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

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Transcriber's Note: Every effort has been made to replicate this text as faithfully as possible, including inconsistencies in hyphenation. It seems that the italic typeface used in this book did not have an ae ligature. Names of genera and higher taxonomic groups are not capitalized in the printed book: they have bee left unchanged. Some changes have been made. They are listed at the end of the text. Italic text has been marked with _underscores_. OE ligatures have been expanded. THE 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. TRANSLATED BY JOSEPH McCABE [Illustration] HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS NEW YORK AND LONDON 1905 Copyright, 1900, by HARPER & BROTHERS. _All rights reserved. _ CONTENTS PAGE AUTHOR'S PREFACE v TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE xi

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