Four Minute Essays, Volume X

INDEX

Compiled for Wm. H. Wise by John T. Hoyle, Professor of Practical English, Carnegie Institute of Technology.

Note.—In this index, all notations refer first to the volume, and then to the page of the volume. Thus, Will Power, I, 12, means that the reference to Will Power will be found on page 12 of Volume I. The titles of the Essays are in every instance printed in italic capitals and lower case; thus, Great Man, The, I, 28, means that the essay appearing under that title is to be found in Volume I, on page 28.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A
Ability, II, 9
Abraham Lincoln, The Common Man, IX, 32
Accomplishment, I, 24
Achievement, I, 50, 80, 121; VI, 72, 98; X, 76
Action, I, 23
Actor’s Prayer, The, VII, 146
Advantage of Being Forgot, The, V, 143
Adventure, IX, 41
Advertising, III, 62; V. 76; VI, 34; VII, 88
Age, II, 111; IX, 24
Agreeableness, I, 16
All Noise Is Waste, I, 39
Ambition, VII, 121
Americanism, V, 107; II, 16; VIII, 85; IX, 7, 37
American View of the British, An, II, 150
America’s Coming of Age, I, 142
Anarchist, The, II, 30
Andorra, VIII, 128
Anger, IX, 86
Anger Poison, VII, 138
Anticipation, VIII, 134
Appetite, V, 134
Aristocracy, I, 7, 99; II, 98; III, 44, 90; VII, 104; IX, 47
Around the Corner, II, 26
Art, I, 108, 148, 157; III, 27; V, 74, VI, 35; VII, 36, 120; X, 51
Art and Democracy, VII, 130
Art of Happy Memory, The, X, 88
Art of Living, The, VIII, 38
Autocracy, III, 77; VII, 81
Automobiles, I, 19; IV, 107, 111

B
Babies in Prison, III, 114
Backsliding, II, 12
Bananas, VI, 46
Be a Bird Landlord!, VII, 142
Beauty, I, 79; II, 127; IV, 9, 157; V, 149; VII, 99, 119, 132; IX, 117; X, 122
Bernhardt, Sarah, VII, 34
Be Still, IX, 128
Best of Life, The, X, 118
Better Conquest, The, II, 66
Bible, The, III, 107; IV, 42
Birds, VI, 116; VII, 142
Bloody Knife, The, III, 153
Bob White, VI, 116
Body and the Automobile, The, IV, 107
Books, I, III, 8; III, 49; IV, 36; V, 30; VI, 75; VII, 29; IX, 82; X, 124
Bores, X, 101
Bound, III, 89
Boy and the Gang, The, V, 100
Boy or Girl Who Quits School, The, VIII, 141
Boys, V, 119
Boys and Girls, VIII, 52
Brain, IX, 69
Bravery, I, 155; III, 72
Brotherhood, VI, 156
Brotherhood, Universal, I, 125
Business, II, 48; III, 7, 74; IV, 68; V, 34, 61, 74; VI, 32; VII, 42, 70, 86, 88; VIII, 5; IX, 87; X, 44

