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186 THE WORLD OF LIFE minating in man, in any other known or reasonably conjectured planet, but affords, in my opinion, an exceedingly powerful argument for an overruling MlND, which so ordered the forces at work in the material universe as to render the almost infinitely improbable sequence of events to which I have called attention an actual reality. Terrestrial Temperature-A djustments Among the many wonderful adjustments in the human body, and in that of all the higher vertebrates, none perhaps is more complex, more exact, and apparently more difficult of attainment than those which preserve all the circulating fluids and internal organs at one uniform temperature, varying only four or five degrees Fahr., although it may be exposed to temperatures varying more than a hundred degrees. Hardly less wonderful are those cosmical and physical adjustments, which, during many millions of years, have preserved the earth's surface within those restricted ranges of temperature which are compatible with an ever-increasing development of animal and vegetable life. Equally remarkable, also, is that other set of adjustments leading to those perpetual surface-changes of our globe which I have shown to be the motive power in the development of and which has done this the marvellously varied world of life ; without ever once leading to the complete subsidence of any of the great continents during the unceasing motions of elevation and depression which have been an essential part of that great cosmic scheme of life-development of which I am now attempting an imperfect exposition. That the temperature of the earth's surface should have been kept within such narrow limits as it has been kept during the enormous cycles of ages that have elapsed since the Cambrian period of geology, is the more amazing when we consider that it has always been losing heat by radiation into the intensely cold stellar spaces ; that it has always, and still is, losing heat by volcanoes and hot springs enormous extent ; by to an and that these losses are only counteracted solar radiation and the conservative effect of our moisture- laden atmosphere, which again depends for its chief conservative effect on the enormous extent of our oceanic areas.
x EARTH CHANGES & EVOLUTION 187 That all these agencies should have continued to preserve such a uniformity of temperature that almost the whole land surface is, and has been for countless ages, suitable for the continuous development of the world of life, is hardly to be explained without some Guiding Power over the cosmic forces which have brought about the result.
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THE WORLD OF LIFE
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THE WORLD OF LIFE A MANIFESTATION O
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PREFACE IN the present volume I hav
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PREFACE vii which is demanded at ev
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CONTENTS CHAPTER I WHAT LIFE is, AN
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CONTENTS xi CHAPTER XVII PAGE THE M
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xiv THE WORLD OF LIFE FIG. PAGE 29.
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CHAP. land-shells and sea-shells, a
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4 THE WORLD OF LIFE maturity, and a
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6 THE WORLD OF LIFE CHAP. "The deve
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8 THE WORLD OF LIFE CHAP. dogmatism
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CHAPTER III THE NUMERICAL DISTRIBUT
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26 THE WORLD OF LIFE counties are q
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30 THE WORLD OF LIFE completely ice
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CHAPTER IV THE TROPICAL FLORAS OF T
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42 THE WORLD OF LIFE Country. TROPI
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FIG. 2. FOREST IN PERAK, MALAY PENI
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56 THE WORLD OF LIFE CHAP. latitude
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58 CHAP. To any one but me and your
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60 THE WORLD OF LIFE CHAP. later ad
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62 THE WORLD OF LIFE CHAP. together
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64 THE WORLD OF LIFE CHAP. everywhe
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66 THE WORLD OF LIFE CHAP. laden. N
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68 THE WORLD OF LIFE which are 4-5
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76 THE WORLD OF LIFE intendent or k
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80 THE WORLD OF LIFE and publish th
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82 THE WORLD OF LIFE CHAP, iv while
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84 THE WORLD OF LIFE CHAP. and here
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86 THE WORLD OF LIFE close print, w
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88 THE WORLD OF LIFE CHAP. driven t
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90 THE WORLD OF LIFE CHAP. being ne
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92 THE WORLD OF LIFE CHAP. V Lydekk
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94 work such as the present. We wil
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98 THE WORLD OF LIFE CHAP. over the
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100 THE WORLD OF LIFE CHAP, vi brin
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102 THE WORLD OF LIFE CHAP. " law "
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104 THE WORLD OF LIFE CHAP. generat
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106 THE WORLD OF LIFE CHAP. variati
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108 THE WORLD OF LIFE CHAP. thousan
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110 THE WORLD OF LIFE shown by the
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112 THE WORLD OF LIFE CHAP. " Every
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114 THE WORLD OF LIFE CHAP. existed
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116 THE WORLD OF LIFE CHAP. Even mo
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118 THE WORLD OF LIFE CHAP. tory, t
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120 THE WORLD OF LIFE through corn
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122 THE WORLD OF LIFE CHAP. Those t
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CHAPTER VIII ILLUSTRATIVE CASES OF
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126 THE WORLD OF LIFE CHAP. distinc
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128 THE WOKl^L) OF LIFE CHAP. while
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130 THE WORLD OF LIFE CHAP. formida
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132 THE WORLD OF LIFE CHAP. and tha
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134 THE WORLD OF LIFE CHAP. tree, h
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136 by covering his head with a cop
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138 THE WORLD OF LIFE handful of qu
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140 THE WORLD OF LIFE CHAP. worth q
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142 THE WORLD OF LIFE CHAP. is perf
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xii LIFE OF TERTIARY PERIOD 221 kin
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LIFE OF TERTIARY PERIOD 223 terres,
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LIFE OF TERTIARY PERIOD 225 In the
