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Title: Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative; Vol. 2 of 3

Author: Herbert Spencer


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ESSAYS: SCIENTIFIC, POLITICAL, & SPECULATIVE.

BY
HERBERT SPENCER.
LIBRARY EDITION,
(otherwise fifth thousand,)
Containing Seven Essays not before Republished, and various other additions.
VOL. II.
WILLIAMS AND NORGATE,
14, HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN, LONDON;
AND 20, SOUTH FREDERICK STREET, EDINBURGH.
1891.
LONDON:
G. NORMAN AND SON, PRINTERS, HART STREET,
COVENT GARDEN.

CONTENTS OF VOL. II.

PAGE
THE GENESIS OF SCIENCE 1
THE CLASSIFICATION OF THE SCIENCES 74
REASONS FOR DISSENTING FROM THE PHILOSOPHY OF M. COMTE 118
ON LAWS IN GENERAL, AND THE ORDER OF THEIR DISCOVERY 145
THE VALUATION OF EVIDENCE 161
WHAT IS ELECTRICITY? 168
MILL versus HAMILTON—THE TEST OF TRUTH 188
REPLIES TO CRITICISMS 218
PROF. GREEN’S EXPLANATIONS 321
THE PHILOSOPHY OF STYLE 333
USE AND BEAUTY 370
THE SOURCES OF ARCHITECTURAL TYPES 375
GRACEFULNESS 381
PERSONAL BEAUTY 387
THE ORIGIN AND FUNCTION OF MUSIC 400
THE PHYSIOLOGY OF LAUGHTER 452
(For Index, see Volume III.)