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| THE GOLDEN CENSER. | 1 |
| THE PALACE OF THE SOUL. | 1 |
| THE FATHER OF HIS COUNTRY, | 1 |
| LET US KEEP THE GOLDEN CENSER BURNING | 1 |
| THE SOLDIER GOES FORTH | 1 |
| THE FLIGHT OF TIME. | 2 |
| YOU HAD TO ACCEPT THE STATEMENT | 2 |
| THE WISE MAN, | 3 |
| YOU WANT TO SUCCEED IN THE WORLD,— | 3 |
| FAVORITISM AND DISCRIMINATION | 3 |
| ADVISED RIGHTLY, | 3 |
| HASTE AND WASTE. | 3 |
| HOME. | 4 |
| THE THATCH OF AVARICE. | 5 |
| HOME IS PARADISE.” | 5 |
| HALO UPON HALO OF FOND THOUGHT, | 5 |
| THE LONG AGO. | 5 |
| WHERE WAS THIS? | 6 |
| TWO GREAT DOGS GUARD THE ENTRANCE. | 6 |
| AN OCEAN OF LIFE, | 6 |
| KINGS HAVE NO HOMES. | 7 |
| NO TWO NAMES OF MEN MORE KNOWN | 7 |
| PRATTLING LITTLE ONES | 7 |
| IT IS THE WEARINESS AND THE SELF-SACRIFICE | 7 |
| THE YOUNG MAN | 8 |
| DUTIES OF PARENTS. | 8 |
| FINALLY HAD A CHARACTER | 9 |
| FATHER AND SON. | 9 |
| THE OCCUPATION. | 9 |
| THE DAUGHTER. | 10 |
| HAPPY WIVES AND MOTHERS, | 10 |
| THANKING DEATH. | 10 |
| EDUCATION. | 11 |
| OUR GREAT SCHOOLS | 11 |
| THE LANGUAGE OF THE BIBLE | 11 |
| WORSHIP. | 11 |
| ON THESE PLAIN PRINCIPLES | 12 |
| NOTORIOUSLY HARSH SCHOOLMASTER, EXPERIENCE, | 12 |
| BROTHER AND SISTER | 12 |
| HIS SISTER WILL DEMAND, | 13 |
| HOW MUCH LESS GRASPING IS THE BURGLAR | 13 |
| MANY OF THE NOBLEST YOUNG MEN | 13 |
| THE CROOKEDEST STICK OF THE LOT? | 14 |
| IN YOUR SISTER | 14 |
| STRENGTHEN UP THESE POINTS. | 14 |
| THE SISTER’S INFLUENCE. | 15 |
| A LUCKY DAY FOR YOU, | 15 |
| EVEN FOR THIS IGNOBLE REASON. | 15 |
| AFTER THE DEATH OF YOUR MOTHER. | 15 |
| YOUTH | 16 |
| HOW FORTUNATE FOR THE RACE OF MAN | 16 |
| OUR ITALY AND GREECE, | 17 |
| THE LIGHT AND CARELESS LIVERY THAT IT WEARS, | 17 |
| DOES NOT THE CHERRY | 17 |
| YOUTH BREATHES THE DEWY AIR, | 18 |
| THE LITTLE GIRL’S KITTEN DIES, | 18 |
| SIR WALTER RALEIGH | 18 |
| THE FIRST MAN IN FIFTY MILLIONS! | 18 |
| THE ALPENA. | 19 |
| AGAIN, | 19 |
| BUT THE ERRORS OF AGED MEN | 20 |
| THE HARD-PAN SERIES. | 20 |
| PRUDENCE IN SPEECH. | 20 |
| THE MYSTERIOUS JUNIUS | 20 |
| ESTABLISHED BEHIND A COUNTER | 21 |
| YOUR TONGUE. | 21 |
| HE “BLABS A GOOD DEAL.” | 21 |
| THE TIME ON WHICH IT IS BOUGHT, | 21 |
| TO “BLOW YOUR AFFAIRS,” | 22 |
| INTO THIS HOLE HE BREATHED THE SECRET | 22 |
