CONTENTS

Two Sides of Life[3]
Helping Others[11]
Some of the Rocks Ahead[19]
On Influencing By Example[27]
The Virtue of Simplicity[33]
Have You Done Your Best?[43]
Don't Be Discouraged[51]
On Getting a Home[57]
Calling Things By Their Right Names[63]
European Impressions[71]
The Value of System In Home Life[81]
What Will Pay?[87]
Education that Educates[95]
The Importance of Being Reliable[103]
The Highest Education[111]
Unimproved Opportunities[119]
Keeping Your Word[133]
Some Lessons of the Hour[141]
The Gospel of Service[149]
Your Part in the Negro Conference[157]
What Is To Be Our Future?[165]
Some Great Little Things[173]
To Would-Be Teachers[181]
The Cultivation of Stable Habits[187]
What You Ought to Do[193]
Individual Responsibility[203]
Getting On In the World[213]
Each One His Part[217]
What Would Father and Mother Say? [225]
Object Lessons[233]
Substance vs. Shadow[239]
Character as Shown in Dress[245]
Sing the Old Songs[251]
Getting Down to Mother Earth[259]
A Penny Saved[267]
Growth[277]
Last Words[283]