Excerpt from History of Civilization: Graeco-Roman Institutions, From Anti-Evolutionist Points of View; Roman Law, Classical Slavery, Social Conditions BY kind permission of the authorities of the University of Oxford, the following four lectures were delivered at The Schools, on 7th, 14th, zrst February, and 7th March, 1890, respectively. In his endeavour to cover a series of vast problems within the limited space of four lectures the author was obliged to use very concise lan guage, restricting himself to the leading features of his subject. This was all the more difficult since the views advanced deviate most essentially from many current views on the issues discussed, more particularly from the Opinions regarding the rise and growth of the science of Roman Law, graeco-roman slavery, and the applicableness of modern evolutionist theories to the study of social insti tutions. Every line of the present lectures has the virtual or actual tendency to disprove the applicableness of Dar winian concepts to the solution of sociological problems. The author begs to introduce them as a brief expose! Of a portion of his forthcoming work on the history of the main institutions of civilization. He also takes this'op portunity to extend his best thanks to all the Professors, Fellows, Tutors, and Undergraduates of the University of Oxford who honoured him with their attendance. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.