INDEX.

Absolute, contradictory idea, p. 13; true form of, . 19

Adaptation, . . . 132

Affinities of elements, p. 107; as affected by temperature, . 108

Age of the world, . 139

Allen, Grant, . . 135

Anselm, . . 5

Anthropomorphic ideas, . . 28

Anticipation in plants, . 155

Appeals, inadmissible, . 30

A priori proof, . . . 35

Argument for the being of God, simplicity of, . 75

Atmosphere, ingredients, p. 115; offices, p. 116; diffusion, p. 117; diffusion of heat, 118; of moisture, 118

Beauty in plants, p. 156; in animals, 183

Bell, Sir Charles, 188

Benevolence, . . 215

Body of man, as an engine, p. 179; upright position, p. 201; senses, p. 202; hand, . 203

Camel, adaptations, . 185

Carbon, . 111, 173

Carnivora, . . . . 285

Causation, p. 40; proof from, p. 42; final causes, p. 61: relation of causes and reasons, . . 193

Chadbourne, President, . . 184

Christianity, . 245

Circulation in animal life, . 175

Clarke, Samuel, . . 37

Colors, . . . . . 133

Consciousness, appeals to, p. 30; proof from, p. 38; nature of, . . 55

Cooke, Prof. J. P., 89, 90, 94, 101

Correlation of forces, . 104, 144

Crystals, . . . 94

Dana, Prof., . . 95

Darwin, p. 140; life, . . 161

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Degeneracy in religion - 223, 227

Descartes - 36

Descent, and goodness of God - 283

Desires, insatiable - 219

Development, organic, p. 195; intellectual, p. 205; spiritual, p. 209, 222; in history, p. 253; of the nature of evolution - 255

Discipline of the world, p. 265; involves what, p. 266; includes laws, p. 267; no grounds of complaint, 282

Ear, . . 202

Empirical philosophy, . . 50, 62, 234

Energy, indestructible, p. 101; eternal, 102

Equilibration, . . 130

Evolution, p. 49; relation to proof, p. 125; reasons for, p. 128; forces covered, p. 130; by increments, p. 145; in organic forces, . 195

Experience as a guide, . . 33, 64

Eye, . 143, 202

Faith, relation to proof, p. 5; appeals to, p. 33; relation to historical growth, . . . 258

Feelings, relation to proof, . 3

Final causes, . . 246

First cause, . . . 43

Forces, indestructible, p. 48; eternal, 49

Gemmules, . 161

Glacier, . . . . . . . 113

God, nature and attributes, p. 1; conception, p. 23; form of manifestation, . . . . . . . . 25, 27

Goodness of God, p. 261; relation to proof of his being, p. 261; difficulties in judging, p. 262; proof of, laws, p. 270; happiness, p. 271; in crease of happiness, p. 271; hardships, p. 272; happiness and virtue, p. 273; argument grows, p. 273; men love mercy, p. 274; objections, suffering, p. 275; descent of evil, p. 283; carnivora, p. 285; parasites, 286

Gravity, law of, . . 95

Growth, the one explanatory idea, . . 268

Hamilton, Sir William, 13, 14

Hand,. . . . 203

Heat, diffusion of, .. 118

Huxley, . 55

Ideas, appeal to intuitive, p. 32; spiritual, 97

Imagination, appeals to, . 31

Immortality, p. 1; relation to natural theology, p. 288; physical constitution, p. 289; science, p. 289; spiritual constitution, p. 290; inexhaustible, p. 291; evolution, p. 292; law unsuitable, p. 293; force of conviction, p. 295; rejection, p. 296; faith, p. 297; plan of God, p. 298; truthfulness of God, p. 299; love of God, 300; communion with God, pp. 300; the opposite belief, 301

Infinite,not knowable, p. 8; a negative idea, p. 13; contradictory idea, p. 15, 16; true form of, 19

Inheritance, 144

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Intellectual development, p. 205; limits of, 212

Instinct, 198

Iron, offices, 114

Justice, 215, 267, 279

Kepler, laws of, . 95

Knowledge, relative, 10

Language, . 206

Law and reason, . 169

Laws of thought, . 60, 62

Leaf, ... 174

Liberty, 51, 63

Life, nature of, pp. 53, 159; what it covers, p. 160; theories of, p. 161; its dependencies, 199

Light, artificial, p. 108; light and plants, . 148

Mansel, 9, 16, 17, 18

Material, kinds, . 113

Materialism, . . 195

Mathematics and mind, . . 83

Matter, indestructible, pp. 48, 49; relation to mind, pp. 65, 70; eternity of, p. 79; active, p. 98; its proportions, p. 99; seat of order p. 100; indestructible, p. 101; eternal, p. 102; relation to mind, 123

Mind, relation to matter, pp. 65, 123; gives a beginning, p. 68; interpreted by experience, p. 71; gives an infinite, p. 74; precedence of, p. 81; constructive force, . 83

Miracles, pp. 193, 230, 232; adverse proof, p. 234; sustaining proof, p. 237; service, p. 242; historical presumption, 243

Molecules, 88

Monsters, . 172

Nature of God . 7

Natural and supernatural, . 230, 231

Natural selection, pp. 133, 136, 144; final causes, . 248

Nervous system and mind, . 197

Nitro-glycerine, . . 110

Number, . 87, 98

Oak-ball, . . 155

Orchids, . 140

Organic compounds, p. 173; powers, . 195

Oxygen. . 107

Paley, 64

Parasites and goodness of God, 266

Pessimism, 218, 220, 221, 282

Philosophy, cosmic, . 130

Philosophy, relations to proof, . 190

Philosophy of history, p. 250; reference to physical causes, p. 251; elements in, p. 251; relations to proof, 259

Phyllotaxis, . . . 151

Plants, insectivorous, p. 149; climbing, p. 150; ideas involved, 151

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Power and goodness of God, . . . 269

Proofs, deductive, p. 36; inductive, . 38

Reason and law, . 169

Reasons and causes, . . . 193

Rational life, antecedent conditions, p. 199; time involved, 200

Resemblance as an idea, . . . . . . 86

Selection, natural, . . . 133

Selection, sexual, .182

Social development, . . 209

Special adaptations, . . 77

Species, . . . . . 138, 146

Spencer, H., the unknowable, pp. 8, it, 12; theory of life, . . . 166

Spiritual development, p. 211; and moral law, p. 214; lines of, p. 216; relation to natural selection, . . . . 217, 221

Sports, ... 147

Suffering in world, p. 275; explanation, . . . . 278

Sun, action on life, . . . 174

Supernatural, . . . . 229

Symmetry,. . . . 180

Temperature and affinities, . . . . 107

Theism, pp 42, 44; natural theism, . . . 227

Theology, natural, p. 1; methods of proof, . . 2

Thompson, Sir William, . . . . 91

Time and plants, . . . . 151

Variation, p. 134; in reference to man, . 184

Vegetable kingdom, proof from, . . . . 122

Wallace, A. R. . . .. . . . 134

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