Читать книгу Things to be Remembered in Daily Life - John Timbs - Страница 3
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| POETRY OF TIME | 1 |
| WHAT IS TIME? | 3 |
| TIME’S BEGUILINGS | 5 |
| TIME’S GARLAND | 6 |
| TIME’S MUTATIONS | 7 |
| SIR H. DAVY ON TIME | 8 |
| TIME, PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE | 9 |
| MEASUREMENT OF TIME | 12 |
| PERIODS OF REST | 15 |
| RECKONING DISTANCE BY TIME | 16 |
| SUN-DIALS | 17 |
| THE HOUR-GLASS | 27 |
| CLOCKS AND WATCHES | 29 |
| EARLY RISING | 41 |
| ART OF EMPLOYING TIME | 52 |
| TIME AND ETERNITY | 64 |
Life, and Length of Days.
| LIFE A RIVER | 65 |
| THE SPRING-TIME OF LIFE | 66 |
| THE FIRST TWENTY YEARS OF LIFE | 67 |
| PASSING GENERATIONS | 68 |
| AVERAGE DURATION OF LIFE | 71 |
| PASTIMES OF CHILDHOOD RECREATIVE TO MAN | 72 |
| PLEASURES OF THE IMAGINATION LATE IN LIFE | 73 |
| WHAT IS MEMORY? | 75 |
| CONSOLATION IN GROWING OLD | 76 |
| LENGTH OF DAYS | 79 |
| HISTORIC TRADITIONS THROUGH FEW LINKS | 82 |
| LONGEVITY IN FAMILIES | 87 |
| FEMALE LONGEVITY | 88 |
| LONGEVITY AND DIET | 92 |
| LONGEVITY AND LOCALITIES | 96 |
| LONGEVITY OF CLASSES | 102 |
| GREAT AGES | 111 |
| THE HAPPY OLD MAN | 114 |
| PREPARATORY TO DEATH | 115 |
| DEATH BEFORE ADAM | 116 |
| FUTURE EARTHLY EXISTENCE OF THE HUMAN RACE | 117 |
The School of Life.
| WHAT IS EDUCATION? | 119 |
| TEACHING YOUNG CHILDREN | 120 |
| EDUCATION AT HOME | 121 |
| TENDERNESS OF YOUTH | 122 |
| BUSINESS OF EDUCATION | 123 |
| THE CLASSICS | 124 |
| LIBERAL EDUCATION | 126 |
| DR. ARNOLD’S SCHOOL REFORM | 127 |
| SCHOOL INDULGENCE | 128 |
| UNSOUND TEACHING | 128 |
| SELF-FORMATION | 131 |
| PRACTICAL DISCIPLINE | 132 |
| CRAMMING | 132 |
| MATHEMATICS | 133 |
| ARISTOTLE | 134 |
| GEOLOGY IN EDUCATION | 135 |
| THE BEST EDUCATION | 137 |
| ADVICE TO THE STUDENT | 138 |
| KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM | 139 |
| EDUCATION ALARMISTS | 140 |
| YORKSHIRE SCHOOLS | 141 |
| BOOKS FOR THE YOUNG | 141 |
| THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE | 142 |
| WHAT IS ARGUMENT? | 144 |
| HANDWRITING | 145 |
| ENGLISH STYLE | 147 |
| ART OF WRITING | 149 |
Business-Life.
| WANT OF A PURSUIT | 152 |
| THE ENGLISH CHARACTER | 153 |
| WORTH OF ENERGY | 154 |
| TEST OF GREATNESS | 156 |
| CHOICE OF A PROFESSION | 157 |
| OFFICIAL LIFE | 161 |
| OFFICIAL QUALIFICATIONS | 164 |
| PUBLIC SPEAKING | 166 |
| OPPORTUNITY | 174 |
| MEN OF BUSINESS | 174 |
| CHARACTER THE BEST SECURITY | 176 |
| ENGINEERS AND MECHANICIANS | 177 |
| SCIENTIFIC FARMING | 187 |
| LARGE FORTUNES | 188 |
| CIVIC WORTHIES | 199 |
| WORKING AUTHORS AND ARTISTS | 204 |
| WEAR AND TEAR OF PUBLIC LIFE | 217 |
Home Traits.
| LOVE OF HOME | 218 |
| FAMILY PORTRAITS | 219 |
| HOW TO KEEP FRIENDS | 220 |
| SMALL COURTESIES | 221 |
| LASTING FRIENDSHIPS | 221 |
| TRUE TONE OF POLITE WRITING | 223 |
| PRIDE AND MEANNESS | 224 |
| HOME THOUGHTS | 225 |
The Spirit of the Age.
| PROGRESS OF KNOWLEDGE | 227 |
| SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS | 229 |
| TIME AND IMPROVEMENT | 231 |
| EVIL INFLUENCES | 232 |
| WORLDLY MORALITY | 233 |
| SPEAKING THE TRUTH | 234 |
| RESTLESSNESS AND ENTERPRISE | 235 |
| THE PRESENT AND THE PAST | 238 |
| CIRCUMSTANCES AND GENIUS | 238 |
| OUR UNIMAGINATIVE AGE | 239 |
| MARVELS OF THE UNIVERSE | 240 |
| PHYSIOGNOMY | 242 |
| TRADE AND PHILANTHROPY | 243 |
