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Excerpt from Glimpses of the Cosmos, Vol. 5: Period, 1893-1897, Age, 52-55 Primordial trunk of the mind. Intellect an advantageous faculty developed by natural selection as a condition to the existence of terrestrial animals. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses stat...

Excerpt from Glimpses of the Cosmos, Vol. 4: Period, 1885 1893, Age, 44 52IN bringing into print this fourth volume of Ward's Glimpses of the Cosmos, the publishers are glad to be authorized by the executor of Dr. Ward's estate to announce to the public that plans have now been matured for the completion of the set. As a result of the death of the author, it has been found necessary to omit certain portions of the manuscript in order to reduce...

Excerpt from Status of the Mesozoic Floras of the United States, Vol. 2: Second Paper, PlatesSouth Dakota Exposure of the Potomac formation on Ontario avenue, Washington, D. C Exposure of the Potomac formation on Kansas avenue, Washington, D. C Exposure of the Potomac formation on Sixteenth street, Washington, D. C Exposures of the Potomac formation at Terra Cotta, D. C Exposures of the Potomac formation at Freestone, Virginia Exposures Of the...

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Pure Sociology is a synthesis of Wards sociological thought, his next to last book. Lester F. Ward (1841-1913) worked as a government geologist and paleontologist from 1881 to 1906, when he became professor of sociology at Brown. One of the first and most important of American sociologists, Ward developed a theory of planned progress called telesis, whereby man, through education and development of intellect, could direct social evolution. War...