C
Call, The, VI, 72
Campaign Against Fear, The, VII, 41
Capacity to Forget, The, V, 103
Capital, IV, 70
Capital, VII, 43; VIII, 60; IX, 126
Capital and Labor, II, 46; III, 78
Careful and Courageous, III, 72
Carpenter Shop, The, II, 123
Castles in Spain, IV, 35
Catch-Phrases, IV, 124
Ceilings, IV, 23
Character, I, 13, 28, 82; II, 50; IV, 93, 143; V, 29, 123; VI, 104, 137; VII, 44, 106
Charity, V, 87; X, 91, 139
Chastity, V, 87
Cheerfulness, I, 93; III, 25; VII, 73; IX, 20, 62
Childishness of the Past, The, II, 32
Children, I, 26; II, 13, 32, 70, 78, 127; III, 18, 35, 58, 153; IV, 80, 92, 111, 147; V, 159; VI, 7, 101, 107, 158; VII, 9, 44, 94; VIII, 52, 92, 107, 111, 150; IX, 21, 120, 156; X, 95, 102, 132, 135
Child’s Play a Crime, The, III, 58
Christianity, II, 84; III, 132; IV, 96
Christ Life, The, I, 132
Christmas, II, 28
Chrysanthemum, The, IV, 9
Church, X, 123
Cities of Refuge, II, 103
City Life, III, 61
City of the Future, The, IX, 143
Civic Spirit, III, 76
Civilization, II, 88; III, 61, 107, 133; IV, 23, 116; V, 61; VII, 19, 134
Civilizers, The, III, 132
Class Consciousness, II, 55; III, 12; VI, 129; VIII, 72; IX, 48, 125
Classic, The, III, 125
Clean Business, V, 34
Cleanliness, VII, 111
Cock-Sureness, IV, 137
Colleges and Automobiles, IV, 111
Columbus, VI, 19
Comeback, The, VI, 125
Comfort, V, 95
Coming of Democracy, The, VIII, 33
Common Sense, IV, 13
Common Sense, III, 117
Competence, I, 49
Competition, VII, 70; VIII, 65
Concentration, VI, 106
Confusion, VIII, 118
Conservatism, VII, 135
Consistency, VI, 51
Contemplation, V, 137; VII, 24
Contentment, II, 159; V, 141; VI, 28; VII, 73; IX, 73; X, 89
Controversy, X, 126
Conviction, IX, 54
Co-operation, I, 54, 125; III, 42, 77; V, 62; IX, 48, 143
Corn, IX, 146
Corpulence, V, 134
Corset, The, II, 127
Courage, I, 13, 100; II, 120; III, 32, 54, 72, 138; V, 86; VI, 13, 53; IX, 6
Courtesy, VII, 113
Cowardice, I, 112; III, 90
Cowardice of Pessimism, The, I, 112
Creature or Creator? IV, 26
Crime, III, 58; IV, 116; VIII, 73
Criminal Class, The, VIII, 73
Criticism, V, 127
Culture, V, 154; VII, 155
Cure for Class, The, II, 55
Curing the Hurt of the World, III, 144
Cynicism, II, 116

D
Dad, VII, 9
Danger, V, 74
Dante, V, 30
Death, I, 38, 93, 148; II, 27, 80, 130; IV, 39, 55, 74, 120; V, 53, 89; VI, 68
Death, the Most Beautiful Adventure in Life, IX, 41
Decadence, V, 41
Decentifying Function of Money, The, III, 110
Decision, IV, 103
Delicacy—The Flavor of All the Virtues, IX, 9
Demand for Preaching, The, IV, 120
Democracy, I, 54, 118; II, 22, 87, 98; III, 11, 77; IV, 25, 64, 126; V, 110, 113; VI, 44, 132; VII, 21, 81, 130; VIII, 24, 33, 63, 69, 81, 92, 153; IX, 13, 46, 65, 103, 145; X, 125
Democracy and Socialism, VII, 61
Democratic Trust, The, V, 61
Dependence, III, 35
Despair, VI, 11
Despair, VI, 20, 55; IX, 111
Destiny, I, 24
Destruction of Pleasure, The, II, 73
Dhammapada, The, VIII, 145
Dining, IX, 20
Discipline, II, 69, 71, 141; IX, 154
Disease, VIII, 119
Dog in the Manger, The, II, 35
Doing Clears the Mind, I, 23
Doubt, II, 115; III, 67; VII, 79
Drama, I, 109
Dreamer, The, V, 10
Dreams, X, 118
Dreams and Art, VI, 35
Dress, II, 127
Drink, I, 13; V, 124
Drunk on Wistaria, I, 9
Dull Day, A, X, 79
Dumb Danger, V, 74
Duty, VIII, 110
Duty, II, 67; III, 68; X, 28
Duty of the Rich, The, III, 68
Dyspepsia, V, 94

E
Education, I, 37; II, 91; III, 5, 153; IV, 83, 111; V, 49, 119; VI, 84, 113, 118, 133; VII, 44, 53; VIII, 39, 70, 92, 115, 141; X, 122
Efficiency, X, 76
Efficiency, VI, 23, 56; VIII, 141; IX, 81; X, 106
Egotism, III, 92; VI, 137; VII, 109; IX, 10
Eighteen, IV, 147
Elbert Hubbard, VIII, 83
Emphasis, I, 40
Endurance, X, 5
Enemy, The, I, 41
English, The, II, 150; III, 32
Enupeak, VI, 129
Environment, VII, 37
Equanimity, I, 19
Eternal Humanities, The, VI, 153
Ethics, IV, 83
Ethics of Controversy, The, X, 126
Every Day, I, 80
Except It Die, IV, 55
Exercise, III, 24
Experience, III, 118; VI, 5; VII, 156
Experience Versus Results, VII, 86
Experiments in Definition, V, 86
Extravagance, III, 69

