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English
Pages
446

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Table of Contents

Progress : its law and cause
Manners and fashion
The genesis of science
The physiology of laughter
The origin and function of music
The nebular hypothesis
Brain on the emotions and the will
Illogical geology
The development hypothesis
The social organism
Use and beauty
The sources of architectural types
The use of anthropomorphism.

Edition Notes

"With a notice of Spencer's 'New system of philosophy.'"

LC copy inscribed: O.W. Holmes, Beverly Farms. Has bookplate of Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. with image of chambered nautilus. Has inscription: Dr. O.W. Holmes, with the respects of E.L. Zammers[?].

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New York

Classifications

Library of Congress
B1653 .E7 1864

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxiv, 446 p. ;
Number of pages
446

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL23874411M
Internet Archive
illustration00spen
LCCN
2009358079

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