| COURTESY. | 23 |
| STUDY YOUR CUSTOMER. | 23 |
| YOUR HANDS, | 23 |
| LOOK RESPECTFULLY | 23 |
| THE FINEST-MANNERED MEN IN THE COUNTRY, | 24 |
| RALPH WALDO EMERSON, | 24 |
| MOMENTARY VIEWS | 25 |
| OCCUPY AS LITTLE OF THE MIND AS POSSIBLE. | 25 |
| ECONOMY. | 25 |
| IN YOUR MONEY MATTERS, | 26 |
| RURAL SALOONS, | 26 |
| A GALLON OF WHISKY, | 26 |
| LET VANDERBILT SUPPORT THE GOVERNMENT, | 26 |
| JUST AS BAD ON MOTHS AS IT IS ON MEN, | 27 |
| LIFE IN AMERICA IS SHORT. | 27 |
| BEWARE IT ENTAILS LITTLE EXPENSE OF KEEPING. | 27 |
| COURAGE. | 27 |
| YOU HAVE REACHED THE GREAT CITY. | 28 |
| NAPOLEON | 28 |
| THE ATTACK OF A YOUNG MAN | 28 |
| HE READ THE BIBLE THROUGH | 29 |
| DOCKED THREE HOURS | 29 |
| SHAKSPEARE’S PLAYS. | 29 |
| AN ENGAGEMENT WITH JOHN M’CULLOUGH | 29 |
| HE “ACTED” THROUGH THE WEEK | 30 |
| THE YOUNG MAN’S MONEY WAS GONE, | 30 |
| JEREMY COLLIER | 30 |
| THE MANAGER OF THE HOUSE HIMSELF | 31 |
| HE HAD GENUINE COURAGE. | 31 |
| DURING THE HARDEST WINTER | 31 |
| THE ANCHOR TO MANY LIVES. | 32 |
| HOPE. | 32 |
| HOPE ALONE SAVED THE LIFE | 32 |
| ARRIVED IN CHICAGO ON CHRISTMAS, | 32 |
| LIKE THE COMMUNISTS IN AMERICA, | 33 |
| A FINE-LOOKING HEALTHY YOUNG MAN | 33 |
| FOR HIS SWORD | 33 |
| HIS CHEERY VOICE | 34 |
| HIS TRAMP FOR WORK. | 34 |
| AS GOD WOULD HAVE IT, | 35 |
| DID NOT COME IN A WEEK OR A YEAR, | 35 |
| HOPE IS LIKE THE CORK TO THE NET, | 35 |
| CAMPBELL’S “PLEASURES OF HOPE!” | 36 |
| WHEN POOR FRANCE | 36 |
| FRANCE WAS RIGHT, | 36 |
| BE CORRECT. | 36 |
| STORY OF SAG BRIDGE. | 37 |
| TWO TRAINS WERE ABOUT TO COME IN COLLISION, | 37 |
| HE HAD FORGOTTEN TO WIND UP HIS WATCH! | 37 |
| IMITATE THE CELEBRATED DETECTIVES, | 38 |
| A RIDICULOUS ERROR: | 38 |
| ALL THE BANKS OF NEW YORK | 38 |
| THE ACCOUNTS OF THE BANK OF NORTH AMERICA | 38 |
| A CIPHER WHICH MEANT $114,300? | 39 |
| SUCH A SPARTAN SPIRIT WEEDS OUT | 39 |
| A HOMELY EXAMPLE. | 39 |
| THE FARMER BEGINS TO HAVE SUSPICIONS. | 39 |
| YOU EXPOSE YOURSELF | 40 |
| THE FREAKS OF FIGURES. | 40 |
| I MENTION THESE TRICKS | 41 |
| OUR LANGUAGE | 41 |
| SUCCESS. | 41 |
| OFFICERS ARE VERY SCARCE. | 42 |
| ALEXANDER SMITH, | 42 |
| YOUR PARTICULAR DUTIES | 42 |
| THE SAFE RULE | 42 |
| LACK OF BOTH AMBITION AND ABILITY, | 42 |
| PROOF READERS | 43 |
