INDEX 



Foods, indigestible, a menace to 

 the stomach, p. 13; the ques- 

 tion of what to eat settled on 

 common-sense principles, p. 2 1 ; 

 individual idiosyncrasies as to, 

 p. 22; experience of humanity 

 in general the best guide as 

 to their wholesomeness, p. 22; 

 nitrogenous, their use and 

 abuse, p. 24; how a distaste 

 for wholesome foods is ac- 

 quired, and should be over- 

 come, p. 23; carbohydrates 

 often taken in excess, p. 25; 

 fondness for cakes and candies 

 almost a national vice in 

 America, p. 25; rational ap- 

 plication of knowledge regard - 

 m g P- 2 3I importance of 

 water and air, p. 29; taking 

 easily digestible food at bed- 

 time to ward off insomnia, 

 p. 76. 



Food-faddists, their deranged 

 digestion and mistaken views, 

 p. 22. 



Food for one may be poison for 

 another, according to Lucre- 

 tius, p. 20. 



Forbes, Wm. (1739-1806), Scot- 

 tish author, quoted as to read- 

 ing and meditation, p. 101. 



Fortitude versus courage, simi- 

 lar traits but not identical, p. 

 240. 



Franklin, Benjamin (1706-90), 

 American philosopher, states- 

 man, and scientific discoverer, 

 his estimate of the proper 

 amount of sleep, p. 62. 



Friendliness, the, of books, their 

 varied and insistent appeal, 

 p. 109. 



Friendship, Epicurus on, p. 10; 

 when developed through avo- 

 cational pursuits likely to be 

 warmer and more lasting than 

 business friendship, p. 205 

 seq.; its pleasure-giving ca- 

 pacities, p. 205; the true cable 

 of steel between heart and 

 heart, p. 227. 



Gallon, Francis (contemporary), 



British sociologist and statis- 

 tician, cited as teaching that 

 mental influence is almost es- 

 sentially prerequisite to the 

 full development of scientific 

 genius, p. 154. 



Gardens, of Epicurus, charac- 

 terized by a German commen- 

 tator, pp. 17-18. 



Genius, the mind of, works along 

 the same lines followed by the 

 plodder, p. 104; seldom alto- 

 gether isolated from genius, 

 examples of grouping of trage- 

 dians, painters, etc., p. 153; 

 in part at least, a capacity to 

 take pains, p. 161; not quite 

 so prone to starve in a garret 

 as we sometimes assume; ex- 

 amples to the contrary, p. 190 

 seq. 



"Genius of accomplishment," 

 dependent upon stability of 

 will-power, p. 126. 



"Give a boy address and accom- 

 plishments," etc. Emerson, 

 p. 230. 



Gluttony, kills more than the 

 swora, according to a Latin 



Sroverb, p. 26. 

 d versus Ideals; title of chap- 

 ter XI, p. 183 seq. 



Gold, the symbol of ideal things 

 no less than of sordid gratifica- 

 tion of the senses, p. 189; rec- 

 ollection that it should be a 

 means not an end affords the 

 reconciliation, p. 190. 



Golden Rule, two Pagan render- 

 ings: (i)bySeneca(ca. 4 B.C.- 

 65 A.D.), p. 146, and (2) by 

 Aristotle (4th century B. C.), 

 is quoted by Diogenes Laer- 

 tius, p. 210. 



Gray, Asa (1810-1888), Ameri- 

 can botanist, could recall the 

 names of 25,000 plants, p. 93. 



Greek Anthology, the, quoted 

 at to memory and oblivion, p. 

 83; quotation from Lucian in, 

 p. 82. 



Greeley. Horace (1811-1872), 

 American editor and publicist; 

 his capacity to work amidst 



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