Thomas Henry Huxley
Man's Place in Nature and Other Essays
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HUXLEY’S ESSAYS WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY SIR OLIVER LODGE
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
HUXLEY’S ESSAYS
I ON THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE MAN-LIKE APES.
II ON THE RELATIONS OF MAN TO THE LOWER ANIMALS.
III ON SOME FOSSIL REMAINS OF MAN.
IV THE PRESENT CONDITION OF ORGANIC NATURE.
V THE PAST CONDITION OF ORGANIC NATURE.
VI THE METHOD BY WHICH THE CAUSES OF THE PRESENT AND PAST CONDITIONS OF ORGANIC NATURE ARE TO BE DISCOVERED.—THE ORIGINATION OF LIVING BEINGS.
VII THE PERPETUATION OF LIVING BEINGS, HEREDITARY TRANSMISSION AND VARIATION.
VIII THE CONDITIONS OF EXISTENCE AS AFFECTING THE PERPETUATION OF LIVING BEINGS.
IX A CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF THE POSITION OF MR. DARWIN’S WORK, “ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES,” IN RELATION TO THE COMPLETE THEORY OF THE CAUSES OF THE PHENOMENA OF ORGANIC NATURE.
X ON THE EDUCATIONAL VALUE OF THE NATURAL HISTORY SCIENCES.
XI ON THE PERSISTENT TYPES OF ANIMAL LIFE.
XII TIME AND LIFE.
XIII DARWIN ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES.
XIV THE DARWINIAN HYPOTHESIS.
XV A LOBSTER; OR, THE STUDY OF ZOOLOGY.
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