| THUS THE GENTLEMAN GETS AN IDEA | 44 |
| HE IS ALREADY A LIEUTENANT. | 44 |
| THE FOOLS HAVE RUSHED IN, | 44 |
| THE MAN OF SUCCESS KNOWS THE DIFFICULTIES. | 44 |
| HE “MIXED THEM WITH BRAINS.” | 45 |
| HE MOCKED ALL KINDS OF BIRDS. | 45 |
| COMPANIONS. | 45 |
| FAR REMOVED FROM TAM O’SHANTER IN HABITS | 46 |
| MORALLY, | 46 |
| A GAME OF BILLIARDS | 46 |
| YOU TRY IT ON A CUSTOMER. | 47 |
| THE CASHIER AND THE PRESIDENT | 47 |
| A CASE OF BILLIARD-ROOM MANNERS, | 48 |
| LEARN TO ADMIRE RIGHTLY. | 48 |
| ON THE ROAD. | 49 |
| YOU ARE NEARING THAT FATAL TOWN, | 49 |
| HERE IS THE TOWN NOW. | 49 |
| GETTING YOUR MIND. | 50 |
| CANVASSING HIMSELF! | 50 |
| ABRAHAM LINCOLN | 50 |
| HE WAS DRUNK AT SHILOH.” | 50 |
| YOU ARE DRESSED | 50 |
| BRING ON YOUR “LEADERS.” | 51 |
| NEVER STOP HIM | 51 |
| A PRIVATE GRAVEYARD | 51 |
| TO HEAD HIM OFF, | 52 |
| THE LARGE CROP OF LEGAL SUITS | 52 |
| THE BOARD AT THE HOTEL | 52 |
| IN CONCLUSION, | 52 |
| MANUFACTURING SNAP AND SPARKLE. | 53 |
| EXAMPLES. | 53 |
| COMMANDER OF NEARLY 600,000 MEN; | 53 |
| THE WIFE OF ANDREW JOHNSON | 54 |
| ULYSSES S. GRANT | 54 |
| EIGHTY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS! | 54 |
| JAMES A. GARFIELD | 55 |
| TENNYSONS | 55 |
| PICKETT’S IMMORTAL CHARGE AT GETTYSBURG, | 55 |
| A BOY CALLED VICTOR HUGO | 55 |
| THE ROCK OF CAPRI, | 56 |
| IN THE LIVES OF THE THOUSANDS | 56 |
| SO IN THE HABIT OF RIDING OVER OBSTACLES | 56 |
| LIFE IS LIKE THE SYSTEM | 57 |
| MAN | 57 |
| A COLUMBUS OF THE SKIES.” | 57 |
| MAN’S FAULTS. | 58 |
| WHATELEY’S COMPARISON | 58 |
| TOO NEAR ALL KINDS OF BEASTS— | 58 |
| THAT COOKS HIS VICTUALS,” | 59 |
| ALL BARGAINS, WHETHER HUMAN OR CANINE, | 59 |
| SAYS PLUTARCH, | 59 |
| THE STAR THAT IS LOOKING, NOT LOOKED AFTER, | 60 |
| “THE HAND | 60 |
| OUR OPPORTUNITIES | 60 |
| HOLY WRIT. | 61 |
| A LITTLE LOWER THAN THE ANGELS, | 61 |
| WOMAN. | 61 |
| A SUBJECT SO PLEASANT TO MAN, | 62 |
| PLUNGING INTO THE NIGHT OF DESTINY, | 62 |
| A HISTORY OF THE AFFECTIONS | 62 |
| SCHILLER; | 63 |
| LAST AT THE CROSS, EARLIEST AT THE GRAVE,” | 63 |
| SEX IN THE VERY SOUL, | 63 |
| PERSONAL ORNAMENTS | 63 |
| STAID OLD DR. JOHNSON: | 63 |
| THE TIME SPENT AT THE TOILET | 64 |
| WHEREVER FOUND, THEY ARE THE MOST CIVIL, | 64 |
| A DECENT AND FRIENDLY ANSWER. | 64 |
