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Preface：The Infidel Half Century 7

The Dawn of Darwinism 7

The Advent of the Neo-Darwinians 8

Political Inadequacy of the Human Animal 9

Cowardice of the Irreligious 9

Is there any Hope in Education？ 10

Homeopathic Education 11

The Diabolical Efficiency of Technical Education 12

Flimsiness of Civilization 13

Creative Evolution 14

Voluntary Longevity 14

The Early Evolutionists 15

The Advent of the Neo-Lamarckians 16

How Acquirements are Inherited 17

The Miracle of Condensed Recapitulation 19

Heredity an Old Story 22

Discovery Anticipated by Divination 23

Corrected Dates for the Discovery of Evolution 24

Defying the Lightning：a Frustrated Experiment 25

In Quest of the First Cause 26

Paley＇s Watch 28

The Irresistible Cry of Order，Order! 29

The Moment and the Man 30

The Brink of the Bottomless Pit 32

Why Darwin Converted the Crowd 34

How We Rushed Down a Steep Place 36

Darwinism not Finally Refutable 38

Traumatic Selection 38

The Greatest of These is Self-Control 41

The Humanitarians and the Problem of Evil 42

Why Darwin Pleased the Socialists 43

Darwin and Karl Marx 45

Why Darwin Pleased the Profiteers also 46

The Poetry and Purity of Materialism 47

The Viceroys of the King of Kings 48

Political Opportunism in Excelsis 50

The Betrayal of Western Civilization 50

The Homeopathic Reaction against Darwinism 51

Religion and Romance 53

The Danger of Reaction 54

A Touchstone for Dogma 55

What to do with the Legends 56

A Lesson from Science to the Churches 56

The Religious Art of the Twentieth Century 57

The Artist-Prophets 59

Evolution in the Theatre 59

My Own Part in the Matter 60

In the Beginning：B．C．4004 (In the Garden of Eden) 63

The Gospel of the Brothers Barnabas：Present Day 95

The Thing Happens：A．D．2170 146

Tragedy of an Elderly Gentleman：A．D．3000 190

As Far as Thought Can Reach：A．D．31，920 250

Postscript：After Twentyfive Years 307