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Darwin and Modern Science
A. C. Seward
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ESSAYS IN COMMEMORATION OF THE CENTENARY OF THE BIRTH OF CHARLES DARWIN AND OF THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE PUBLICATION OF "THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES"
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By A.C. Seward and Others
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PREFACE
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DATES OF THE PUBLICATION Of CHARLES DARWIN'S BOOKS AND OF THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS IN HIS LIFE
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I. INTRODUCTORY LETTER From Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, O.M., G.C.S.I., C.B., M.D., D.C.L., LL.D., F.R.S., ETC.
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II. DARWIN'S PREDECESSORS. By J. Arthur Thomson.
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III. THE SELECTION THEORY, By August Weismann.
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IV. VARIATION. By HUGO DE VRIES.
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V. HEREDITY AND VARIATION IN MODERN LIGHTS. By W. Bateson, M.A., F.R.S.
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VI. THE MINUTE STRUCTURE OF CELLS IN RELATION TO HEREDITY. By Eduard Strasburger.
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VII. "THE DESCENT OF MAN". By G. Schwalbe.
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VIII. CHARLES DARWIN AS AN ANTHROPOLOGIST. By Ernst Haeckel.
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X. THE INFLUENCE OF DARWIN ON THE STUDY OF ANIMAL EMBRYOLOGY. By A. Sedgwick, M.A., F.R.S.
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XI. THE PALAEONTOLOGICAL RECORD. By W.B. Scott.
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XII. THE PALAEONTOLOGICAL RECORD. By D.H. Scott, F.R.S.
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XIII. THE INFLUENCE OF ENVIRONMENT ON THE FORMS OF PLANTS. By Georg Klebs, PH.D.
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XIV. EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF THE INFLUENCE OF ENVIRONMENT ON ANIMALS. By Jacques Loeb, M.D. Professor of Physiology in the University of California.
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XV. THE VALUE OF COLOUR IN THE STRUGGLE FOR LIFE. By E.B. Poulton.
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XVI. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF PLANTS. By Sir William Thiselton-Dyer, K.C.M.G., C.I.E. Sc.D., F.R.S.
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XVII. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF ANIMALS. By Hans Gadow, M.A., Ph.D., F.R.S.
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XVIII. DARWIN AND GEOLOGY. By J.W. Judd, C.B., LL.D., F.R.S.
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XIX. DARWIN'S WORK ON THE MOVEMENTS OF PLANTS. By Francis Darwin,
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XX. THE BIOLOGY OF FLOWERS. By K. Goebel, Ph.D.
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XXI. MENTAL FACTORS IN EVOLUTION. By C. Lloyd Morgan, LL.D., F.R.S.
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XXII. THE INFLUENCE OF THE CONCEPTION OF EVOLUTION ON MODERN PHILOSOPHY. By H. Hoffding.
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XXIII. DARWINISM AND SOCIOLOGY. By C. Bougle.
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XXIV. THE INFLUENCE OF DARWIN UPON RELIGIOUS THOUGHT. By P.N. Waggett, M.A., S.S.J.E.
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XXV. THE INFLUENCE OF DARWINISM ON THE STUDY OF RELIGIONS. By Jane Ellen Harrison.
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XXVI. EVOLUTION AND THE SCIENCE OF LANGUAGE. By P. Giles, M.A., LL.D. (Aberdeen),
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XXVII. DARWINISM AND HISTORY. By J.B. Bury, Litt.D., LL.D.
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XXVIII. THE GENESIS OF DOUBLE STARS. By Sir George Darwin, K.C.B., F.R.S.
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XXIX. THE EVOLUTION OF MATTER. By W.C.D. Whetham, M.A., F.R.S.
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INDEX.
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PREFACE
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