INDEX.
- Abstinence, total, [14-16]
- Adulteration, [47]
- Affectation, [86], [87]
- Alcibiades, on personal appearance, [22]
- Ambition, true and false, [164]
- Amusement, [28];
- seeking, [30]
- Animals, [98]
- Anxiety, [63]
- Aristotle, on friendship, [137];
- on pleasure, [187]
- Arnold, M., on insincerity, [105];
- on "quiet work," [39]
- Art, [89]
- Asceticism, [12]
- Bashfulness, [106]
- Beauty, [90], [92];
- how to cultivate the love of, [91];
- ideal of, [89]
- Benevolence, [118]
- Betrayal, [141]
- Betting, a form of gambling, [78]
- Brothers, duties of, [145]
- Browning, Mrs. E. B., on self-centered virtue, [192]
- Browning, Robert, on strength, [72];
- on love, [115]
- Building and loan associations, [42]
- Caird, John, on morality and religion, [198]
- Carelessness, [68], [69]
- Carlyle, Thomas, on human fellowship, [156];
- on work, [32]
- Character, [182], [184]
- Charity, [118]
- Cheating, [48]
- Childhood, [40]
- Children, duty of, to their parents, [145]
- Civilization rests on law, [161]
- Coleridge, S. T., on kindness to animals, [101]
- Confidence, [56]
- Conflict of duties, [191]
- Conscience, absolute authority of, [181]
- Conscientiousness, [180], [182]
- Constraint, [176]
- Co-operation, [170];
- two kinds of, [171]
- Co-ordination, [60]
- Courage, [73], [75];
- moral, [74]
- Cowardice, moral, [76];
- the shame of, [79]
- Craik, Mrs. D. M., on marriage, [147]
- Cruelty, [102], [103]
- Cynicism regarding appearance, [21]
- Death, the wages of sin, [202]
- Debility, the penalty of neglected exercise, [31]
- Debt, [43]
- Devotion of husband and wife, [152]
- Discord, [64]
- Disease, [17], [18]
- Dishonesty, [49]
- Dissipation, [193]
- Dissoluteness, [193]
- Divorce, [148]
- Dress, [19], [20], [21]
- Drink, [9]
- Drunkenness, [13]
- Dude, the, [23]
- Duties, conflict of, [191]
- Duty, [2], [187]
- Economy, [42]
- Effusiveness, [142]
- Eliot, George, on sympathy, [110];
- on happiness, [188]
- Emerson, R. W., on friendship, [140], [143]
- Energy, the value of superfluous, [26]
- Ennui, [30]
- Enjoyment, the only true, [86]
- Epicurus, on the duty of friends, [139]
- Equivalence in trade, [46]
- Ethics, [1]
- Ethics and religion, [196]
- Example, responsibility for, [15]
- Exchange, [46]
- Excitement, [27]
- Exclusiveness, [142]
- Exercise, necessity of, [25]
- Faith, [200]
- Falsehood, the forms of, [57]
- Family, the, [144]
- Fastidiousness, [23]
- Fellowship, [104]
- Food, [9]
- Foolhardiness, [77]
- Forgiveness, [130]
- Formalism, [190]
- Fortune, [70]
- Freedom is complete self-expression, [173]
- Friendship, [137]
- Gambling, [78]
- Games, value of, [26]
- Gluttony, [13]
- God, [194]
- Golden Rule, the, [107]
- Gossip, the mischievousness of, [57]
- Habit, [3]
- Harmony, [90]
- Hegel, on duty in personal relations, [2]
- Heredity, [51]
- Hill, Octavia, on benevolence, [120]
- Holiness, [196]
- Home, [149], [150]
- Honesty, [47]
- Hospitality, [105]
- Husband and wife, [149]
- Hypocrisy, [105], [201]
- Ideal of Beauty, [89]
- Idleness, [33]
- Independence, [150], [151], [152]
- Indorsing notes, [50]
- Indiscriminate charity, [125]
- Individualism, [150], [153], [154]
- Industry, [35]
- Isolation, [143]
- Janet, Paul, on dissipation, [193]
- Justice, [128]
- Kant, on humanity an end, [106];
- on importance of social relations, [109];
- on a lie, [59];
- on universality as test of conduct, [169]
