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Table of Contents
- TO THE READER.
- ERRATUM.
- CONTENTS.
- THINGS TO BE REMEMBERED.
- Time.
- TIME: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE.
- MEASUREMENT OF TIME.
- PERIODS OF REST.
- RECKONING DISTANCE BY TIME.
- SUN-DIALS.
- THE HOUR-GLASS.
- CLOCKS AND WATCHES.
- EARLY RISING.
- THE ART OF EMPLOYING TIME.
- TIME AND ETERNITY.
- Life, and Length of Days.
- LIFE—A RIVER.
- THE SPRING-TIME OF LIFE.
- THE FIRST TWENTY YEARS OF LIFE.
- PASSING GENERATIONS.
- AVERAGE DURATION OF LIFE.
- PASTIMES OF CHILDHOOD RECREATIVE TO MAN.
- PLEASURES OF THE IMAGINATION LATE IN LIFE.
- WHAT IS MEMORY?
- CONSOLATION IN GROWING OLD.
- LENGTH OF DAYS.
- HISTORIC TRADITIONS THROUGH FEW LINKS.
- LONGEVITY IN FAMILIES.
- FEMALE LONGEVITY.
- LONGEVITY AND DIET.
- LONGEVITY AND LOCALITIES.
- LONGEVITY OF CLASSES.
- Great Ages
- THE HAPPY OLD MAN.
- PREPARATORY TO DEATH.
- DEATH BEFORE ADAM.
- FUTURE EARTHLY EXISTENCE OF THE HUMAN RACE.
- The School of Life.
- WHAT IS EDUCATION?
- TEACHING YOUNG CHILDREN.
- EDUCATION AT HOME.
- TENDERNESS OF YOUTH.
- BUSINESS OF EDUCATION.
- THE CLASSICS.
- LIBERAL EDUCATION.
- DR. ARNOLD’S SCHOOL REFORM.
- SCHOOL INDULGENCE.
- UNSOUND TEACHING.
- SELF-FORMATION.
- PRACTICAL DISCIPLINE.
- “CRAMMING.”
- MATHEMATICS.
- ARISTOTLE.
- GEOLOGY IN EDUCATION.
- THE BEST EDUCATION.
- ADVICE TO THE STUDENT.
- KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM.
- EDUCATION ALARMISTS.
- YORKSHIRE SCHOOLS.
- BOOKS FOR THE YOUNG.
- THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.
- WHAT IS “ARGUMENT”?
- HANDWRITING.
- ENGLISH STYLE.
- ART OF WRITING.
- Business-Life.
- WANT OF A PURSUIT.
- THE ENGLISH CHARACTER.
- WORTH OF ENERGY.
- TEST OF GREATNESS.
- CHOICE OF A PROFESSION.
- OFFICIAL LIFE.
- OFFICIAL QUALIFICATIONS.
- PUBLIC SPEAKING.
- OPPORTUNITY.
- MEN OF BUSINESS.
- ENGINEERS AND MECHANICIANS.
- SCIENTIFIC FARMING.
- LARGE FORTUNES.
- CIVIC WORTHIES.
- WORKING AUTHORS AND ARTISTS.
- WEAR AND TEAR OF PUBLIC LIFE.
- Home Traits.
- LOVE OF HOME.
- FAMILY PORTRAITS.
- HOW TO KEEP FRIENDS.
- SMALL COURTESIES.
- LASTING FRIENDSHIPS.
- TRUE TONE OF POLITE WRITING.
- PRIDE AND MEANNESS.
- HOME THOUGHTS.
- The Spirit of the Age.
- PROGRESS OF KNOWLEDGE.
- SPECIAL PROVIDENCE IN SCIENCE.
- SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS.
- TIME AND IMPROVEMENT.
- EVIL INFLUENCES.
- WORLDLY MORALITY.
- SPEAKING THE TRUTH.
- RESTLESSNESS AND ENTERPRISE.
- THE PRESENT AND THE PAST.
- CIRCUMSTANCES AND GENIUS.
- OUR UNIMAGINATIVE AGE.
- MARVELS OF THE UNIVERSE.
- PHYSIOGNOMY.
- TRADE AND PHILANTHROPY.
- World-Knowledge.
- MISCELLANEA.
- PREDICTIONS OF SUCCESS.
- Conclusion.
- EASE OF MIND.
- THE LIFE OF MAN.
- THE GOOD MAN’s LIFE.
- PREDICTIONS OF FLOWERS.
- THE WORLD’S CYCLES.
- DEATH ALL-ELOQUENT.
- Finis.
- APPENDIX.
- Generations (page 71).
- Memory (page 75).
- Great Ages (page 114).
- Baron Maseres (page 149).
- INDEX.
- Transcriber’s Notes
- Time.
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