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| | GENERAL INTRODUCTION | [xi] |
| I. | | SUSPIRIA DE PROFUNDIS: |
| | Introduction, with Complete List of the 'Suspiria' | [1] |
| 1. | The Dark Interpreter | [7] |
| 2. | The Solitude of Childhood | [13] |
| 3. | Who is this Woman that beckoneth and warneth me from the Place where she is, and in whose eyes is Woeful Remembrance? I guess who she is | [16] |
| 4. | The Princess who overlooked one Seed in a Pomegranate | [22] |
| 5. | Notes for 'Suspiria' | [24] |
| II. | | THE LOVELIEST SIGHT FOR WOMAN'S EYES | [29] |
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| III. | | WHY THE PAGANS COULD NOT INVEST THEIR GODS WITH ANY IOTA OF GRANDEUR | [33] |
| IV. | | ON PAGAN SACRIFICES | [39] |
| V. | | ON THE MYTHUS | [43] |
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| VI. | | DAVID'S NUMBERING OF THE PEOPLE—THE POLITICS OF THE SITUATION | [47] |
| VII. | | THE JEWS AS A SEPARATE PEOPLE | [62] |
| VIII. | | 'WHAT IS TRUTH?' THE JESTING PILATE SAID—A FALSE GLOSS | [68] |
| IX. | | WHAT SCALIGER SAYS ABOUT THE EPISTLE TO JUDE | [71] |
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| X. | | MURDER AS A FINE ART | [77] |
| XI. | | ANECDOTES—JUVENAL | [85] |
| XII. | | ANNA LOUISA | [89] |
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| XIII. | | SOME THOUGHTS ON BIOGRAPHY | [100] |
| XIV. | | GREAT FORGERS: CHATTERTON AND WALPOLE, AND 'JUNIUS' | [125] |
| XV. | | DANIEL O'CONNELL | [132] |
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| XVI. | | FRANCE PAST AND FRANCE PRESENT | [143] |
| XVII. | | ROME'S RECRUITS AND ENGLAND'S RECRUITS | [147] |
| XVIII. | | NATIONAL MANNERS AND FALSE JUDGMENT OF THEM | [163] |
| XIX. | | INCREASED POSSIBILITIES OF SYMPATHY IN THE PRESENT AGE | [165] |
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| XX. | | THE PRINCIPLE OF EVIL | [168] |
| XXI. | | ON MIRACLES | [173] |
| XXII. | | 'LET HIM COME DOWN FROM THE CROSS' | [177] |
| XXIII. | | IS THE HUMAN RACE ON THE DOWN GRADE? | [180] |
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| XXIV. | | BREVIA: SHORT ESSAYS (IN CONNECTION WITH EACH OTHER): |
| 1. | Paganism and Christianity—the Ideas of Duty and Holiness | [185] |
| 2. | Moral and Practical | [194] |
| 3. | On Words and Style | [207] |
| 4. | Theological and Religious | [226] |
| 5. | Political, etc. | [269] |
| 6. | Personal Confessions, etc. | [271] |
| 7. | Pagan Literature | [279] |
| 8. | Historical, etc. | [283] |
| 9. | Literary | [292] |
| XXV. | | OMITTED PASSAGES AND VARIATIONS: |
| 1. | The Rhapsodoi | [306] |
| 2. | Mrs. Evans and the Gazette | [310] |
| 3. | A Lawsuit Legacy | [313] |
| 4. | The True Justifications of War | [315] |
| 5. | Philosophy Defeated | [317] |
| 6. | The Highwayman's Skeleton | [320] |
| 7. | The Ransom for Waterloo | [323] |
| 8. | Desiderium | [326] |