compromise a necessity in life.—Statement of Newman
Impossibility of acting on it
Moral considerations though the highest must not absorb all others
Truthfulness—cases in which it may be departed from

Moral compromise in war
      War necessarily stimulates the malevolent passions and practises deception
      Rights of war in early stages of civilisation
      Distinction between Greeks and Barbarians
      Roman moralists insisted on just causes of war and on formal declaration
      Treatment of prisoners.—Combatants and non-combatants
      Treatment of private property
      Lawful and unlawful methods of conducting war
      Abdication by the soldier of private judgment and free will
      Distinctions and compromises
      Cases in which the military oath may be broken.—Illegal orders
      Violation of religious obligations.—The Sepoy mutiny
      The Italian conscript.—Fenians in the British army

CHAPTER IX

Moral compromise in the law
      What advocates may and may not do
      Inevitable temptations of the profession
      Its condemnation by Swift, Arnold, Macaulay, Bentham
      Its defence by Paley, Johnson, Basil Montagu
      How far a lawyer may support a bad case.—St. Thomas Aquinas and Catholic casuists
      Sir Matthew Hale.—General custom in England
      Distinction between the etiquette of prosecution and of defence
      The case of Courvoisier
      Statement of Lord Brougham
      The license of cross-examination.—Technicalities defeating justice
      Advantage of trial by jury
      Necessity of the profession of advocate

Moral compromise in politics
      Necessity of party
      How far conscientious differences should impair party allegiance
      Lines of conduct adopted when such differences arise
      Parliamentary obstruction
      Moral difficulties inseparable from party
      Evil of extreme view of party allegiance.—Government and the Opposition
      Relations of members to their constituents
      Votes given without adequate knowledge
      Diminished power of the private member

CHAPTER X

THE STATESMAN

Duty of a statesman when the interests and wishes of his nation conflict
Nature and extent of political trusteeship
Temperance questions
Legitimate and illegitimate time-serving
Education questions
Inconsistency in politics—how far it should be condemned
The conduct of Peel in 1829 and 1845
The conduct of Disraeli in 1867
Different degrees of weight to be attached to party considerations
Temptations to war
Temptations of aristocratic and of democratic governments
Necessity of assimilating legislation
Legislation violating contracts.—Irish land legislation
Questions forced into prominence for party objects
The judgment of public servants who have committed indefensible acts
The French coup d'état of 1851
Judgments passed upon it
Probable multiplication of coups d'état
Governor Eyre
The Jameson raid
How statesmen should deal with political misdeeds
The standard of international morals—questions connected with it
The ethics of annexation
Political morals and public opinion

CHAPTER XI

Moral compromise in the Church
      Difficulties of reconciling old formularies with changed beliefs
      Cause of some great revolutions of belief.—The Copernican system.—Discovery of Newton
      The antiquity of the world, of death, and of man
      The Darwinian theory
      Comparative mythology.—Biblical criticism.—Scientific habits of thought
      General incorporation of new ideas into the Church
      Growth of the sacerdotal spirit
      The two theories of the Reformation
      Modern Ritualism
      Its various elements of attraction
      Diversity of teaching has not enfeebled the Church
      Its literary activity.—Proofs that the Church is in touch with educated laymen
      Its political influence—how far this is a test of vitality
      Its influence on education
      Its spiritual influence
      How far clergymen who dissent from parts of its theology can remain within it
      Newman on a Latitudinarian establishment
      Obligations imposed on the clergy by the fact of Establishment
      Attitude of laymen towards the Church
      Increasing sense of the relativity of belief
      This tendency strengthens with age
      The conflict between belief and scepticism
      Power of religion to undergo transformation
      Probable influence of the sacerdotal spirit on the Church

CHAPTER XII

THE MANAGEMENT OF CHARACTER

A sound judgment of our own characters essential to moral improvement
Analogies between character and taste
The strongest desire generally prevails, but desires may be modified
Passions and habits
Exaggerated regard for the future.—A happy childhood
Choice of pleasures.—Athletic games
The intellectual pleasures
Their tendency to enhance other pleasures.—Importance of specialisation
And of judicious selection
Education may act specially on the desires or on the will
Modern education and tendencies of the former kind
Old Catholic training mainly of the will.—Its effects
Anglo-Saxon types in the seventeenth century
Capriciousness of willpower—heroism often succumbs to vice
Courage—its varieties and inconsistencies
The circumstances of life the school of will.—Its place in character
Dangers of an early competence.—Choice of work
Choice of friends.—Effect of early friendship on character
Mastery of will over thoughts.—Its intellectual importance
Its importance in moral culture
Great difference among men in this respect
Means of governing thought
The dream power—its great place in life
Especially in the early stages of humanity
Moral safety valves—danger of inventing unreal crimes
Character of the English gentleman
Different ways of treating temptation

CHAPTER XIII

MONEY

Henry Taylor on its relation to character
Difference between real and professed beliefs about money
Its