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