City Parks Life in great cities is naturally less healthy than life in the country. The air is vitiated by smoke and by the breath of thou-sands of inhabitants, …
Arbitration If two people have a dispute and cannot come to any agreement, they may ask an impartial third person to settle the question, both promising to abide by …
Discipline OUTLINE. Introduction: — Definition. Discipline of the individual. (a) The child. (b) Domestic animals. (c) Self-discipline. Corporate Discipline. (a) In games. (b) In the army. (c) In …
Mind and Body Mind and body seem mutually to act upon each other as cause and effect. The commonest way in which the body acts upon the mind …
Is Luxury an Evil? Two diametrically opposite opinions prevail on this question. According to some, all expenditure on luxury is wicked; while, according to others, everyone who buys expensive …
Influence of Climate on Character A certain amount of cold seems to be essential to vigour of body and mind, but to produce this good affect it must not …
Nothing venture, Nothing have “Nothing venture, nothing have,” means that we cannot expect large profits, unless we are willing to run the risk of losing something. This saying is …
Politeness Politeness has been well defined as benevolence in trifles. Like benevolence on a larger scale, it includes a feeling in. the mind as well as the performance of …
Dreams Dreams are very different from waking life, but it is extremely difficult clearly to define in what the difference consists. When we are dreaming, we are nearly always …
Ambition It is at first sight strange to find the different estimates that have been given of this passion by different writers. Milton in a celebrated passage, speaks of …