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CONTENTS.
CHAPTER XIII.

The Dawn of the Twenty-Fifth Century: Its General Aspects.

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New and enlarged career for our English race 247
Old England's last premier 249
His portentous session; inauguration address; the features and signs of his time 251
Some striking features of his time 252
The Crown of Labour 255
CHAPTER XIV.

Science Progeess Over a Thousand Years’ Retrospect.—Part I. From the Discovery of the Cross-Electric to That of the Duplication of the Cross.

The Cross-Electric Principle 264
Electro-Light speed 265
The Duplication 265
Extreme simplicity when known 268
Grand results from the discovery 269
Our "'prentice hand" in missives to outside worlds 270
A missive from outside to ourselves 272
CHAPTER XV.

Science Progress in a Thousand Years’ Retrospect.—Part II. From Discovery of the Duplication of the Cross, up to Discovery of the Reduplication.

Reproduction of successive past aspects of our earth 276
Curious questions and solutions, scientific and historical 280
Intercourse with worlds outside: the "Higher Life" of the Universe 282
Some special outside acquaintances 284
The condition of the press in these our modern times 287
An editor of the time 289
Our outside-world acquaintance—Coloured-sun systems 290
Effects of solar colour 292
A ternary coloured system. Blue, Green, Red, and respective peculiarities of people 293
Its striking midnight skies, and effect upon the mind 296