| THIS CANDID TESTIMONY | 64 |
| THE WESTERN WILDS, | 65 |
| THE WHOLE HISTORY OF HUMAN SICKNESS | 65 |
| CRITICISM OUT OF PLACE. | 65 |
| FATHER. | 65 |
| ALL SOCIETY | 66 |
| A FINE AND HONORABLE OLD MAN, | 66 |
| “GRAY HAIRS | 66 |
| EXPERIENCE. | 66 |
| TAKE THE PRE-EMINENCE OF IT IN EVERYTHING— | 67 |
| AS A HARPER LAYS HIS OPEN PALM | 67 |
| THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH, | 68 |
| NOTHING BECOMES A YOUNG MAN SO MUCH | 68 |
| A BRIGHTER VIEW. | 68 |
| MOTHER. | 69 |
| SAYS NAPOLEON, | 69 |
| SHE REMEMBERS THE INFANT SMILES | 69 |
| A MOTHER ROMPING WITH HER THREE-YEAR-OLD | 70 |
| AT CHRISTMAS! | 70 |
| FETTERED INTO SLEEP; | 70 |
| MAN ENTERS THE WORLD, | 70 |
| THE EXECUTIVE MANSION OF THE GREAT REPUBLIC, | 71 |
| THE BEST FRIEND | 71 |
| A CONCEIT OF OUR OWN IMPORTANCE | 72 |
| UNALTERABLE FIDELITY. | 72 |
| THERE ARE MEN WHO FORGET THE CLAIMS | 72 |
| HE ALSO DIES SO. | 72 |
| IF YOUR MOTHER IS YET YOUNG, | 73 |
| THE MOTHER OF MOTHERS. | 73 |
| LOVE. | 73 |
| CAUTIOUSLY THE YOUTH ADVANCES | 74 |
| SOME DOOMFUL FROWN | 74 |
| LOVE RULES THE UNIVERSE, | 74 |
| HOW HAVE THE SAGES LOOKED UPON LOVE? | 74 |
| THE ANXIETY OF THE CAT | 75 |
| THE COLD PITY OF THE WORLD | 75 |
| “NO CORD OR CABLE CAN DRAW | 75 |
| THE CASE OF THE POET PETRARCH, | 76 |
| WE MAY BID GOOD-BY TO PRUDENCE.” | 77 |
| ADIEU, VALOR! RUST, RAPIER! | 77 |
| RATHER IN SPITE OF OURSELVES.” | 77 |
| ABRIDGED INTO ONE INCLINATION.” | 78 |
| THE SHIPWRECK OF A SOVEREIGN.” | 78 |
| THE FIRST ATTACK OF LOVE IS RIDICULOUS | 78 |
| COURTSHIP | 78 |
| THERE IS NO POSSIBLE CHANCE | 79 |
| YOU WILL BE SAFER | 79 |
| A LAUGHING-STOCK | 80 |
| NATURE BEGINS TO ASSERT HERSELF. | 80 |
| IN TALKING TO YOUR SWEETHEART, | 80 |
| THIS QUARRY OF TRUTH; | 80 |
| HOW SHOCKING IF THEY ARE LIES! | 80 |
| A WHOLE AFTERLIFE | 81 |
| INWARDLY MAKE UP YOUR MIND | 81 |
| LOOK AT A CIRCUS POSTER! | 81 |
| THE CHARIOT OF TIGERS | 81 |
| DO NOT “BILL YOURSELF TOO STRONGLY” | 81 |
| OF “WANT TO, OR DON’T WANT TO.” | 82 |
| IN ORDER TO REAP WE MUST SOW. | 82 |
| YOU LAY ASIDE A SURPLUS | 82 |
| AFTER THIRTY-FIVE, | 82 |
| IF YOU HAVE THE CONSUMPTION | 82 |
| YOU THUS SEE THAT “LIFE IS REAL, | 83 |
| MARRIAGE. | 83 |
| OF COURSE IT WAS A FARCE. | 84 |
| NO ONE OF THE SAME “SET” | 84 |
