On the wisdom of America

　　FOREWORD
　　PREFACE ON A SUNDAY MORNING
　　Chapter One THE WISDOM OF LMNG
　　 Ⅰ. THE SCOPE OF WISDOM
　　 Ⅱ. THE PHILOSOPHERS' BLINDMAN'S BUFF
　　 Ⅲ. THE AMERICAN SENSE OF FACT
　　 Ⅳ. THE DEMAND FOR FAITH
　　Chapter Two COUNSEL FOR LIVING
　　 Ⅰ. ALL IS RIDDLE
　　 Ⅱ. HEED THY PRIVATE DREAM
　　 Ⅲ. WHO IS THE DREAMER?
　　 Ⅳ. WHEN LAUGHTER IS WISER THAN TEARS
　　Chapter Three OUR ANIMAL HERITAGE
　　 Ⅰ. MODERN MAN PSYCHOANALYZED
　　 Ⅱ. ADAM AND EVE
　　 Ⅲ. WE SIMIANS
　　 Ⅳ. WHAT ARE WE MAKING OF OURSELVES?
　　Chapter Four THE RHYTHM OF LIFE
　　 Ⅰ. WHERE IS WOMAN?
　　 Ⅱ. THE RACE OF LIFE
　　 Ⅲ. OLD AGE
　　 Ⅳ. DEATH AND IMMORTALITY
　　Chapter Five MAN AS SENTIMENT
　　 Ⅰ. INADEQUACY OF THE MATERIALISTIC VIEW
　　 Ⅱ. THE STUFF OF HUMAN EXPERIENCE
　　 Ⅲ. THE RIGHT TO ROMANCE
　　 Ⅳ. WHEN THE PRACTICAL MAN BECOMES A IX)VER
　　 Ⅴ. THE SOUL'S VITAL RAPTURES
　　Chapter Six NEW ENGLAND INTERLUDE
　　Chapter Seven LIFE
　　 Ⅰ. THOREAU AND CONFUCIUS
　　 Ⅱ. NO APOLOGY FOR LIVING
　　 Ⅲ. THE JOYS OF COMMON LIFE
　　 Ⅳ. THE HEROISM OF COMMON TOIL
　　 Ⅴ. THOREAU AND THE VALUES OF LIFE
　　Chapter Eight LIBERTY
　　 Ⅰ. WHY LIBERTY?
　　 Ⅱ. "DEMOCRACY" VERSUS "DEMOCRATSKY"
　　 Ⅲ. THE COMMON MAN
　　 Ⅳ. THE STATE AND THE INDIVIDUAL
　　 Ⅴ. JEFFERSONIAN DEMOCRACY
　　Chapter Nine THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS
　　 Ⅰ. THE BLUE BIRD
　　 Ⅱ. PHYSIOLOGICAL PEACE
　　 Ⅲ. THE TONIC EFFECT OF WORK
　　 Ⅳ. THE SECRET OF CONTENTMENT
　　 Ⅴ. HOW TO BE SWEET THOUGH SOPHISTICATED
　　Chapter Ten THE ARTS OF LIVING
　　 Ⅰ. THE ART OF DOING NOTHING
　　 Ⅱ. FRIENDSHIP AND CONVERSATION
　　 Ⅲ. FOOD AND WINE
　　 Ⅳ. TEA AND TABACCO
　　 Ⅴ. HOBBIES
　　Chapter Eleven NATURE
　　 Ⅰ. SOCIETY AND NATURE
　　 Ⅱ. THIS SENSE-FILLED EARTH
　　 Ⅲ. THE WONDER OF IT ALL
　　 Ⅳ. THE POWER AND THE GLORY
　　 Ⅴ. PANTHEISTIC REVELRY
　　Chapter Twelve GOD
　　 Ⅰ. A STRICTLY PRIVATE MATTER
　　 Ⅱ. OUR LOW NOTIONS OF GOD
　　 Ⅲ. ESSAY ON BLACK
　　 Ⅳ. THREE GREAT RELIGIOUS NATURES
　　 Ⅴ. THE SPIRIT OF INQUIRY
　　Chapter Thirteen LOVE
　　 Ⅰ. MARRIAGE
　　 Ⅱ. GREAT MEN IN TROUBLE: FRANKLIN
　　 Ⅲ. JEFFERSON IN TROUBLE
　　 Ⅳ. LINCOLN IN TROUBLE
　　 Ⅴ. SEX AND MODESTY
　　 Ⅵ. WHITMAN'S SEX DEMOCRACY
　　Chapter Fourteen LAUGHTER
　　 Ⅰ. HUMOR
　　 Ⅱ. SATIRE
　　Chapter Fifteen WAR AND PEACE
　　 Ⅰ. WORLD GOVERNMENT
　　 Ⅱ. WOODROW WILSON
　　 Ⅲ. WAR AND PEACE
　　Chapter Sixteen THE SUMMING UP
　　 Ⅰ. TO EVERY MAN ttlS O\VN PHILOSOPHY
　　 Ⅱ. JUSTICE HOLMES'S CREDO
　　 Ⅲ. EINSTEIN'S INTIMATE CREDO
　　 Ⅳ. A TOAST TO MODERATION
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