INDEX 



"A contented mind," quotation 

 with a comment, p. 138. 



"A man that is young in years," 

 etc.; quotation from Francis 

 Bacon as chapter-heading for 

 "Youth versus Age," p. 166. 



Ability, the final test of, is suc- 

 cess or failure, p. 132. 



Absent-mindedness, of the phi- 



Alien, the word expresses the 

 attitude of one generation to- 

 ward another no less than of 

 nation to nation, p. 169. 



Alter ego, the, advice as to the in- 

 terrogation of, p. 1 1 7 seq. 



Altruism, how developed, p. 7; 

 should not be of the maudlin 

 variety, p. 261; developed 

 through parenthood, p. 231 seq. 



may give mediocrity some of 

 the attributes of inherent 



losopher under the spell of 



ideas, p. 251. Altruistic aspect of the problem 



Acquired habits of application of happiness, p. 260 seq.; 



spirit, its cultivation essential 

 to the development of the 

 highest art, p. 218 seq. 

 Ambition, proper limits to, in 

 individual cases, p. 136; the 



p. 249 seq. world's progressive lever, 



Affinity" between the sexes, p. 138; misdirected , the cause 



of much unhappiness, p. 141; 

 lack of it may conduce to in- 

 dividual happiness, pp. 143-4. 

 "An hour a clay," full of educa- 

 tional possibilities, but diffi- 

 cult to secure in practice be- 

 cause of defects of the average 

 will-power, p. 129. 

 Analysis, habitual self-, a vi- 

 cious habit, not conducive to 

 happiness, p. 140. 

 Anaximander, Greek philoso- 



g. 265; the present, skeptical, pher, a precursor of Darwin, 

 ut rich in achievements, p. p. 105. 



Anthology, Greek, see Greek 

 Anthology. 



Appendix, p. 273 s*q. 



Application, the power of, illus- 

 trated by examples and anec- 

 dotes, p. 154 sea. 



Aristiupus, quoted as to what 

 philosophy had taught him, 

 p. 102. 



Aristotle, an anecdote as to his 

 tireless industry, p. 157. 



Arm, the human, relative size 



genius, p. 161. 



Esthetic Sense, the, its devel- 

 opment as an aid to happiness, 

 249 seq. 



iitv between the sexes, 

 should be a matter of growth 

 and development, increasing 

 with the years, p. 226. 



Age, not truly to be gauged by 

 years, hours furnish a truer 

 standard, pp. 169-70; ad- 

 vanced, no barrier to the 

 taking up of new tasks, exam- 

 ples of Schliemann, Elizabeth 

 Cady Stan ton, and Queen 

 Victoria, p. 98; who may 

 sanely dread its oncoming, 

 >. 265; the present, skeptical, 

 mt rich in achievements, p. 

 1 8; limitations recognized by 

 law and by custom, p. 167. 



Ages of man and mental traits 

 that correspond, pp. 167-8. 



Air, the curative value of, p. 30. 



Alcohol, its influence character- 

 ized, p. 33; sane considera- 

 tion of its use by Mediterra- 

 nean races, p. 34 ; a suggestion 

 as to its probable deleterious 

 racial influence, p. 35; illusive 

 belief in its benefit, p. 35; 

 avoided by athletes in train- 

 ing. P 37- 



of, as compared 

 organs, p. 48. 



with other 



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