Studies in Self-Culture and Character
Reading edition
Newell Dwight Hillis
Author of "The Investment of Influence," "Foretokens of Immortality," etc.
"Spread wide thy mantle while the gods rain gold." —FROM THE PERSIAN.
TWENTY-FIFTH EDITION
Chicago New York Toronto Fleming H. Revell Company MCMII
Copyright, 1896, by Fleming H. Revell Company Copyright, 1897, by Fleming H. Revell Company
TO MY WIFE
CONTENTS
Chap. Page
I The Elements of Worth in the Individual 9
II Character: Its Materials and External Teachers 33
III Aspirations and Ideals 55
IV The Physical Basis of Character 77
V The Mind and the Duty of Right Thinking 99
VI The Moral Uses of Memory 123
VII The Imagination as the Architect of Manhood 143
VIII The Enthusiasm of Friendship 165
IX Conscience and Character 189
X Visions that Disturb Contentment 213
XI The Uses of Books and Reading 235
XII The Science of Living with Men 259
XIII The Revelators of Character 281
XIV Making the Most of One's Self 301
Index