| LET US HAVE THE MANHOOD AND THE WOMANHOOD, | 84 |
| WE NOW MARRY. | 84 |
| “TO BE A MAN | 85 |
| THE FROGS IN AESOP | 85 |
| THE TRUTH IS PRECISELY THE REVERSE. | 85 |
| AFTERWARD GO MAD | 85 |
| “WE CANNOT BE TOO INQUISITIVE | 86 |
| A MARRIAGE OF LOVE | 86 |
| THE DEEPER SHARERS IN THAT NATION | 86 |
| ONE THING KEEP IN MIND! | 86 |
| WEDDED LIFE | 87 |
| NO HUSBAND IS DOING RIGHT | 87 |
| THOSE HORRIBLE EVENTS IN LIFE, | 87 |
| BE KIND TO YOUR WIFE. | 88 |
| GO OFF TWO HUNDRED MILES AND SEE! | 88 |
| BY WAY OF FORMAL RECEIPT. | 88 |
| A “BOARDING-HOUSE OF ONE’S OWN” | 89 |
| A FEW THOUGHTS IN GENERAL: | 89 |
| SOME CONSIDERATIONS IN PARTICULAR. | 89 |
| VANITY AND SELFISHNESS. | 90 |
| RETURNING GOOD FOR EVIL. | 90 |
| THE EXPRESS PREPARATION FOR THIS CONTINGENCY. | 90 |
| THIS HE FINDS OUT | 91 |
| ALL THE ELEMENTS OF HER BEAUTY | 91 |
| A WIFE’S PRAYER. | 91 |
| DEATH OR WORSE. | 91 |
| SO MUCH OF A PARTICULAR HOME. | 92 |
| BACHELORS. | 92 |
| HE MUST DANCE TO FASHION’S TUNE— | 93 |
| THIS IS A FAIR SPECIMEN | 93 |
| THE ONE GRAND RESULT OF SINGLE LIFE, | 93 |
| HE HAS BEEN A RECIPIENT WITHOUT CEASE. | 94 |
| LAUGH BEHIND HIS BACK, | 94 |
| HE LOOKS INTO HER EYES AND FIGURES | 94 |
| THE TROUBLE ALL LIES | 94 |
| HE IS GENERALLY A GOOD FELLOW, | 94 |
| SCHOLASTIC OPPORTUNITIES. | 94 |
| MAN LIVES TO LEARN, | 95 |
| BE KIND TO THE OLD BACHELOR. | 95 |
| TO HEAR SOME MEN TALK, | 95 |
| JUDGED AS THE BACHELORS VIEW THEM. | 95 |
| THE SAME BACHELOR | 95 |
| SEE HOW LITTLE KNOWLEDGE | 96 |
| THE MOTHER OF AN AMERICAN, | 96 |
| HOW MANY HUSBANDS HAS HE SEEN | 96 |
| SICKNESS. | 96 |
| “PRESERVE YOUR HEALTH | 97 |
| BEHOLD THE STRONG MAN IN THE FEVERISH AIR | 98 |
| SYMPATHY IS EXPRESSED | 98 |
| IN THE RIFTS OF THE PLASTER, | 98 |
| HIS BRAGS WERE MADE IN TIME OF STRENGTH, | 98 |
| THE GREEDINESS OF HUMAN WANTS. | 99 |
| HE HAS NOT BEEN SICK FOR NAUGHT. | 99 |
| LET US THEREFORE GIVE UP THE IDEA | 99 |
| THE MOST MISERABLE OF CREATURES, | 100 |
| SORROW. | 100 |
| A WIFE LOSES HER HUSBAND. | 100 |
| CONSCIENCE, THE SOLEMN OFFICER | 101 |
| A TROOP OF LITTLE TRAITORS, HAPPY MEMORIES, | 101 |
| RATHER NOT ENOUGH THAN TOO MUCH. | 101 |
| HAS HE NOT PROCLAIMED IT TO HIS OWN SOUL? | 101 |
| THIS YOUTHFUL PEAK OF GRIEF, | 102 |
| TRUE GREATNESS, | 102 |
