Typical Forms and Special Ends in Creation

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AND

SPECIAL ENDS IN CREATION.

BY REV. JAMES M'COSH, LL.D.

PROFESSOR OF LOGIC AND METAPHYSICS IN THE QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY IN IRELAND;
AUTHOR OF "THE METHOD OF THE DIVINE GOVERNMENT,
PHYSICAL AND MORAL," ETC.;

AND

GEORGE DICKIE, A.M. M.D.

PROFESSOR OF NATURAL HISTORY IN THE QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY IN IRELAND; AND
AUTHOR OF A NUMBER OF PAPERS ON ZOOLOGY AND BOTANY.

ΤΥΠΟΣ ΚΑΙ ΤΕΛΟΣ.

EDINBURGH: THOMAS CONSTABLE AND CO.

LONDON: HAMILTON, ADAMS, AND CO. DUBLIN: W. ROBERTSON.
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MDCCCLVI.

EDINBURGH T CONSTABLE, PRINTER TO HER MAJESTY.

CONTENTS.

BOOK FIRST.

PRINCIPLES OF GENERAL ORDER AND SPECIAL ADAPTATION.

CHAPTER I.

NATURE OF THE ORDER PREVAILING IN THE MATERIAL WORLD.

SECT. I.-Principles which seem to run through the Structure of

the Cosmos,

SECT. II.—Analysis of the Order in Nature,

NATURE OF THE SPECIAL ADAPTATIONS IN THE MATERIAL WORLD.

SECT. I.-Need of Special Adjustments in order to the Beneficent

Operation of the Forces of Nature,

SECT. II.-The Adjustments are designed, and not Casual.-Na-

ture of Chance,

SECT. III.—The Obviousness and Completeness of the Special

CO-ORDINATED SERIES OF FACTS, GIVING INDICATIONS OF COMBINED

ORDER AND ADAPTATION THROUGHOUT THE VARIOUS

SECT. II.-Traces of Special Adaptation in the Organs of the Plant, 130

CHAPTER III.

THE COLOURS OF PLANTS.

SECT. I.-The Relation of Form and Colour in the Flower,

SECT. II.-Adaptation of the Colours of Plants to the Natural

THE VERTEBRATE SKELETON.

SECT. I.-The Homologies and Homotypes of the Vertebrate

Skeleton,

SECT. II.-Special Adaptations in the Structure of the Skeleton,

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CHAPTER V.

TEETH.

SECT. I.-Order in the Number, Form, and Structure of Teeth,

SECT. II.-Special Adaptations in the Number, Form, and Struc-

213

SECT. I.-Homotypal Rings and Appendages,

SECT. II.-Special Modifications of Rings and Appendages,

CHAPTER VIII.

RADIATA.

SECT. I.-Typical Forms of Radiata,

SECT. II.-Adaptation of Radiate Types to Mode of Life, .

CHAPTER IX.

NERVOUS, VASCULAR, AND MUSCULAR SYSTEMS,

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