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No.
66. The Desire of Popularity a Weakness, though an
amiable one,
67. How far is it admissible to desire Professional
Success when it necessarily involves the Mis-
fortune of others?
68. The Value of securing Gratitude,
69. It is Impossible that a Kindness should be thrown
away,.
72. The Highest Friendship is based on Similarity of Virtuous Disposition, .
70. Friendship Indispensable to Mankind,
71. The Ideal of Friendship,
73. A Man who from Pride makes Degrees among his
Friends knows not what True Friendship is,. Sen.
74. Relaxation absolutely Necessary for a Healthy
Mental Condition,
75. It is no use vexing One's Self over Past Impru- dence, .
.
76. Poverty more Conducive to Virtue than Riches,
77. Agriculture the Best Occupation,
78. Agriculture the only strictly Honourable Method
of making Money,
Cic.
106
Sen.
107
to the Inequality of the State,
85. A Classification of Governments,
86. The Duties of Rulers,
87. Duties of a Provincial Governor:-(a.) Uniform In- tegrity and Self-Control in his own Conduct, Cic.
SS. (b.) This will give Consistency to a Strict
Administration of Justice,
89. (c.) He must endeavour to increase the Com-
fort and Happiness of those he governs,
90. (d.) The Collection of the Revenue: how to be
conducted,
91. The Two States: There is a Citizenship of the
World, and a Citizenship of a Particular
State,
92. Roman Citizenship based on the Theory that a
Man cannot be a Citizen of Two States at
once,
93. The Interests of the State demand that it should
have the Power of admitting Foreigners to its
Franchise; the Interests of Liberty require
that the Citizen should have the Power of
denationalising himself,
Tac.
113
115
94. The Two Political Parties: the Supporters of
Aristocratic and of Popular Government,
95. The Duty of the Conservative Statesman,
96. The People avail themselves of the aid of Dema-
gogues only so long as they are engaged in
wringing Concessions from the Ruling
Classes,
97. The Violence of Popular Feeling may be dis-
armed by giving it Free Vent through
Legitimate Channels,
98. The Morals of the Lower Classes always reflect
those of the Higher,
99. Affection the surest Bulwark of Power, .
100. In Time of War the Consul and the Army have
no Power to pledge the State to any Course
of Action,
101. If, therefore, they have given any such Pledge, the
State has a right to repudiate it,
102. The Principles of International Right paramount
over all Considerations of Technical For-
mality,
Liv.
103. The Attractions of Power rarely despised, except
by such as lack the Will or the Means to
obtain them,
104. A Public Life calls out the Noblest Qualities of
Man,
105. Nevertheless, a Subordinate Position gives Suf
ficient Opportunities for doing the State
Good Service,
106. A Practical Career the most Healthy Life for an
Ordinary Man,
107. In choosing our Career we should consult our
Natural Aptitude,
108. Even the most Uncongenial Career is rendered
Tolerable by the Force of Custom,
109. The Philosopher who shrinks from entering
Public Life on the Ground of its Corruption,
is placed in a Difficult Position,
125
the Character of States,
114. What are the True Grounds of Punishment?
115. Comparison of the Tyrant's Life with that of a
118. The Study of Law contrasted with the Profession
of Arms and of Oratory,
119. How far is it Justifiable for one acting under
Orders to depart from the Letter of his
Instructions?
110. Ought the Philosopher to abjure Wealth?-No: for he alone knows how to use it,
111. What are Justifiable Grounds for going to War? 112. Influence of a Maritime Position in determining
120. Roman Genius is Imperial,
121. Class Legislation preceded Equitable Legislation
at Rome,
122, 123. Cicero's Compendium of Legislation for his
Ideal State,
124. Sumptuary Laws at Rome,
the State
125. The Roman Theory and Practice of Adoption,
126, 127. Hints on the Examination of Witnesses in
Court,
128. Any Repudiation of its Engagements by
should at all costs be avoided,
129. Some Questions of Commercial Casuistry,
130. Education.-The most Effective Education is by
Example,
131. A Gentleman of the Old School complains that
the Old-fashioned Strictness of Educational
Discipline is unduly relaxed,
132. Dialogue between a Youth and his Paedagogus,
133. Education should be based upon a Knowledge of
Greek,
134. The Memory should be carefully trained and sup-
plied with Knowledge worth remembering,
135. On the Comparative Advantages of School and
Home Training.—(a.) General Statement of
the Question,
136. (b.) The Objection considered that School Life
is Dangerous to Innocence of Character,
137. (c.) The Objection considered that Sufficient
Individual Attention cannot be given at
School,
139. (e.) Precocity not to be encouraged,
140. On the Necessity for Mutual Confidence between
Master and Pupil,
141. Persius describes the Influence of his Tutor,
Cornutus, upon him,
138. (d.) On the Advantage of encouraging a Spirit
of Healthy Emulation among the Young,
142. The Young Romans were taught how to discuss
on their Merits Questions involving some of
the Broad Principles of Law,
143. Truths are best taught to the Young by Instances,
Quint.