- Keats on beauty, [93]
- Kindness, [100]
- Knowledge, [53]
- Law, uniformity of, [70]
- Laziness, the slavery of, [37];
- leads to poverty, [39]
- Lenity, [134], [135];
- its effect on the offender, [135]
- Life insurance, [42]
- Loneliness, [156]
- Love, [106], [107], [108], [111]
- Lowell, J. R., on success, [173]
- Loyalty, [148]
- Luxury, the perversion of beauty, [93]
- Lying, [58], [59]
- Marriage, [146], [153]
- Marshall, J., on conformity to rule, [191]
- Martineau, on censoriousness, [58]
- Maudsley, on hereditary effects of dishonesty, [51]
- Meanness, [51], [174], [175], [177]
- Mill, John Stuart, on pleasure, [187];
- unity with fellow-men, [108]
- Miserliness, [44], [45]
- Moral courage, [74]
- Moroseness, [29]
- Morris, William, on simplicity of life, [92]
- Nature, [81]
- Neatness, [20]
- Niggardliness, [124]
- Notes, indorsement of, [50]
- Obtuseness, [86], [87]
- Officiousness, [176]
- Old age, provision for, [40]
- Opium habit, [16]
- Orderliness, [66]
- Organization, the function of the state, [157]
- Overwork, the folly of, [38]
- Parents, duties of, to children, [145]
- Party, political, [160]
- Patriotism, [160]
- Peace, [198]
- Perfection, [90]
- Place for everything, [65]
- Plato, on virtue and vice, [6];
- refutation of the Cynic, [22];
- on obedience to laws, [159]
- Pleasure, [71], [186]
- Politeness, [172]
- Politician, and statesman, [161]
- Potter, Bishop, on giving, [119]
- Poverty, the causes of, [117]
- Pride, [142]
- Prigs, [182]
- Procrastination, [62]
- Profit-sharing, [170]
- Property, [40]
- Prudence, [61]
- Public spirit, [171]
- Punishment, the function of, [128];
- good for the wrong-doer, [129]
- Quackery, [49]
- Raffling, a form of gambling, [78]
- Red-tape, [68]
- Reformation, [131]
- Reformer, [170]
- Religion, [195], [198]
- Religion and ethics, [196], [199]
- Reward of virtue, [4]
- Rich, the idle, [33]
- Rights, our own, [50];
- of others, [158]
- Royce, J., on regarding others as persons, [107], [169]
- Rules, [183], [191]
- Ruskin, John, on the home, [150];
- on truth, [54]
- Saving, systematic, [41], [43]
- Savings-banks, [42]
- Scandal, the mischievousness of, [57]
- Scott, Sir Walter, on deceit, [56]
- Selfishness, [112];
- the penalty of, [115]
- Self-indulgence, [192]
- Self-interest, [174]
- Self-obliteration for the sake of family, [154], [155]
- Self-realization, [179]
- Self-righteousness, [192]
- Self-will, [200]
- Sentimentality, [113], [114]
- Severity, [133], [135];
- effect of, on the offender, [135]
- Shakespeare, on music, [95]
- Simplicity of life, [92]
- Sin, [201]
- Sisters, duties of, [145]
- Slavery, [178]
- Slovenliness, [22], [23]
- Social ideal, [170]
- Society, [167]
- Social responsibility, [15]
- Socrates, on obedience to law, [159]
- Soft places, to be avoided, [36]
- Space, [65]
- Speculation, a form of gambling, [79]
- Spencer, Herbert, on abundant energy, [27];
- on deficient energy, [29]
- Spendthrift, the, [45]
- Spinoza, on the difficulty of excellence, [97]
- Spiritual life, the reward of righteousness, [198]
- "Spoils system," [162]
- Sports, value of, [26]
- Stagnation, [87]
- State, developed out of the family, [157]
- Statesman and politician, [161]
- Stealing, [48]
- Stoicism, [71], [110]
- Strength, the secret of, [72]
- Strife, the penalty of selfishness, [115]
- Success, [173]
- Superiority to fortune, the secret of, [71]
- Sympathy, [123]
