NEW YORK
FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY
MCMXXV
Copyright, 1925, by
Frederick A. Stokes Company
All rights reserved, including that of translation
into foreign languages
Printed in the United States of America
CONTENTS
| PAGE | ||
| [I—THE BOOK OF EARTH] | ||
| I. | The Grand Canyon | [1] |
| II. | Night and the Abyss | [11] |
| III. | The Wings | [22] |
| [II—THE GREEKS] | ||
| I. PYTHAGORAS | ||
| I. | The Golden Brotherhood | [29] |
| II. | Death in the Temple | [37] |
| II. ARISTOTLE | ||
| I. | Youth and the Sea | [50] |
| II. | The Exile | [60] |
| [III—MOVING EASTWARD] | ||
| I. | Farabi and Avicenna | [77] |
| II. | Avicenna’s Dream | [85] |
| [IV—THE TORCH IN ITALY] | ||
| LEONARDO DA VINCI | ||
| I. | Hills and the Sea | [95] |
| II. | At Florence | [110] |
| [V—IN FRANCE] | ||
| JEAN GUETTARD | ||
| I. | The Rock of the Good Virgin | [125] |
| II. | Malesherbes and the Black Milestones | [137] |
| III. | The Shadow of Pascal | [146] |
| IV. | At Paris | [154] |
| V. | The Return | [164] |
| [VI—IN SWEDEN] | ||
| Linnæus | [169] | |
| [VII—LAMARCK AND THE REVOLUTION] | ||
| I. | Lamarck and Buffon | [187] |
| II. | Lamarck, Lavoisier, and Ninety-three | [195] |
| III. | An English Interlude: Erasmus Darwin | [202] |
| IV. | Lamarck and Cuvier: the Vera Causa | [209] |
| [VIII—IN GERMANY] | ||
| GOETHE | ||
| I. | The Discoverer | [215] |
| II. | The Prophet | [226] |
| [IX—IN ENGLAND] | ||
| DARWIN | ||
| I. | Chance and Design | [231] |
| II. | The Voyage | [242] |
| III. | The Testimony of the Rocks | [249] |
| IV. | The Protagonists | [273] |
| V. | The Vera Causa | [311] |
| [X—EPILOGUE] | ||
| Epilogue | [325] | |