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01 ALL IS NOT GOLD THAT GLITTERS 1

02 AN ANSWER TO THE QUESTION:"WHAT IS ENLIGHTENMENT?" 4

03 THE AWFUL GERMAN LANGUAGE 13

04 BEFORE THE DIET OF WORMS 36

05 CATS 40

06 CHEESE 46

07 DARWIN'S VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE 50

08 THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 56

09 THE DIFFERENT DEGREES OF ENJOYMENT PRESENTED BY THE CONTEMPLATION OF NATURE 61

10 DREAM-CHILDREN 64

11 THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION 69

12 A FREE MAN'S WORSHIP 72

13 THE FUTURE OF ASTRONOMY 83

14 A GENERAL VIEW OF THEOSOPHY 100

15 GIFTS 104

16 HOW PAIN LEADS TO KNOWLEDGE AND POWER 109

17 THE KNOWLEDGE OF SELF 112

18 LINCOLN'S LAST HOURS 120

19 THE MAN WHO THINKS BACKWARDS 141

20 THE MEANING AND METHOD OF SPIRITUAL LIFE 146

21 MEDITATION 17 160

22 A MESSAGE TO GARCIA 163

23 A MODEST PROPOSAL 168

24 NEVER AGAIN! 179

25 NIGHT AND MOONLIGHT 195

26 OFTRUTH 204

27 ON ENGLISH COMPOSITION AND OTHER MATTERS 207

28 ON THE ART OF FICTION 212

29 ON THE FEAROF DEATH 214

30 ON THE METHOD OF GRACE 227

31 ON THE PLEASURE OF TAKING UP ONE'S PEN 234

32 ON THE TRAGEDIES OF SHAKESPEARE 238

33 ON THE UNJUST CAUSES OF WAR 260

34 OUR CHILDREN AND GREAT DISCOVERIES 268

35 OUR FRIEND THE DOG 270

36 THE PHILOSOPHY OF BIRDS'NESTS 285

37 THE PHILOSOPHY OF COMPOSITION 304

38 THE PLACE OF SCIENCE IN A LIBERAL EDUCATION 319

39 PUBLIC PRAYER 331

40 THE RHYTHM OF LIFE 337

41 THE SACREDNESS OF WORK 341

42 SELF-DENIAL NOT THE ESSENCE OF VIRTUE 342

43 SHOULD WOMEN BE BEAUTIFUL? 345

44 SOME REFLECTIONS ON THE LOSS OF THE TITANIC 352

45 THOUGHTS ON GOVERNMENT(1776) 367

46 THE THREE KINDS OF MEN 377

47 TO WRITE OR NOTTO WRITE 382

48 TRUTH OF INTERCOURSE 384

49 WHEN A MAN COMES TO HIMSELF 394

50 WHY ARE ALL MEN GAMBLERS? 408