A Century of Science and Other Essays
John Fiske
A Century of Science and Other Essays
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A CENTURY OF SCIENCE
And Other Essays
BY
JOHN FISKE
DEDICATORY EPISTLE TO THOMAS SERGEANT PERRY,
PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH LITERATURE IN THE KEIO GIJUKU, AT TOKYO.
CONTENTS
A CENTURY OF SCIENCE
I
A CENTURY OF SCIENCE[3]
II
THE DOCTRINE OF EVOLUTION: ITS SCOPE AND PURPORT[5]
III
EDWARD LIVINGSTON YOUMANS[13]
IV
THE PART PLAYED BY INFANCY IN THE EVOLUTION OF MAN[16]
V
THE ORIGINS OF LIBERAL THOUGHT IN AMERICA[17]
VI
SIR HARRY VANE[22]
VII
THE ARBITRATION TREATY
VIII
FRANCIS PARKMAN[25]
IX
EDWARD AUGUSTUS FREEMAN
X
CAMBRIDGE AS VILLAGE AND CITY[27]
XI
A HARVEST OF IRISH FOLK-LORE
XII
GUESSING AT HALF AND MULTIPLYING BY TWO
XIII
FORTY YEARS OF BACON-SHAKESPEARE FOLLY[36]
XIV
SOME CRANKS AND THEIR CROTCHETS
NOTE
AN ACCOUNT OF THE ADONI-SHOMO COMMUNITY
INDEX
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