Life and Habit
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1. Front matter2. PREFACE.3. AUTHOR’S PREFACE.4. CHAPTER I. ON CERTAIN ACQUIRED HABITS.5. CHAPTER II. CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS KNOWERS—THE LAW AND GRACE.6. CHAPTER III. APPLICATION OF FOREGOING CHAPTERS TO CERTAIN HABITS ACQUIRED AFTER BIRTH WHICH ARE COMMONLY CONSIDERED INSTINCTIVE.7. CHAPTER IV. APPLICATION OF THE FOREGOING PRINCIPLES TO ACTIONS AND HABITS ACQUIRED BEFORE BIRTH.8. CHAPTER V. PERSONAL IDENTITY.9. CHAPTER VI. PERSONAL IDENTITY—(continued).10. CHAPTER VII. OUR SUBORDINATE PERSONALITIES.11. CHAPTER VIII. APPLICATION OF THE FOREGOING CHAPTERS—THE ASSIMILATION OF OUTSIDE MATTER.12. CHAPTER IX. ON THE ABEYANCE OF MEMORY.13. CHAPTER X. WHAT WE SHOULD EXPECT TO FIND IF DIFFERENTIATIONS OF STRUCTURE AND INSTINCT ARE MAINLY DUE TO MEMORY.14. CHAPTER XI. INSTINCT AS INHERITED MEMORY.15. CHAPTER XII. INSTINCTS OF NEUTER INSECTS.16. CHAPTER XIII. LAMARCK AND MR. DARWIN.17. CHAPTER XIV. MR. MIVART AND MR. DARWIN.18. CHAPTER XV. CONCLUDING REMARKS.19. APPENDIX AUTHOR’S ADDENDA