LECTURES

ON THE

MOSAIC HISTORY OF CREATION IN ITS RELATION TO NATURAL SCIENCE.

BY

DR. FR. H. REUSCH,

PROFESSOR OF CATHOLIC THEOLOGY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF BONN.

Revised and Corrected by the Author.

Translated from the Fourth Edition

BY

KATHLEEN LYTTELTON.

VOLUME II.

EDINBURGH:

T. & T. CLARK, 38 GEORGE STREET.

1886.

CONTENTS.

СНАР.

XXIV. THE THEORY OF THE ORIGIN OF ORGANIC BEINGS BY

SPONTANEOUS GENERATION,

XXV. THE THEORY OF DESCENT,

XXVI. THE THEORY OF DESCENT-continued,

XXVII. THE THEORY OF DESCENT-Conclusion,

XXVIII. MAN AND BEAST,

XXIX. MAN AND BEAST-Conclusion,

XXX. THE UNITY OF THE HUMAN RACE, .

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XXXI. THE UNITY OF THE HUMAN RACE-continued,

203

XXXII. THE UNITY OF THE HUMAN RACE-Conclusion,

222

XXXIII. THE DURATION OF LIFE IN THE FIRST AGE. OLD TESTA