The Riddle of the Universe at the close of the nineteenth century
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The Riddle of the Universe at the close of the nineteenth century
Chapter 1
1Transcriber's Note: Every effort has been made to replicate this text as faithfully as possible, including inconsistencies in hyphenation. 2It seems that the italic typeface used in this book did not have an ae ligature. 3Names of genera and higher taxonomic groups are not capitalized in the printed book: they have bee left unchanged. 4Some changes have been made. 5They are listed at the end of the text. 6Italic text has been marked with _underscores_. 7OE ligatures have been expanded. 8THE RIDDLE OF THE UNIVERSE [Illustration: ERNST HAECKEL] THE RIDDLE OF THE UNIVERSE _AT THE CLOSE OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY_ BY ERNST HAECKEL (Ph.D., M.D., LL.D., Sc.D., and Professor at the University of Jena) AUTHOR OF "THE HISTORY OF CREATION" "THE EVOLUTION OF MAN" ETC. 9TRANSLATED BY JOSEPH McCABE [Illustration] HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS NEW YORK AND LONDON 1905 Copyright, 1900, by HARPER & BROTHERS. 10_All rights reserved. 11_ CONTENTS PAGE AUTHOR'S PREFACE v TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE xi
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