BEHAVIOUR OF THE CONDEMNED59. 3. EPILOGUE