CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

MAN AS A FACT.

The existence of man to be accounted for-design and mean-

ing expressed in the formation of man-the first of human

kind-the testimony of self-consciousness-man's relation-

ship--a perfect man ideal-human love an especial power-

man may be as he ought to be-a scientific definition of man

-the Greek ideal man, Apollo-the doctrine of man's divine

origin taught by the ancients.

CHAPTER II.

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THE HUMAN BODY

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General impression of man's appearance-the human face-

man's likeness to apes-his anatomical adaptations-hands-

feet-teeth-brain-balance of head-the human body not

merely for animal purposes-reason in relation to future

existence.

Man's relation to lower creatures-development from endeavour

-evolution from one germ-tendency to variation—Oken's,

Lamarck's and Darwin's hypotheses-original germ-Huxley's

anatomical studies-no continuous series-adaptation of forms

-fitness to enjoy-dogmata of Oken-life breathed into a

body-analogy and difference-laws of growth and reproduc-

tion-vestiges of creation-local origin-man's halleluiah-

branches and fruits of life's tree-proofs wanted.

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CHAPTER IV.

CREATION NOT CONFUSION

Man a creation not a transmutation-identity of nature pre-

served in kinds-deviation and monstrosity-natural selection

impossible-avitism and divergence-man's moral standing

against Darwinism.'

CHAPTER V.

THE MORALE OF MAN AND BRUTE

Mind not to be tested-mind and matter-man's mind in re-

lation to facts-minds not of one kind-separate existence of

soul and body-theoretic assumptions of Darwin and Huxley

-structure and function-determining forces-avitism against

transmutation-inference.

CHAPTER VI.

MAN THE PRIMATE

Man's the first place-man's place not quite anatomical-

affinity not in likeness but in power-capacity to do determines

man's place a savage not near akin to ape-the ape utterly

other than human-ape's place and fitness-human infancy an

argument.

CHAPTER VII.

LIKENESS AND UNLIKENESS

Man's likeness to ape apparent-the disparity real-human

body subserves human mind-the facts of man's history-

adaptation and fixed affinity-law and order involves kinds—

a first of every kind.

EXTREMES MEET

CHAPTER VIII.

Inter omnigenesis demands large faith-how brought about

-true development not transmutation-necessity of limits-

transitional link wanting-how Professor Huxley's embryo

man differs from dog-Owen versus Huxley-man's embryonic

life not other than human-common plan not common develop-

ment-man not truly comparable to ape-man's grand dis-

tinction, power to learn duty and do it.

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CHAPTER IX.

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SPEECH

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Thought demands speech-language relates to mind as well

as voice-organs-cause of difference and divergence-maxi-

mum of brute away from man-man improved only by dis-

course and reason-man's moral and spiritual need-uttered

truth man's hope.

LIFE, BREATH, SPIRIT.

CHAPTER X.

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Life with breath-creative inspiration-creation ordered to

sustain life-organisation and life-soul and life-identity

amidst change-ideas never die—selfhood, body, and life—

life precious—the soul the seat of sensation—the soul's mode

of life-health and life-composition and decomposition-

bodily life-soul-life connected with its source.

CHAPTER XI.

MAN NOT ANATOMIC

Man and the All-father-the individual and his body-man's

nature and place in nature-all forces invisible-action points

to will the soul a power in the body-soul as aspiring to

know its Maker-self-consciousness and knowledge-man

most man when most Godlike-conscience not explained by

science.

The earliest not the lowest style of man-ourselves to be ac-

counted for as conscious of being made-how man was created

-man not derived from lower nature-man's attributes distinct

at first as now-an though perfect capable of being perverted

-the first man superior to any present man-
-direct creation a

mystery to be read.

CHAPTER XIII.

PARENTAGE, INDIVIDUALITY, PERSONALITY, GOD

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Every living being now existing derived from parents—parent-

age or law in the creation of kinds-various modes of per-

petuating kinds-parentage proves the completion of creation

-import of mediate creation-each individual a modification
of a kind-sense of personality-the Creator of persons a person
worthy of trust and worship.

CHAPTER XIV.

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THE FIRST MAN NOT BORN A BABY-BABOON NOR MADE A

The first man not born and nursed-what kind of mother could
the first man have had?-instincts preservative of specific
characteristics-the first man could not be a savage-savage-
ness a degradation-man made for his place and his place for
him the senses and their impressions-mind in relation to
light and the Revealer-in what sense man the image of God.

CHAPTER XV.

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MAN'S FIRST VISION

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Light in relation to vision and mind-at what apparent period

of life was man created ?-neither born nor developed-man

an anomaly if without relation to his Creator-man's first

state imagined-body for mind and mind for nature and its

Maker-awaking to self-consciousness-a teacher in human

form demanded.

CHAPTER XVI.

MAN'S FIRST PLACE

Man's right place his first place-probably near the western

Himalayas-Cashmere-Indian tradition and Mosaic state-

ment as to man's first abode-Iranian seat of Paradise near

Cashgar.

CHAPTER XVII,

THE FIRST MAN AND THE VARIETIES OF MAN

The first man portrayed-from such a man all men may have

been derived-modifications by climate-effects of mind in

moulding the form and features-disregard of natural laws-

physical degradation and moral dereliction--civilising power

of Christian teaching—man not improved spontaneously—re-

vealed knowledge-Hamite, Japhetic, and Semitic blending-

influence of revealed truth-the enigma of man's origin best

explained by the Bible-testimony to the unity of the human

race.

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