Huxley, Prof.--on finite duration of the world, 1;
on the nature of science, 5;
on "Laws of Nature," 16-18;
on Evolution as a philosophy, 21, 22;
on matter, 38;
on the beginning of life, 46;
on faith and verification, 47;
on the fundamental principle of Evolution, 48;
on spontaneous generation, 50-54;
on protoplasm, 59, 60;
on structure of the Horse, 93;
on theism and creation, 100;
on teleology, 102;
on theism and chance, 103;
on the non-existence of chance, 111;
on seeming waste in nature, 121;
on mind and matter, 133;
on Saurian birds, 172;
on _Dysteleology_, 191;
on embryology and ætiology, 197;
on the Darwinian theory, 200, 201;
on facts as the only sound basis of theory, 204;
on the fundamental doctrine of organic evolution, 206;
on evolutionary evidence, 235;
on Haeckel's "Ante-periods," 236;
claims palæontological evidence as demonstrative of Evolution, 239, 261;
his pedigree of the Horse, 236, 242 _seq._;
discussed, 244 _seq._
_Hydra_, structure of, 146
_Icthyornis_, 171
_Inertia_, a property of matter, 39
Inference, 5 n.; 96, 272
Insects, insular, as an argument for Natural Selection, 154, 167
Invertebrate life, history of, 225
Johnson, Dr.--on free-will, 84
Julius Cæsar, his polydactyle charger, 241
Kant--on necessity of design, 150
Keller, Miss 77
Kelvin, Lord (Sir W. Thomson),--on the dissipation of energy, 25, 26;
his Law of Parsimony, 98;
on science and theism, 104, 278
Laing, Mr. S.--on matter and motion, 35
Lamarck--on Nature's witness to God, 279
Language, our "Rubicon," 73;
distinctively human, 73-78;
essential character, 74;
theories as to origin, 79
Lankester, Prof. Ray--on evolution of _Proboscideae_, 259
Laws of Nature--what? 16,
17, 86;
expressions of creative intelligence, 123, 277
Lewes, Mr.--on Laws of Nature, 86
Liddon, Canon--on Laws of Nature, 16
Life had a beginning, 46;
origin of, 46-66;
laws of, 90
Link forms wanting in Nature, 208 _seq._, 228 _seq._
Lodge, Sir O.--on non-purposive Evolution, 202;
on anthropomorphism and the First Cause, 276
Lydekker, Mr. R.--on pedigree of the Horse, 248
Lyell, Sir C.--on the need of creation, 269
Mallock, Mr. W.--on human conduct, 139
Mammals, appearance of, 226;
problems suggested by, 255
Man, faculties, 71 _seq._;
appearance of, 227
Marsh, Prof.--on Evolution, 47;
on _Hippops_, 252
Marshall, Prof. Milnes--on the teachings of Evolution, 15;
on embryology, 159;
on Haeckel's treatment of the same, 195
Marsupials, first appearance, 226
_Materia Prima_, 42 n
Matter, 35;
indestructibility, 13, 23;
properties, 36 _seq._;
constitution, 37, 41 _seq._, 135;
and motion, 39;
dissolution of, 43;
and mind, 131 _seq._
Max Müller, Prof.--on language, 73, 75
Mendeléeff's Periodic Law, 88
Mind and matter, connexion of, 131 _seq._
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