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Show BY THE 'SAME AUTHOR. ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES BY MEANS OF NATURAL SELECTION; or, TnE PRESERVATION OF FAVOURED RACES IN THE STRUGGLE FOR LIFE; Fifth Edition (Tenth Thousan!I), with Additions and Corrections. 1869. MUltRAY. 'l'HE VARIATION OF ANIMALS AND PLANTS UNDER DOMESTICATION. In two vols. With Illustrations. 1868. MURRAY. ON THE VARIOUS CONTRIVANCES BY WHICH BRITISH AND FOR!<;IGN ORCHIDS ARE FERTILISJ<:D RY INSECTS; and on the Gooo EFFECTS OF CROSSING. With numerous Woodcuts. MURRAY. A NATURALIST'S VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD; or, A JOUR:-IAL OF RESEARCHES INTO THE NATURAL HISTORY AND GEOLOGY OF THE CouNTRIES visited during the voyage of H.M.S. 'Beagle,' under the command of Captain FITZRoY, R.N. Eleventh Thousand. MURRAY. ON THE STRUC'l'URE AND DISTRIBUTION OF CORAL REEFS. SMITH, ELDER, & Co. GEOLOGICAL OBSERVA'l'IONS ON VOLCANIC ISLANDS. SMrrn, ELDER, & Co. GEOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS ON SOUTH AMERICA. SMITH, ELDER, & Co. A MONOGRAPH OF THE OlRRIPEDIA. With numerous illustrations. 2 vols. Bvo. HARDWICKE. ON THE MOVEMENTS AND HABITS OF CLIMBING PLANTS. With Woodcuts. WrLLIA!ts & NoRGATli:. LONDON; PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, STAMFORD STREKT, AND CUARTNG CROSS. C 0 N TENTS. INTRODUCTION .. Page 1-5 P .A.RT I. ON THE DESCENT OF MAN. CHAPTER I. THE EVIDENCE OF THE DESCENT OF MAN FROM SOME LowER FoRM. Nature of the evidence bearing on the origin of man-Homologous structures in man and the lower animals-Miscellaneous points of correspondence -Development- Rudimentary structures, muscles, sense-organs, hair, bones, reproductive organs, &c.The bearing of these three great classes of facts on the origin of m~ ~M CHAPTER II. CoMPARISON OF THE MENTAL PowERS OF MAN AND THE LOWER ANIMALS. The difference in mental power between the highest ape and the lowest savage, immense- Certain instincts in common-The emotions-Curiosity- Imitation-Attention-Memory-Imagination - Reason - Progressive improvement- Tools ~d weapons used by animals - Language - Self-consciousness - Sense of beauty-Belief in God, spiritual agencies, superstitions 34-69 CHAPTER III. CoMPARISON OF THE MENTAL PoWERS OF MAN AND THE LoWER ANIMALs-continued. The moral sense-Fundamental proposition-The qualities of social animals- Origin of sociability- Struggle between opposed instincts- Man a social animal-The more enduring social instincts |