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Time.
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POETRY OF TIME 1
WHAT IS TIME? 3
TIME’S BEGUILINGS 5
TIME’S GARLAND 6
TIME’S MUTATIONS 7
SIR H. DAVY ON TIME 8
TIME, PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE 9
MEASUREMENT OF TIME 12
PERIODS OF REST 15
RECKONING DISTANCE BY TIME 16
SUN-DIALS 17
THE HOUR-GLASS 27
CLOCKS AND WATCHES 29
EARLY RISING 41
ART OF EMPLOYING TIME 52
TIME AND ETERNITY 64
Life, and Length of Days.
LIFE A RIVER 65
THE SPRING-TIME OF LIFE 66
THE FIRST TWENTY YEARS OF LIFE 67
PASSING GENERATIONS 68
AVERAGE DURATION OF LIFE 71
PASTIMES OF CHILDHOOD RECREATIVE TO MAN 72
PLEASURES OF THE IMAGINATION LATE IN LIFE 73
WHAT IS MEMORY? 75
CONSOLATION IN GROWING OLD 76
LENGTH OF DAYS 79
HISTORIC TRADITIONS THROUGH FEW LINKS 82
LONGEVITY IN FAMILIES 87
FEMALE LONGEVITY 88
LONGEVITY AND DIET 92
LONGEVITY AND LOCALITIES 96
LONGEVITY OF CLASSES 102
GREAT AGES 111
THE HAPPY OLD MAN 114
PREPARATORY TO DEATH 115
DEATH BEFORE ADAM 116
FUTURE EARTHLY EXISTENCE OF THE HUMAN RACE 117
The School of Life.
WHAT IS EDUCATION? 119
TEACHING YOUNG CHILDREN 120
EDUCATION AT HOME 121
TENDERNESS OF YOUTH 122
BUSINESS OF EDUCATION 123
THE CLASSICS 124
LIBERAL EDUCATION 126
DR. ARNOLD’S SCHOOL REFORM 127
SCHOOL INDULGENCE 128
UNSOUND TEACHING 128
SELF-FORMATION 131
PRACTICAL DISCIPLINE 132
CRAMMING 132
MATHEMATICS 133
ARISTOTLE 134
GEOLOGY IN EDUCATION 135
THE BEST EDUCATION 137
ADVICE TO THE STUDENT 138
KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM 139
EDUCATION ALARMISTS 140
YORKSHIRE SCHOOLS 141
BOOKS FOR THE YOUNG 141
THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE 142
WHAT IS ARGUMENT? 144
HANDWRITING 145
ENGLISH STYLE 147
ART OF WRITING 149
Business-Life.
WANT OF A PURSUIT 152
THE ENGLISH CHARACTER 153
WORTH OF ENERGY 154
TEST OF GREATNESS 156
CHOICE OF A PROFESSION 157
OFFICIAL LIFE 161
OFFICIAL QUALIFICATIONS 164
PUBLIC SPEAKING 166
OPPORTUNITY 174
MEN OF BUSINESS 174
CHARACTER THE BEST SECURITY 176
ENGINEERS AND MECHANICIANS 177
SCIENTIFIC FARMING 187
LARGE FORTUNES 188
CIVIC WORTHIES 199
WORKING AUTHORS AND ARTISTS 204
WEAR AND TEAR OF PUBLIC LIFE 217
Home Traits.
LOVE OF HOME 218
FAMILY PORTRAITS 219
HOW TO KEEP FRIENDS 220
SMALL COURTESIES 221
LASTING FRIENDSHIPS 221
TRUE TONE OF POLITE WRITING 223
PRIDE AND MEANNESS 224
HOME THOUGHTS 225
The Spirit of the Age.
PROGRESS OF KNOWLEDGE 227
SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS 229
TIME AND IMPROVEMENT 231
EVIL INFLUENCES 232
WORLDLY MORALITY 233
SPEAKING THE TRUTH 234
RESTLESSNESS AND ENTERPRISE 235
THE PRESENT AND THE PAST 238
CIRCUMSTANCES AND GENIUS 238
OUR UNIMAGINATIVE AGE 239
MARVELS OF THE UNIVERSE 240
PHYSIOGNOMY 242
TRADE AND PHILANTHROPY 243
World-Knowledge.
MISCELLANEA 244
PREDICTIONS OF SUCCESS 247
Conclusion.
EASE OF MIND 250
THE LIFE OF MAN 251
THE GOOD MAN’S LIFE 253
PREDICTIONS OF FLOWERS 255
THE WORLD’S CYCLES 256
DEATH ALL-ELOQUENT 256
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