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FIG. 79. ANOPLOTHERIUM COMMUNE. Upp
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228 THE WORLD OF LIFE line of desce
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230 THE WORLD OF LIFE CHAP. America
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xii LIFE OF TERTIARY PERIOD 231 rig
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in LIFE OF TERTIARY PERIOD 233 preh
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LIFE OF TERTIARY PERIOD 235 Another
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FIG. 89. PROBABLE APPEARANCE OF THE
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238 THE WORLD OF LIFE CHAP. deposit
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240 THE WORLD OF LIFE CHAP. numbers
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242 THE WORLD OF LIFE CHAP. skeleto
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246 THE WORLD OF LIFE CHAP. That th
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248 THE WORLD OF LIFE " From the no
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250 THE WORLD OF LIFE area in South
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CHAPTER XIII SOME EXTENSIONS OF DAR
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254 THE WORLD OF LIFE CHAP. There i
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256 THE WORLD OF LIFE CHAP. (2) The
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258 THE WORLD OF LIFE structures, w
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260 THE WORLD OF LIFE CHAP. have fr
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262 THE WORLD OF LIFE marking, and
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264 THE WORLD OF LIFE CHAP. reptile
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266 THE WORLD OF LIFE CHAP. Dr. Woo
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EXTENSIONS OF DARWINISM 267 Figs. 9
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xin EXTENSIONS OF DARWINISM 269 105
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xiu EXTENSIONS OF DARWINISM 271 Ger
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xni EXTENSIONS OF DARWINISM 273 mor
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EXTENSIONS OF DARWINISM 275 increas
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EXTENSIONS OF DARWINISM 277 species
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xin EXTENSIONS OF DARWINISM 279 fir
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xin EXTENSIONS OF DARWINISM 281 and
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xni EXTENSIONS OF DARWINISM 283 his
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xni EXTENSIONS OF DARWINISM 285 Thi
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CH. xiv PROOFS OF ORGANISING MIND 2
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xiv PROOFS OF ORGANISING MIND 289 e
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xiv PROOFS OF ORGANISING MIND 291 i
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xiv PROOFS OF ORGANISING MIND 293 m
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xiv PROOFS OF ORGANISING MIND 295 F
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xiv PROOFS OF ORGANISING MIND 297 e
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xiv PROOFS OF ORGANISING MIND 299 o
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CHAPTER XV GENERAL ADAPTATIONS OF P
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xv GENERAL ADAPTATIONS 307 in damag
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xv GENERAL ADAPTATIONS 309 which de
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GENERAL ADAPTATIONS 311 ago, and I
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xv GENERAL ADAPTATIONS 313 dissemin
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GENERAL ADAPTATIONS 315 scattered t
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xv GENERAL ADAPTATIONS 317 scientif
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xv GENERAL ADAPTATIONS 319 gentian
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xv GENERAL ADAPTATIONS 321 allies h
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xv GENERAL ADAPTATIONS 323 than bir
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CHAPTER XVI THE VEGETABLE KINGDOM I
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xvi PLANTS IN RELATION TO MAN 327 v
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xvi PLANTS IN RELATION TO MAN 333 I
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CHAPTER XVII THE MYSTERY OF THE CEL
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xvn MYSTERY OF THE CELL 337 The rem
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MYSTERY OF THE CELL 339 The accompa
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MYSTERY OF THE CELL 341 After some
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XVII MYSTERY OF THE CELL 343 chr- .
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Xvn MYSTERY OF THE CELL 345 nucleus
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MYSTERY OF THE CELL 347 is the agen
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xvn MYSTERY OF THE CELL 349 mass of
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MYSTERY OF THE CELL 351 The whole v
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xvn MYSTERY OF THE CELL 353 than we
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CHAPTER XVIII THE ELEMENTS AND WATE
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THE ELEMENTS AND LIFE 357 proportio
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THE ELEMENTS AND LIFE 359 essential
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THE ELEMENTS AND LIFE 361 rarest su
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THE ELEMENTS AND LIFE 363 two latte
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THE ELEMENTS AND LIFE 365 " It woul
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xvm THE ELEMENTS AND LIFE 367 ocean
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CHAPTER XIX IS NATURE CRUEL? THE PU
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xix IS NATURE CRUEL? 371 These word
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xix IS NATURE CRUEL? 373 vast world
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xix IS NATURE CRUEL? 375 required f
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xix IS NATURE CRUEL? 377 weapons ex
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IS NATURE CRUEL? 379 painful wounds
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xix IS NATURE CRUEL? 381 by no mean
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xix IS NATURE CRUEL? 383 whatever i
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CHAPTER XX INFINITE VARIETY THE LAW
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xx THE PURPOSE OF DIVERSITY 387 adv
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xx THE PURPOSE OF DIVERSITY 389 med
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THE PURPOSE OF DIVERSITY 391 The ov
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xx THE PURPOSE OF DIVERSITY 393 by
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xx THE PURPOSE OF DIVERSITY 395 car
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THE PURPOSE OF DIVERSITY 397 scheme
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xx THE PURPOSE OF DIVERSITY 399 In
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ACIDASPIS Acidaspis dujresnoyi, 267
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DARWINISM INDEX FLORAS 403 DARWINIS
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JUDD INDEX MINr> 405 JUDD, Professo
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RABBITS, increase of in Australia,
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