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Life.

Life ill spent--Life's Real Value--A Triumph or a Defeat--Power over Life--What True Life Means--Prospective View of Life--The Journey Laborious--Man does not live for himself--Failure of Success--Possibilities of Life--Steady Aim Necessary--Life a Struggle--Duty of Right Living, Page 21

Home.

Thoughts of Home--We never forget Home--Power of Home Thoughts--Home Memories--Home the Fountain of Civilization--Influence of Home--Home Experiences--Home a Sensitive Place--Qualifications of Home--Home Affections--In what a Home consists--Home Happiness composed of Little Things--Home a Type of Heaven, 29

Home Circle.

Home Circle a Delightful Place--The Nursery of Affection--The Heart's Garden--Importance of Home Affections--Requisites of Home Love--Importance of Home Language and Habits--Home Circle the Center of Affection--Love an Important Element of Home Happiness--Children in Home Circle--Influence emanating from Home Circle--Home Circle soon broken, 39

Father and Mother.

Care of Parents for Children--Children should return Parents' Love--Dangers of Forgetfulness on Part of Children--Duty of writing to and visiting Parents--Children should try to make Parents Comfortable and Happy--The Love of Mother to Son--Son's Duty to a Mother--Loss of a Parent--The Grave of a Mother, 47

Infancy.

Infancy the Morning of Life--Parental Anxiety during Infancy--Parental Responsibility--Parental Duty--Influence of Infants--Infants the Poetry of the World--Infancy and Death--Graves of Infants, 54

Childhood.

Childhood the Happiest Time--Child's Soul without Character--Power of Imitation with Children--Children incited by Example--Praise of Children--Reproving Children--Parents' Duty to make Childhood Happy--Children the Ornament of Home--Fleeting Period of Childhood, 60

Brother and Sister.

Love between Brother and Sister Pleasing--Power of a Sister's Love--Depths of a Sister's Love--Love for a Sister a Noble Thing--Power of a Sister's Influence--Sister's Duty in this Respect--Each Necessary to the Other's Welfare--The Ideal Girl--The Ideal Boy, 67

Manhood.

Manhood the Isthmus between Two Extremes--Pursuits of Each Age--Early Manhood Potential for Good--Claims of Society on Young Men--Young Men's Duty in this Respect--Young Men should cultivate their Intellect--Thinking makes True Manhood, 74

Womanhood.

True Womanhood a Noble Thing--Error Women make--Womanly Power--Woman's Moral Influence--Source of Woman's Happiness--A Good Woman never grows old, 80

Home Harmonies.

An Important Theme--Parents' Duty to make Happy Homes--Influence of a Happy Home--In what a Happy Home consists--Business Man's Home--Pictures in a Home--Conversation at Home--Parents should study Children's Character, 89

Home Duties.

Duty ever at Hand--One Danger of Home Life--Children trained at Home--Home Language--Happiness of Children--The Domestic Seminary--Education of Children--Children's Duties to Parents, 97

Aim of Life.

An Aim Essential--Danger of an Aimless Life--Daily Need of Life--All can accomplish Something--All must labor--Choice of an Occupation--Must do your own deciding--A Second Profession--Manhood the Most Noble Aim, 104

Success or Failure.

All Desirous of Success--The Two Ends of Life--Success only won by Toil--Danger of overlooking this Fact--Earnestness the Secret of Success--Traits of Character Necessary to Success--All can accomplish Something--In what True Success consists, 111

Dignity of Labor.

Labor the Lot of All--Labor a Glory--Civilization the Result of Labor--Life necessarily Routine--Labor not an End of Life--Victories of Labor--All Honest Work Honorable, 118

Perseverance.

Value of Perseverance--One Man's Work Compared with the Total Amount--All Excellence the Result of Perseverance--Example of Gibbon--Results of Human Perseverance--Nature's Lesson--Perseverance and Genius, 125

Enterprise.

Enterprise distinct from Energy--Seeks for Novelty--Necessity for Enterprise--Enterprise an Inheritance--Value of Self-reliance--Demands of the Hour, 132

Energy.

Energy is Force of Character--Resolution and Energy--Energy and Wisdom--Man's Duty--Value of Energy--Success the Result of Energy, 138

Punctuality.

Value of Punctuality--Punctuality a Positive Virtue--Punctuality the Life of the Universe--The Value of Time--Punctuality gives Force to Character, 145

Concentration.

Necessity of Concentration--Must concentrate Energy for Success--Evil of Dissipation--Concentration not One-sidedness--You must pay the Price of Success, 151

Decision.

Quality of Decision--Necessity of Decision--Courageous Action necessary--Foster's Remarks on Decision--Unhappy Results of Indecision--Decision of Character a Necessity of the Present Age--Decision not Undue Haste, 159

Self-Confidence.

Value of Self-confidence--Difficulties a Positive Blessing--Reliance on Good Name--Great Men have been Self-reliant--We admire Self-reliant men, 166

Practical Talents.

What is meant by Practical Talents--Difference between Practical and Speculative Ability--Knowledge of Men Indispensable--Intellectual Knowledge--Education--Perfect Knowledge of Few Things, 172

Education.

Value of Intellect--Education a Development--Education covers the Whole of Life--Education Right or Wrong--A Just Appreciation of Wisdom--Importance of Exact Knowledge, 179

Mental Training.

Necessity of Mental Culture--Power of Trained Intellect--Mental Training Pleasant and within Reach of All--Importance of Reading--Train the Judgment--Thought, 187

Self-Culture.

In what Self-culture consists--Necessity of Physical Culture--Necessity of Mental Culture--Educating Influence of Every-day Life--Moral Culture--Self-culture ever pressing its Claims, 194

Literature.

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