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The Progress of the Century

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  1. 1Evolution
  2. 2The Nature and Limits of Evolution
  3. 3The Rise and Progress of the Idea of Evolution
  4. 4The First Real Steps Towards Evolution
  5. 5Evolution of the Earth’s Crust
  6. 6Organic Evolution, Its Laws and Causes
  7. 7The Theory of “Natural Selection”
  8. 8Chemistry
  9. 9Archæology
  10. 10Egypt
  11. 11Mesopotamia
  12. 12Syria
  13. 13Greece
  14. 14Italy
  15. 15India
  16. 16America
  17. 17Astronomy
  18. 18The Position at the Beginning of the Century
  19. 19Observatories
  20. 20Improvements in Telescopes
  21. 21Spectroscopic Astronomy
  22. 22Celestial Photography
  23. 23Investigations of Some Important Astronomical Constants
  24. 24Some Achievements of Mathematical Analysis
  25. 25Stellar Evolution
  26. 26The Sun and His System
  27. 27The Connection Between Solar and Terrestrial Weather
  28. 28Philosophy
  29. 29I
  30. 30II
  31. 31III
  32. 32IV
  33. 33V
  34. 34VI
  35. 35Medicine
  36. 36The Growth of Scientific Medicine
  37. 37The Growth of Specialism
  38. 38The Growth of Preventive Medicine
  39. 39Science of Bacteriology
  40. 40Infection — Its Processes and Results
  41. 41Preventive Medicine
  42. 42The New Dispensation in Treatment
  43. 43Surgery
  44. 44Method of Teaching
  45. 45College Hospitals
  46. 46Establishment of Laboratories
  47. 47Anatomical Material
  48. 48Medical Libraries
  49. 49Embryology
  50. 50Pathology
  51. 51Anæsthesia
  52. 52Antisepsis
  53. 53The Surgery of War
  54. 54Bacteriology
  55. 55Results of Modern Surgery
  56. 56Serum Treatment
  57. 57Instruments of Precision
  58. 58The Röntgen Ray
  59. 59City and Village Hospitals
  60. 60Trained Nurses
  61. 61Special Operations
  62. 62Electricity
  63. 63Physics
  64. 64Heat
  65. 65The Conservation of Energy
  66. 66Light
  67. 67Electricity and Magnetism
  68. 68War
  69. 69Naval Ships
  70. 70Bird’s-Eye View of the Transition
  71. 71Sailing Ships and Broadside Batteries
  72. 72Disappearance of Bow Fire
  73. 73The Frigate and Her Guns
  74. 74Duties of the Frigate
  75. 75Early Ships of the Line
  76. 76Advantages of the Seventy-Fours
  77. 77Batteries Seventy-Five Years Ago
  78. 78British and French Styles of Fighting
  79. 79They Had Their Break-Downs Then, Too
  80. 80Contest of Armor and Projectile
  81. 81Horizontal Shell Fire
  82. 82The Coming of the Monitor
  83. 83Criticism of the Inflexible
  84. 84Battle-Ships of This Day
  85. 85History’s Teaching and the Future
  86. 86Battle-Ships That Are Too Large
  87. 87The Gun and the Torpedo
  88. 88Literature
  89. 89Engineering
  90. 90Structural Engineering
  91. 91Railways
  92. 92Bridge Building
  93. 93Foundations, etc.
  94. 94Hydraulic Engineering
  95. 95Mechanical Engineering
  96. 96Electrical Engineering
  97. 97Metallurgy and Mining
  98. 98Industrial Engineering
  99. 99Conclusion
  100. 100Religion
  101. 101The Vatican Council
  102. 102The Missions of Catholicism
  103. 103The Popes of the Century
  104. 104The Catholic Hierarchy
  105. 105The Congregation of the Propaganda
  106. 106Religious Orders and Communities
  107. 107The Unity of Christendom
  108. 108Conversions to Catholicism
  109. 109The Relations With Civil Authority
  110. 110The Catholic Church and the United States
  111. 111The Catholic Church and Education
  112. 112The Social Movement
  113. 113Lights and Shadows
  114. 114Reasons for Encouragement
  115. 115The Future of Catholicism
  116. 116Protestantism
  117. 117I
  118. 118II
  119. 119III
  120. 120The Jews and Judaism
  121. 121Emancipation of the Jews
  122. 122The Wandering Jew
  123. 123Communal Organization
  124. 124Economic Conditions
  125. 125Internal Religious Development
  126. 126Anti-Semitism
  127. 127Zionism
  128. 128The Twentieth Century
  129. 129Free-Thought

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