The Wonderful Century; Its Successes And Its Failures
pt. I. Successes: I. Modes of traveling. II. Labor-saving machinery. III. The conveyance of thought. IV. Fire and light. V-VI. New applications of light: 1. Photography. 2. Spectrum analysis. VII. Theoretical discoveries in physics. VIII. Minor applications of physical principles. IX. The importance of dust: A source of beauty and essential to life. X. A few of the great problems of chemistry. XI. Astronomy and cosmic theories. XII. Geology: The glacial epoch and the antiquity of man. XIII. Evol
...ution and natural selection. XIV. Popular discoveries in physiology. XV. Estimate of achievements: The nineteenth century as compared with earlier centries pt. II. Failure: XVI. The neglect of phrenology. XVII. The opposition to hypnotism and psychical research. XVIII. Vaccination a delusion; its penal enforcement a crime. Appendix. The causes of the improvement in the health of London toward the end of the eighteenth and beginning of the nineteenth centuries. XIX. Militarism, the curse of civilization. XX. The demon of greed. XXI. The plunder of the earth. Conclusion. Appendix: The remedy for want in the midst of wealth
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