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