| NEVER MADE SUCH HIGH-SOUNDING REQUISITIONS | 102 |
| INTO TRUE HARMONY. | 102 |
| THERE IS ANOTHER AND AN UNHAPPY PHASE | 103 |
| NOW COMES RELIGION, | 103 |
| MARIA LOWELL’S “LAMB IN THE SHEPHERD’S ARMS.” | 103 |
| POVERTY. | 104 |
| HE FEEDS AND DRESSES AN ARMY | 104 |
| VIEWED AS IT IS, | 104 |
| THE ENORMOUSLY RICH MEN OF THE WORLD | 105 |
| THEY SHOULD NEVER BE FORGOTTEN | 105 |
| BUT ACTUAL, HARSH, GRINDING WANT | 105 |
| A REAL, ACTIVE, “INCONVENIENCE,” | 105 |
| “HOW LIKE A RAILWAY TUNNEL | 105 |
| MANY PEOPLE ARE GOOD | 106 |
| THE SCENES OF DARKEST POVERTY | 106 |
| THE FANGS OF POVERTY | 106 |
| FALSE POVERTY. | 106 |
| “POVERTY, IN LARGE CITIES | 106 |
| THE MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN, | 107 |
| A GREAT AND FATAL WEAKNESS, | 107 |
| “POVERTY IS ONLY CONTEMPTIBLE | 107 |
| HE HAD NO SHIRT! | 108 |
| FACTS ABOUT PROGRESS. | 108 |
| THE SATISFACTORY COMMERCIAL DATA | 108 |
| A SKILLED FIELD HAND, | 108 |
| TWO HUNDRED YEARS LATER, | 109 |
| IN THE FORTY-THIRD YEAR OF ELIZABETH | 109 |
| AND STILL FOR ANOTHER HUNDRED YEARS, | 109 |
| TO-DAY THE SAME LABORER, | 109 |
| THE CHILDREN OF THE LABORER | 110 |
| PROGRESS IN FIVE HUNDRED YEARS. | 110 |
| FOR INSTANCE: | 110 |
| THIS VERMIFUGE FIEND | 110 |
| REFORM. | 111 |
| THE ENGLISH FIELD-LABORER | 111 |
| TRUE OF AMERICA. | 111 |
| THE ATHEIST | 111 |
| FAILURE IN LIFE. | 112 |
| IT IS THE CHAFF WHICH RISES ON THE GALE. | 112 |
| WHAT CAN WE DO FOR THESE RANK FAILURES? | 113 |
| THIS IS WHY SHAKSPEARE SAYS | 113 |
| GAINS AND BRAINS. | 113 |
| WAS IT NOT ASTONISHING? | 113 |
| HALF A MILE FROM THE TRACK! | 114 |
| BRISTLE WITH LIGHTNING-RODS. | 114 |
| THE EARTH MOVES BACKWARD | 114 |
| THE HEAVY END OF THE LIFTING. | 114 |
| WHEN WE TALK ABOUT LUCK, | 115 |
| THIS IS CERTAIN. | 115 |
| FORTUNE TELLERS | 115 |
| DISCIPLINE. | 115 |
| BE RATHER THE GIRDER | 115 |
| A CRUEL WRONG. | 116 |
| A MESS OF PULP, | 116 |
| THE DEATH-KNELL OF THE KINGS OF THE EARTH. | 116 |
| THE ORGAN AND ITS PIPES AND REEDS. | 117 |
| WHEREVER WE ARE | 117 |
| BOOKS. | 117 |
| FILLED WITH IDEAS NEW TO YOU, | 118 |
| AND NOT ROB THEM AT ALL. | 118 |
| A TITLE OF GREAT CREDIT AND DIGNITY | 118 |
| THE GIST OF THE WHOLE THOUGHT, | 118 |
| A MAN OUGHT TO READ | 118 |
| WHAT A CHARM | 119 |