- System, [66], [67]
- Temperance, [10-15]
- Temptation, [5]
- Terence, oneness of individual with humanity, [106]
- Time, [60]
- Tobacco, [16], [17]
- Trade, importance of learning a, [34]
- ----, equivalence in, [46]
- Tranquillity, [39]
- Treason, [163]
- Truth, [53], [54]
- Ugliness, [94]
- Unscrupulousness, [189]
- Vengeance, [131], [132]
- Veracity, [55]
- Vice, [5]
- Virtue, [3]
- Vulgarity, akin to laziness, [96]
- Wastefulness, [44], [45]
- Wealth, [36]
- Well-being, the conditions of, [118]
- Whitman, Walt, on the feelings of animals, [99]
- Whittier, J. G., on acting contrary to convictions, [79]
- Wife, and husband, [149]
- Woman's sphere, [34]
- Wordsworth, on books, [53];
- on courage, [75];
- on the influence of Nature, [82], [83], [84];
- on neglecting Nature, [85];
- on cruelty to animals, [102]
- Work, [32], [35]
TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES:
The following words appear with and without hyphens. They have been left as in the original.
| life-long | lifelong |
| Profit-sharing | profit sharing |
| Red-tape | red tape |
| short-coming | shortcoming |
| wrong-doer | wrongdoer |
| wrong-doers | wrongdoers |
| wrong-doing | wrongdoing |
The following corrections were made to the text:
page 6: The outline on pp. vi, vii[original has x, xi]
page 13: Alcoholic[original has Alchoholic] drink produces
page 15: moderate use of alcoholic[original has alchoholic] drinks
page 28: form of recreation becomes indispensable[original has indispensaable]
page 55: that we withhold[original has withold] the truth
page 58: the worst pest that infests[original has invests]
page 62: for to-morrow we die.[original has comma]
page 70: by invariable laws.[original has comma] Every event
page 101: give it the reasonable[original has resonable] attention
page 106: letters, or philanthropy[original has philanthrophy] or social problems
page 113: on hand wherever[original has whereever] there is a chance
page 122: THE REWARD.[original has comma]
page 133: the offender which metes[original has meets] out to him
page 148: demonstrate the utter impossibility[original has impossibilty]
page 177: with which he identifies[original has indentifies] himself
page 191: we may withhold[original has withold] facts in violation
page 197: falls many and grievous[original has grevious] to the last
page 198: in principle and purpose identified[original has indentified] with
page 206: index entry for Gluttony was put in alphabetic order[original has it listed after Gossip]
page 206: Hypocrisy, 105, 201[original has 105-201]
page 206: Marriage, 146, 156[original has viii and ix listed as well—page viii is blank and page ix does not exist]
page 207: Obscenity, viii[entry removed because page viii is blank]
page 207: Parents, duties of, to children, 145[reference to page vi removed—page vi is part of the outline]
page 207: Purity, viii[entry removed because page viii is blank]
page 207: index entries for Reformer and Religion separated and semi-colon removed[original has Reformer, 170; Religion, 195, 198]
page 207: Sensuality, ix[entry removed because there is no page ix]
page 207: Sexual passions, vii[entry removed—page vii is part of the outline]
In the index, there is an entry for "Craik, Mrs. D. M." Her name is not mentioned in the book, but she is the author of "John Halifax, Gentleman" which is referenced on page 147.