INDEX 



Roman naturalist, his mode of 

 work described by his nephew, 

 Pliny the younger, p. 157. 



Pliny, the younger (62-1 13 A.D.) 

 his method of work, choosing 

 the early morning hours, and 

 composing in the dark, p. 151 ; 

 quoted as to the rewards of 

 virtue, p. 164. 



Plodder, the mental, follows the 

 same lines of progress as the 

 man of genius, p. 104. 



Plutarch, quoted as to the sen- 

 tences inscribed upon the 

 Delphic oracle, p. 134; quoted 

 as to the measure of a man's 

 life, p. 182. 



Poe, Edgar Allan (1809-1849), 

 American poet and story 

 writer of the foremost rank, 

 the text refers to his exposi- 

 tion of the manner and method 

 of writing "The Raven," his 

 most famous poem, p. 112. 



Poets, influence of one upon 

 another suggested by grouping 

 into schools and appearance in 

 great productive periods, pp. 

 I53-4- 



Poetry, its foundation in know- 

 ledge, even the most "in- 

 spired" imaginings are found- 

 ed on wide reading and calm 

 thinking, p. 112. 



Porter, Jane (1776-1850), 



quoted, chapter- heading for 

 " Life Companionship," p. 212. 



Prejudice, founded on inheri- 

 tance or the influences of en- 

 vironment, caution regarding 

 its perverting influence, p. 

 1 1 7 sea. 



Prisse Papyrus, the so-called 

 oldest book in the world; its 

 paradoxical plaint about the 

 degeneration from the good 

 old times, p. 143. 



Problem, the, of happiness, 

 chapter on, pp. 5-18. 



Procrastination, the vice of con- 

 templative minds, p. 149. 



Psychological law, the. under- 

 lying the development of a 

 good memory, pp. 88-9. 



Punching-bag, a fair substitute 

 for a sparring-partner, p. 54. 



Pythagoras, the "Golden 

 Words" of, quoted as to the 

 care for the health of the body, 

 chapter-heading for "Sound 

 Boaies," p. 39. 



Queen Victoria, of England 

 (1819-1901), began the study 

 of Hindustani at eighty, p. 

 98. 



Quotations used as suggestive 

 headings or texts: 

 Part I, quotation from Plato, 



P- 2 ; 

 Part II, quotation from Lu- 



cian, p. 82; 



Part III, quotation from Sen- 

 eca, p. 146; 



Part IV, quotations from 

 Plato and Diogenes Laertius, 



p. 210. 



Quotations used as chapter- 

 headings : 

 Chapt. I, Marcus Aurelius, p. 



3. Lucretius, p. 4; 

 Chapt. II, Epictetus, p. 19, 



Plato and Lucretius p. 20; 

 Chapt. Ill, Pythagoras, p. 39, 

 Plato, p. 40, Plato and Soc- 

 rates (in Plato's Phcedo), p. 



58; 



Chapt. IV, Pythagoras, p. 59. 

 Plato, p. 60; 



Chapt. V, The Greek Antholo- 

 gy, p. 83, Plato, p. 84, Soc- 

 rates (in Plato's Phado), p. 

 100; 



Chapter VI, William Forbes, p. 

 10 1 ; Aristippus and Plato, 

 p. 102. Plato, p 120; 



Chapt. VII, Marcus Aurelius, 

 p. 121, Emerson, p. 122; 



Chapter VIII, Epictetus. p. 

 133. Plutarch, p. 134; 



Chapt. IX. Colton, p. 147, 

 Emerson, p. 148, Pliny the 

 younger, p. 164; 



Chapt. X, Seneca, p. 165, 

 Francis Bacon, p. 166, Plu- 

 tarch and Martial, p. 180; 



Chapt. XI, Horace, p. 183, 

 Emerson and Plato, p 184; 



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