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Man’s Place in the Universe

by Alfred Russel Wallace

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  1. 1LL.D., D.C.L., F.R.S., etc
  2. 2Preface
  3. 3Epigraph
  4. 4Chapter I — Early Ideas as to the Universe and Its
  5. 5Chapter II — Modern Ideas as to Man’s Relation to the Universe
  6. 6Chapter III — The New Astronomy
  7. 7Chapter IV — The Distribution of the Stars
  8. 8Chapter V — Distance of the Stars — The Sun’s Motion Through Space
  9. 9Chapter VI — The Unity and Evolution of the Star System
  10. 10Chapter VII — Are the Stars Infinite in Number?
  11. 11Chapter VIII — Our Relation to the Milky Way
  12. 12Chapter IX — The Uniformity of Matter and Its Laws Throughout
  13. 13Chapter X — The Essential Characters of the Living Organism
  14. 14Chapter XI — The Physical Conditions Essential for Organic Life
  15. 15Chapter XII — The Earth in Its Relation to the Development and Main…
  16. 16Chapter XIII — The Earth in Relation to Life: Atmospheric
  17. 17Chapter XIV — The Earth Is the Only Habitable Planet in the Solar S…
  18. 18Chapter XV — The Stars — Have They Planetary Systems?
  19. 19Chapter XVI — Stability of the Star-System: Importance of Our

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