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MANY matters are dealt with in this book, ranging from the stellar universe to cell structure. About half the text is made up of quotations from the writings and utterances of men of science, distinguished and otherwise, and the remainder consists of perplexing conclusions which the extracts are held to support. Excessive zeal is shown in establishing fundamental truths, but that may be forgiven. It is when the author expands into the ether, so as to embrace in his comprehensive idea such diverse subjects as the Pentateuch and the currency question, that we lose the connections of the argument. The chief conclusions arrived at are stated in the following words:—
What is Life? or, Where are we? What are we? Whence did we come? and Whither do we go?
By Frederick Hovenden Pp. xiv + 290. (London: Chapman and Hall, 1897.)
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[Book Reviews]. Nature 57, 535 (1898). https://doi.org/10.1038/057535b0
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