THE PHYSICAL BASIS.

CHAPTER   PAGE I. To a young man of letters who worked excessively 17 II. To the same 22 III. To a student in uncertain health 27 IV. To a muscular Christian 42 V. To a student who neglected bodily exercise 47 VI. To an author in mortal disease 53 VII. To a young man of brilliant ability, who had just taken his degree 57

PART II.

THE MORAL BASIS.

I. To a moralist who had said that there was a want of moral fibre in the intellectual, especially in poets and artists 67 II. To an undisciplined writer 80 III. To a friend who suggested the speculation “which of the moral virtues was most essential to the intellectual life” 91 IV. To a moralist who said that intellectual culture was not conducive to sexual morality 98

PART III.

OF EDUCATION.

I. To a friend who recommended the author to learn this thing and that 104 II. To a friend who studied many things 110 III. To the same 120 IV. To a student of literature 130 V. To a country gentleman who regretted that his son had the tendencies of a dilettant 134 VI. To the principal of a French college 137 VII. To the same 143 VIII. To a student of modern languages 149 IX. To the same 153 X. To a student who lamented his defective memory 165 XI. To a master of arts who said that a certain distinguished painter was half-educated 170

PART IV.

THE POWER OF TIME.

I. To a man of leisure who complained of want of time 176 II. To a young man of great talent and energy who had magnificent plans for the future 185 III. To a man of business who desired to make himself better acquainted with literature, but whose time for reading was limited 200 IV. To a student who felt hurried and driven 207 V. To a friend who, though he had no profession, could not find time for his various intellectual pursuits