Things to be Remembered in Daily Life With Personal Experiences and Recollections

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Author

Timbs, John, 1801-1875

Credits

Produced by Chris Curnow, Elizabeth Oscanyan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

AG: General Works: Dictionaries and other general reference books

Subject

Encyclopedias and dictionaries

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 54703

Release Date

May 11, 2017

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.TO THE READER. — ERRATUM.
3. 3.CONTENTS. — THINGS TO BE REMEMBERED.
4. 4.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.
5. 5.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.
6. 6.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.
7. 7.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.
8. 8.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.
9. 9.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.
10. 10.World-Knowledge. — MISCELLANEA. — PREDICTIONS OF SUCCESS.
11. 11.Conclusion. — EASE OF MIND. — THE LIFE OF MAN. — THE GOOD MAN’s LIFE. — PREDICTIONS OF FLOWERS. — THE WORLD’S CYCLES. — DEATH ALL-ELOQUENT.
12. 12.Finis.
13. 13.APPENDIX. — Generations (page 71 ). — Memory ( page 75 ). — Great Ages ( page 114 ). — Baron Maseres ( page 149) .
14. 14.INDEX.
15. 15.Transcriber’s Notes

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