Hor.
D. PHYSICAL SCIENCE.
1. The Material Universe.
144. The Pleasures of Physical Research,
145. In the Sphere of Physical Speculation Certainty
is Unattainable,
146. On the Latent Ambiguity in the Term "Causa
tion,"
147. Nothing can arise out of Nothing: but Like must
arise from Like,
148. Atom-Theory of Lucretius:-(a.) The Universe
made up of Atoms and the Void,
149. (b.) Matter Eternal,
150. (c.) Nature of Atoms and their Constituent
Parts,
151. (d.) Motions of the Original Atoms illustrated,
152. (e.) Variety in Size and Shape of Atoms, and
the Consequences resulting therefrom,
153. (f.) Number of Different Shapes in Original
Atoms limited,
154. (g.) Though Atoms are without Sensation, yet this may be generated by their Combination, Luer.
155. (1) The Existing Universe the Result of a cer-
tain Option of Movement in the Original
Atoms,
156. The Universe formed out of Chaos,
157. Amid the Variety of Conflicting Views as to
the Origin of the Universe, one thing is
certain-viz., that it presents the Spectacle
of an Orderly Arrangement,
Lucr.
Ovid
162
163
Manil.
164
158. The Universe Spherical in Form,
159. The Sphere is the most Perfect Figure: Effects
of its Spherical Shape on the several Parts
of the Universe,
160. The Music of the Spheres,
161. Motions of the Sun and Moon: how they affect
the Earth,
162. The Difference in the Orbits of the Sun and Moon
164. An Account of the Moon's Light and Phases,
165. Causes of the Motions of the Stars,
166. The Motions of the Five Planets,
167. The Motions of the Heavenly Bodies have
suggested the Idea of Time,.
168. Diameter of the Zodiac estimated in terms of the
175. Only a Small Portion of the Earth's Surface is
179. A Short Description of Africa,
180. An Account of the River Nile, with Suggestions
as to the Cause of its Annual Overflow,
179
181. Criticism of the Theory that the Overflow of the
Nile is due to the Etesian Winds,
Caes.
182. Account of the Climate and Products of Britain, Tac.
183. A Geographical Account of Britain,
184. A Geographical Account of Gaul,
185. A Geographical Account of Italy,
186. An Estimate of the Area of India, with an
Account of some of its Leading Features,
187. An Account of Ceylon, taken from the Statement
of Four Cingalese Envoys,
188. Relative Measurements of the Quarters of the
Globe,
189. The Rotundity of the Earth considered with
reference to the Question of Antipodes,
190. How far is the Rotundity of the Earth compatible
with the existence of Large Bodies of Water
on its Surface,
191. The Epicurean Physics deny the Existence of
Antipodes,
192. The Cause of Night and Morning,
193. The Causes of the Different Lengths of Days,
194. There are Two Kinds of Fire: Bodily Heat differs
from Combustible Heat,
195. On the Disintegrating Power of Heat,
196. A Theory of Lightning,
197. The Causes of Meteors explained,
198. Comets arise from the Ubiquity of Fiery Sub-
stance,
199. Explanation of the Phenomenon of a Solar Halo,
200. The Causes why Vapour and Heat arise from the
Earth,
Plin., N.H. 183
Plin., N.H. 184
201. Considerations tending to prove that Air is a
Continuous Fluid Substance,
202. The Cause and Formation of the Rainbow,
203. The Philosopher Favorinus discusses the Theory
of the Winds,
204. There are eight Main Quarters from which
Winds blow,
205. The numerous Names of Winds are easily recon-
cilable with the Scientific Reduction of their
Number to Eight,
206. An Attempt to account for the Water on the Sur-
face of the Earth as a Secretion analagous to
those of the Human Body,
207. The Earth destined to be again overwhelmed by
a Flood,
208. A Theory of the Tides:-(a.) They are due to a
Combination of Solar and Lunar Influence,
209. (b.) Variations in their Periodicity,
210. (c.) The greater the Surface of Water, the more
conspicuous is the Tidal Motion,
Plin., N.H. 200
Plin., N.H. 201