THE SCIENCE OF HAPPINESS 



Col ton, quoted as to deliberation 

 and action, p. 147. 



Common-sense, the popular 

 name for judgment, its all- 

 importance, p. 113; the safe- 

 ty-valve on over-enthusiasm, 

 p. 142. 



Communion with friends, the 

 most certain and lasting source 

 of happiness, p. 205. 



Comparison with others, the 

 only safe test of ability, and 

 the best guide to self-knowl- 

 ledge, p. 136. 



Competition furnishes the only 

 sure test of capacity, in physi- 

 cal or mental world, p. 136. 



"Confidence and a perfect un- 

 derstanding," the key to mari- 

 tal happiness, p. 227. 



Consciousness, the result of de- 

 structive chemical changes in 

 the brain, p. 65; the voli- 

 tional banishment of, sug- 

 gested as an expedient for 

 warding off insomnia, p. 75. 



Contact with great minds, the 

 most important of mental 

 stimulants, it is the province 

 of books to help supply this 

 need, p. no. 



Contemplative minds, prone to 

 build plans to-day and put off 

 action till to-morrow, p. 149. 



Conversation, "the best of life," 

 according to Emerson, p. 205. 



Country versus city, divergent 

 customs as to food habits, p. 28. 



Country-life versus city-life, 

 comment on the pros ana cons 

 of, p. 137 seq. 



Courage, its share in promoting 

 happiness, p. 247 seq. 



Creative thinking, man's sub- 

 limest privilege, p. 119. 



Cuvier, Frederic (1773-1838), 

 French comparative anato- 

 mist and paleontologist, the 

 first to demonstrate that the 

 earth has had successive popu- 

 lations of vertebrates that 

 are now extinct, referred to as 

 helping to prepare the way for 

 Darwin, p. 105. 



Darkness and silence as aids to 

 constructive thinking, the 

 trained mind does not need 

 such pampering influences, 

 pp. 151-2. 



Darwin, Charles (1809-1882), 

 English naturalist, whose 

 teaching, as first fully out- 

 lined in The Origin of Species, 

 doubtless did more to revolu- 

 tionize the character of mod- 

 ern thought than that of any 

 other man, the acceptance of 

 his views explained, pp. 105-6, 

 p. 112; gave twenty years of 

 investigation to his theory of 

 evolution before announcing 

 it to the public, p. 155. 



Day-dreaming, an unfortunate 

 mental habit for every-day 

 practice, admonitions as to 

 breaking the habit and there- 

 by acquiring correct habits of 

 thinking, p. 112 seq.; on occa- 

 sion a highly commendable 

 recreation, p. 252. 



Death, a stupendous incident for 

 the individual, whatever his 

 philosophy, p. 257. 



"Death and his brother sleep," 

 p. 269. 



Defective mental vision, exam- 

 ples of, p. 92. 



"Deliberate with caution," etc., 

 quotation from Colton, used 

 as a chapter-heading for chap- 

 ter "How to Work, p. 147. 



De Maupassant, Guy (1850- 

 1893), French writer, famous 

 for his mastery of the short 

 story, believed that such effort 

 as he gave to the cultivation 

 of his art would insure success 

 in any field, p. 155. 



Demosthenes (ca. 383-322 B.C.), 

 Greek orator, the familiar 

 anecdotes as to his triumph 

 over difficulties recalled, p. 159. 



Descartes, Rene* (1596-1650). 

 French philosopher, a pioneer 

 of modern thinking, his fa- 

 mous dictum ' ' I think, there- 

 fore I am" cited as a warning, 

 p. 118. 



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