| MAKE JEWELRY OUT OF THE ART OF GUTTENBERG. | 119 |
| YOUR COMPANIONS THROUGH LIFE. | 119 |
| THE RECORD OF THE CENTURIES. | 120 |
| HELP OTHERS. | 120 |
| FRIENDSHIP. | 120 |
| LIKE THE STRINGS OF THE LUTE, | 121 |
| “OLD FRIENDS | 121 |
| ALL THROUGH THE WRITINGS OF THE SAGES | 121 |
| THINGS WE DO NOT UNDERSTAND, | 121 |
| A GENERAL PRINCIPLE, | 121 |
| A MOTHER’S LOVE | 122 |
| I THINK THAT IS WHY | 122 |
| ANOTHER THING | 123 |
| A TRUE FRIEND IS THE GIFT OF GOD, | 123 |
| SAVE A PERISHING FRIENDSHIP, | 123 |
| IT IS EASIER TO RAIL | 123 |
| ENVY | 124 |
| A WOLF’S DEN— | 124 |
| A TAILLESS FOX | 124 |
| TAKE A MAN LIKE THEIRS. | 125 |
| THE SAME OF GLADSTONE. | 125 |
| REAPED ANOTHER MAN’S WHIRLWINDS. | 125 |
| HOW BITING THE WITTICISM OF CHIN LAN PIN, | 126 |
| THE MEANESS OF ENVY. | 126 |
| I CANNOT CLOSE THIS CHAPTER | 126 |
| CONTENTMENT. | 126 |
| HUMAN GREATNESS | 127 |
| END IN HIS EARLY DEATH, | 127 |
| THE PRISONER IN THE DARK DUNGEON | 127 |
| THE POOR MAN CARRIES INTO HIS COTTAGE | 127 |
| IN TAKING AWAY SOME FIRE.” | 128 |
| GOOD FORTUNE OF OUR LITTLE EGOTISMS. | 128 |
| BECAUSE HE HAS HONORED IT WITH HIS NAME— | 128 |
| AMBITION. | 128 |
| BEHOLD HIM INSTALLED AS CONDUCTOR. | 129 |
| THE RIDICULOUS AMBUSCADE | 129 |
| UPON THE BLOODY FIELD OF ASPERN AND ESSLING, | 130 |
| THE REPUBLIC’S ANCHOR. | 131 |
| HER LOAFERS AND CITYITES | 131 |
| BURN THE SENATE HOUSE | 131 |
| FIFTY CENTS ON HIS NEIGHBOR’S DOLLAR | 132 |
| POSITIVELY NO OPINION, | 132 |
| CANNOT WE INSPIRE YOUNG MEN | 132 |
| ONE OUT OF TEN THOUSAND, | 132 |
| START YOUR BOYS OUT IN THIS WAY, | 133 |
| STAY OUT OF THE CITIES. | 133 |
| THE FOREIGNERS | 134 |
| TEMPERANCE | 134 |
| EVEN THE ANNALS OF ATROCIOUS CRIME | 135 |
| IT WOULD BE UNSAFE TO MANIFEST | 135 |
| ENTIRELY HORRIBLE IN THE ABSTRACT, | 135 |
| THE GRAND MACHINE | 135 |
| THE FIRST GREAT DUTY OF SOCIETY | 136 |
| WAR | 136 |
| THE PROFESSIONAL TEMPERANCE “WORKER” | 136 |
| THE BADGE OF TEMPERANCE | 136 |
| NO RUM CAN BE BLAMED | 136 |
| ON THE REAL BATTLE-GROUND, | 136 |
| NOW-A-DAYS, | 137 |
| WOE TO HIM | 137 |
| THE OCCASIONAL BRUTE | 137 |
| TRY PLAYING ON HEARTSTRINGS YOURSELF | 137 |
| A GOOD NAME. | 138 |
| LIKE CINCINNATUS FROM HIS FARM— | 138 |
| THE SILENT GROWTH OF REPUTATION. | 138 |
