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PREFACE.

WOMEN, LOVE, MARRIAGE, ETC.

PARENTS AND CHILDREN.

YOUTH AND AGE.

NATURAL CHARACTER.

HOME.

PRESENCE. ABSENCE. SOCIAL INTERCOURSE.

FRIENDSHIP.

CO-OPERATION. RECIPROCITY. SUBORDINATION.

LUCK. FORTUNE. MISFORTUNE.

FORETHOUGHT. CARE. CAUTION.

PATIENCE. FORTITUDE. PERSEVERANCE.

INDUSTRY AND IDLENESS.

THRIFT.

MODERATION. EXCESS.

THOROUGHGOING. THE WHOLE HOG.

WILL. INCLINATION. DESIRE.

CUSTOM. HABIT. USE.

SELF-CONCEIT. SPURIOUS PRETENSIONS.

SELF-LOVE. SELF-INTEREST. SELF-RELIANCE.

SELFISHNESS IN GIVING. SPURIOUS BENEVOLENCE.

INGRATITUDE.

THE MOTE AND THE BEAM.

FAULTS. EXCUSES. UNEASY CONSCIOUSNESS.

FALSE APPEARANCES AND PRETENCES, HYPOCRISY, DOUBLE DEALING, TIME-SERVING.

OPPORTUNITY.

UNCERTAINTY OF THE FUTURE. HOPE.

EXPERIENCE.

CHOICE. DILEMMA. COMPARISON.

SHIFTS. CONTRIVANCES. STRAINED USES.

ADVICE.

DETRACTION. CALUMNY. COMMON FAME. GOOD REPUTE.

TRUTH. FALSEHOOD. HONESTY.

SPEECH. SILENCE.

THREATENING. BOASTING.

SECRETS.

RETRIBUTION. PENAL JUSTICE.

WEALTH. POVERTY. PLENTY. WANT.

BEGINNING AND END.

OFFICE.

LAW AND LAWYERS.

PHYSIC. PHYSICIANS. MAXIMS RELATING TO HEALTH.

CLERGY.

SEASONS. WEATHER.

NATIONAL AND LOCAL CHARACTERISTICS. LOCAL ALLUSIONS.

INDEX.