Table of Contents
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July 1909
Natural Resistance to Infectious Disease and its Reinforcement5
Some Practical Aspects of Gyrostatic Action20
Josiah Willard Gibbs and his Relation to Modern Science III41
A Revolution in Dentistry49
The Origin of the Nervous System and its Appropriation of Effectors I56
The Preparation for the Study of Medicine65
Darwinism in the Theory of Social Evolution75
Darwin's Influence Upon Philosophy90
The Progress of Science99
August 1909
The Future of Astronomy105
The Future of Mathematics117
The Druid Stones of Brittany124
The Origin of the Nervous System and its Appropriation of Effectors II137
The Variational Factor in Handwriting147
Jane Lathrop Stanford157
Life from the Biologist's Standpoint174
Josiah Willard Gibbs and his Relation to Modern Science IV191
The Progress of Science204
September 1909
Capacity of the United States for Population209
Peale's Museum221
The Theory of Individual Development239
The Origin of the Nervous System and its Appropriation of Effectors III253
Another Mode of Species Forming264
Henri Poincare and the French Academy267
Collecting and Camping Afoot274
The Necessity for an International Language281
What Is a Living Animal? How Much of it Is Alive?289
Abandoned Canals of the State of New York297
The Progress of Science306
October 1909
The Hudson-Fulton Celebration of 1909313
The Origin of the Nervous System and its Appropriation of Effectors IV338
The Service of Zoology to Intellectual Progress346
The Emmanuel Movement from a Medical View-Point358
The Atlantic Forest Region of North America370
Latin vs German393
The Last Census and its Bearing on Crime398
Simple Lessons from Common Things404
The Progress of Science411
November 1909
The Shifting of the Earth's Axis417
Desert Scenes in Zacatecas435
The World of Life as Visualized and Interpreted by Darwinism452
Mental Inheritance458
Astronomical Superstitions469
Geographic Influences in the Development of Ohio479
The Decimal System of Numbers490
The Argument for Organic Evolution Before the Origin of Species I499
The Progress of Science515
December 1909
The Planet Venus521
The Argument for Organic Evolution Before the Origin of Species II537
An Arraignment of the Theories of Mimicry and Warning Colors550
What Pragmatism Is, as I Understand it571
Immigration and the Future American Race586
Environment and Productive Scholarship597
Medieval Creation Myths610
The Progress of Science614
Index621