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John Timbs. Things to be Remembered in Daily Life
Things to be Remembered in Daily Life
Table of Contents
Time
Life, and Length of Days
The School of Life
Business-Life
Home Traits
The Spirit of the Age
World-Knowledge
Conclusion
THINGS TO BE REMEMBERED
Time
TIME: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE
MEASUREMENT OF TIME
PERIODS OF REST
RECKONING DISTANCE BY TIME
SUN-DIALS
THE HOUR-GLASS
CLOCKS AND WATCHES
EARLY RISING
THE ART OF EMPLOYING TIME
TIME AND ETERNITY
Life, and Length of Days
LIFE—A RIVER
THE SPRING-TIME OF LIFE
THE FIRST TWENTY YEARS OF LIFE
PASSING GENERATIONS
AVERAGE DURATION OF LIFE
PASTIMES OF CHILDHOOD RECREATIVE TO MAN
PLEASURES OF THE IMAGINATION LATE IN LIFE
WHAT IS MEMORY?
CONSOLATION IN GROWING OLD
LENGTH OF DAYS
HISTORIC TRADITIONS THROUGH FEW LINKS
LONGEVITY IN FAMILIES
FEMALE LONGEVITY
LONGEVITY AND DIET
LONGEVITY AND LOCALITIES
LONGEVITY OF CLASSES
Great Ages
THE HAPPY OLD MAN
PREPARATORY TO DEATH
DEATH BEFORE ADAM
FUTURE EARTHLY EXISTENCE OF THE HUMAN RACE
The School of Life
WHAT IS EDUCATION?
TEACHING YOUNG CHILDREN
EDUCATION AT HOME
TENDERNESS OF YOUTH
BUSINESS OF EDUCATION
THE CLASSICS
LIBERAL EDUCATION
DR. ARNOLD’S SCHOOL REFORM
SCHOOL INDULGENCE
UNSOUND TEACHING
SELF-FORMATION
PRACTICAL DISCIPLINE
“CRAMMING.”
MATHEMATICS
ARISTOTLE
GEOLOGY IN EDUCATION
THE BEST EDUCATION
ADVICE TO THE STUDENT
KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM
EDUCATION ALARMISTS
YORKSHIRE SCHOOLS
BOOKS FOR THE YOUNG
THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
WHAT IS “ARGUMENT”?
HANDWRITING
ENGLISH STYLE
ART OF WRITING
Business-Life
WANT OF A PURSUIT
THE ENGLISH CHARACTER
WORTH OF ENERGY
TEST OF GREATNESS
CHOICE OF A PROFESSION
OFFICIAL LIFE
OFFICIAL QUALIFICATIONS
PUBLIC SPEAKING
OPPORTUNITY
MEN OF BUSINESS
ENGINEERS AND MECHANICIANS
SCIENTIFIC FARMING
LARGE FORTUNES
CIVIC WORTHIES
WORKING AUTHORS AND ARTISTS
WEAR AND TEAR OF PUBLIC LIFE
Home Traits
LOVE OF HOME
FAMILY PORTRAITS
HOW TO KEEP FRIENDS
SMALL COURTESIES
LASTING FRIENDSHIPS
TRUE TONE OF POLITE WRITING
PRIDE AND MEANNESS
HOME THOUGHTS
The Spirit of the Age
PROGRESS OF KNOWLEDGE
SPECIAL PROVIDENCE IN SCIENCE
SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS
TIME AND IMPROVEMENT
EVIL INFLUENCES
WORLDLY MORALITY
SPEAKING THE TRUTH
RESTLESSNESS AND ENTERPRISE
THE PRESENT AND THE PAST
CIRCUMSTANCES AND GENIUS
OUR UNIMAGINATIVE AGE
MARVELS OF THE UNIVERSE
PHYSIOGNOMY
TRADE AND PHILANTHROPY
World-Knowledge
MISCELLANEA
PREDICTIONS OF SUCCESS
Conclusion
EASE OF MIND
THE LIFE OF MAN
THE GOOD MAN’s LIFE
PREDICTIONS OF FLOWERS
THE WORLD’S CYCLES
DEATH ALL-ELOQUENT
Finis
APPENDIX
Generations (page 71)
Memory (page75)
Great Ages (page114)
Baron Maseres(page 149)
INDEX
