Illustrations of Universal Progress · Herbert Spencer
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Man, progress of, 10. Manners, genesis of, 77; decline of the influence of, 89; conformity in manners leads to extravagance, 99; conformity in, decreases social intercourse, 100; defeats the true end of social life, 102, 107. Mathematics, how evolved, 158. Mechanics, rise of science of, 168. Mineral qualities of rocks untrustworthy tests of age or position, 332. Miller Hugh, estimate of, 352. Motion of nebulous matter, 251-253. Morality, origin of, 70. Muscular movements, cause of, 195; arrested by feeling, 199; in laughter purposeless, 201; of animals when excited, 211; variations of, produce changes of voice, 214. Music, increasing heterogeneity of, 26; relation of mental to muscular excitement, the source of, 214; theory of, 221-224; its history confirms the theory, 224-228; negative proof of theory of, 228-231. Murchison Sir R. I., criticism upon his "Siluria," 332, 340, 363, 366. Nebula, are they parts of our siderial system? 243, 249; condensation of, 250; motion in, 251; significance of forms of, 254; structure of spiral, 254. Nebular hypothesis, 3, 34; its high derivation, 239; it explains cometary phenomena, 262. Negative facts in geology, small value of, 362-365. Nervous system, effects of excitement in, 195; directions of discharge of excitement in, 197; course of discharge unguided by purpose, 201. Number, origin of conception of, 154. Oken's classification of knowledge, 125.
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