Acquired characters, definition of, 104 characters, on the heredity of, 103
Alcoholism, deaths from, 67 in women, 68 statistics of, 68
Australian aborigines, character of, 33 and Caucasians, 34
Browning's, Mrs., _Cry of the Children_, 42
Character, definition of, 4 difficulty of knowing good from bad, 5 mental faculties and, 5 morality based upon, 5 not cumulative, 37 of savage races, 32 permanence of, 8 public opinion and, 36 selective agency to improve, 36 subject to variation, 36 transmission of, 4, 7, 36 variability and, 82
Characters, acquired, definition of, 104 acquired, heredity of, 103 innate, 104, 110 heredity of, 110
Civilisation during 18th century, 40 evolution and, 157 of ancient Egypt, 15, 35 of ancient India, 8 of ancient Mesopotamia, 15
Classical writers, our indebtedness to, 115
Coal mines, accidents in, 43 child labour in, 43 female workers in, 43 insecurity in, 43 who the, belong to, 45
Conduct, character and, 5 environment and, 6
Cook, Captain, opinion of, on natives of Friendly Isles, 32
Curr, Mr., opinion of, on Australian aborigines, 33
Darwin and heredity, 103 and natural selection, 87, 93, 125 and transference of selection to mind, 99 and variability, 82 on Tahitians, 32
Darwin's _Descent of Man_, 93, 125 _Origin of Species_, 82 theory of Pangenesis, 104
Darwinism and Lamarckism, 78, 81 and variability, 82 objections to, 85, 90 (_See also_ Evolution, Lamarckism, Natural selection, etc.)
Dell's, J. H., _Dawning Grey_ quoted, 117
Economic advance, evils of, 150 antagonism, 155 brotherhood, 155 evils, causes of, 154 remedies for, 154
Education, effects of, not hereditary, 111, 114 extension of period of, 143 national system of, needed, 146 of the world, 111
Egypt, astronomy in ancient, 18 civilisation of ancient, 15, 35 intellect in ancient, 16
Eighteenth century, stationary epoch, 40, 122
Environment, laws of heredity and, 103 modified by man, 95 not always responsible for specialisation, 106 remedies, 154 social, and conduct, 6 social, character of, 153 social, during 19th century, 40 social, evils of, causes of, 154
Eugenics, methods of, 127 science of, established by Sir F. Galton, 127
Evil, origin of, problem of, 118 possible solution of, 119
Evolution, a rational theory, 81 acceptance of, 81 and civilisation, 157 Lamarckism and, 81 Chambers and, 81 Darwin and, 81 exposition of, by Spencer, 81 natural selection and, 77 objections to, 81, 90 variability of species, 8, 82 (_See also_ Darwinism, Lamarckism, Natural selection, etc.)