| A HIGH STANDING ON THE ROAD OF LIFE. | 139 |
| THE BAG OF THINGS | 139 |
| WORSHIP. | 139 |
| SO HOLY AN ALTAR | 140 |
| THE IRON DUKE | 140 |
| HOW CAN THE BROOD BE GATHERED TOGETHER | 141 |
| SOME OF THE HAPPIEST AND BEST FAMILIES, | 141 |
| THE WISEST AND THE BEST. | 141 |
| THEY CALL ATHEISM POSITIVISM, | 141 |
| SHOULD LOOK WELL TO IT | 142 |
| THE GREAT NEWTON, | 142 |
| THE ROCK OF ST. HELENA. | 142 |
| SAYS GEORGE WASHINGTON: | 143 |
| THE ATHEIST | 143 |
| MAN IS SO MUCH LIKE A FISH | 144 |
| HOPING TO HIT HIM BECAUSE HE IS SO BIG, | 144 |
| AWAY BACK ON THE PLAINS OF CHALDAEA, | 144 |
| THE FIRST TOTAL ECLIPSE | 144 |
| THE GODLIKE DEDUCTIONS | 145 |
| OTHER QUALITIES OF GRAVITATION | 145 |
| THE ATHEIST | 145 |
| THE NOBLE “IT BEHOOVETH ME!” | 145 |
| WHAT WAS IT IN MY SOUL | 145 |
| FURTHER FALLACIES. | 146 |
| LET US LOOK DOWN BROADWAY | 146 |
| THERE MUST BE THOUGHTS | 146 |
| THE SUBLIMITY OF HIS SUBJECT, | 147 |
| MAN IS NOT THE VICIOUS LUMP OF CLAY | 147 |
| THE BIBLE. | 147 |
| THE STYLE OF THE BIBLE? | 148 |
| THE MERITED EULOGY | 148 |
| STEREOTYPED IN ITS PHRASES. | 149 |
| WHAT A PANEGYRIC | 149 |
| AND WHO WAS WILLIAM TYNDALE? | 149 |
| THEY STRANGLED THIS INSPIRED SERVANT | 149 |
| THE LORD’S PRAYER | 150 |
| THE MARKED POETICAL SUPERIORITY | 150 |
| “INTENSE STUDY OF THE BIBLE | 150 |
| A MATCHLESS TEMPLE, | 151 |
| “THE LONGER YOU READ THE BIBLE | 151 |
| THE BIBLE IS AUTHENTIC. | 151 |
| THE BOOK OF JOB | 151 |
| THE BIBLE AT THEIR FOUNDATION, | 152 |
| WHERE CAN YOU FIND AS GRAND LANGUAGE | 152 |
| THE EVENING OF LIFE. | 152 |
| LITERALLY WILLING AT HEART | 153 |
| OUR MINDS ARE AS BROAD | 153 |
| THE UNDEVOUT ASTRONOMER IS MAD. | 153 |
| DOES THE BEAST PEER INTO THE STARS? | 153 |
| AS THE CASKET DULLS | 153 |
| PITY (WHICH IS THE TENDEREST OF AFFECTIONS) | 154 |
| HIS VISIT TO WESTMINSTER ABBEY, | 154 |
| THE AGED MAN | 154 |
| IT IS THE ONE POSSIBLE CHANCE | 154 |
| APOSTROPHE. | 155 |
| A CROWN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, | 155 |
| PICTURES OF PARADISE | 156 |
| THE CERTAINTY, RATHER, | 156 |
| WHAT DELIGHT WILL IT AFFORD | 156 |
| THIS IS ENTIRELY IN REASON. | 156 |
| SIRIUS, THE STAR, | 156 |
| AS THEY ASK FOR BREAD AND CHEESE, | 157 |
| SHALL GOD WEIGH OUT ARCTURUS FOR US, | 157 |
| CONCLUSION. | 157 |