The New Optimism
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About This Book
I was standing by the sea-wall, watching the green water foaming round the stakes of the breakwater, when my companion, a charming and elegant woman, turned to me:“What is there in water that fascinates one?” she asked.“Do you feel the fascination?”“Yes.”“Do you not know why you feel it?”“No.”“Shall I tell you?”“Yes.”“Because you were once a swimming reptile.”“Thank you.”“Oh, there is nothing to thank me for, though the fact is the most glorious in the universe.”
Chapters (142)(click to expand)
- The New Optimism
- PART I ON THE BEACH
- PART II THE HOME AS THE HIGHEST POINT YET REACHED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE WORLD
- PART III WOMAN IN RELATION TO MAN
- NOTE TO PART I OF THE BOOK
- Appendices
- APPENDIX A
- APPENDIX B A PASSAGE FROM HAECKEL*
- A NOTE ON THE PASSAGE FROM HAECKEL
- APPENDIX C THE MYSTERY OF ANALOGY AND SIMILE
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