F
Factory and the School, The, V, 118
Fads and Fundamentals, V, 49
Failure, I, 26, 59; VI, 95; IX, 136
Faith, II, 113; V, 86; VII, 5, 59; X, 48
Fallacies, Common, IV, 124
Fanatic and the Idealist, The, II, 30
Fate, III, 139; IV, 27; VI, 22, 128
Fathers, I, 36
Fat Man, The, V, 133
Fear, II, 147; III, 80; VI, 12, 23; VII, 41; IX, 51, 79; X, 57, 92
Fear of Death, The, II, 80
Fear of Greatness, IV, 33
Fishing, III, 149; V, 47
Flowers, I, 9, 72; IV, 9; IX, 24
Flute, The, VIII, 121
Food, III, 22
Fool’s Gold, VIII, 56
Fool, The, VIII, 133
Forestry, VI, 109
Forgetfulness, V, 103, 143
Forget It, I, 32
Forgiveness, IV, 34; V, 87, 103; IX, 73
For Lovers to Read, I, 72
Frailty, IV, 30
France, I, 117
Fraternity, X, 12
Freedom, I, 25, 69, 142; III, 34, 90; V, 131
Friend Bed, V, 95
Friendship, III, 157; IV, 34; VI, 75, 89; VII, 116; IX, 121
From the Chin Up, VII, 153
Fundamentals in Democracy, VII, 81
Future, The, VIII, 134
Futurists, VII, 134

G
Gary System, The, VI, 84
Genius, V, 28
Genius is One Who has Found Himself, A, I, 84
Gentility, II, 51
Gentleman, The, I, 154
Gentleness, III, 105
Ghosts, I, 76
Glimpses, I, 76
God and the Little Boy, IX, 156
God’s Whisper, VII, 23
Good-Cheer, VI, 14
Goodness, III, 91; IV, 34; VI, 66; VII, 75
Good Taste and Good Judgment, VIII, 24
Go On, V, 26
Gossip, I, 157
Government, V, 155
Government, IV, 63; IX, 47
Government Ownership, III, 78
Gratitude, I, 37
Grayson, VII, 117
Greatest Enemy, The, III, 80
Greatest Railway in the World, The, VI, 56
Great Man, The, I, 28
Greatness, IX, 17
Greatness, I, 45; III, 105; IV, 23; VII, 75; IX, 160
Great Love and Much Service, IV, 5
Great Silences, The, I, 147
Great Soul, The, VII, 75
Green Fire, I, 105
Grief, I, 148
Grit, II, 141

H
Habit, I, 17
Habit of Self-Confidence, The, VI, 95
Half-Science, VII, 18
Happiness, I, 21, 25, 96; II, 27, 52, 74, 138; IV, 5, 50, 73, 86; V, 12, 99, 148; VI, 15, 40, 145; VII, 49, 97, 100, 125; VIII, 6, 42, 103, 116
Harmony, VIII, 121
Healing Power of Housekeeping, The, IV, 99
Health, III, 22; IV, 91, 99, 107
Heaven, X, 114
Heaven, V, 38
Heaven Help the Poor, II, 52
Hell, III, 45
Heredity, V, 115
Here’s to Your Good Health! IV, 91
Heroism, V, 16
Heroism, III, 67; V, 19
Hidden Happiness, VII, 100
History, I, 68
Home, The, IX, 120
Home, X, 124
Honesty, I, 139; V, 34, 124; IX, 9
Honor, V, 87
Horses, III, 74
Housekeeping, IV, 99
Howe, E. W., II, 48
How Much Land a Man Needs to Live On, I, 65
How to be Interesting, VI, 104
How to Go to Sleep, IX, 90
How to Keep Friends, III, 157
How to Live a Hundred Years, III, 22
How to Read the Bible, IV, 42
Hubbard, Elbert, VIII, 83
Human Flies, X, 101
Human Heart, The, V, 5
Humanities Versus the Ideals, The, X, 14
Humanity, II, 57
Humanity, I, 49; III, 34, 100, 116; IV, 31, 120, 157; VI, 9, 147; IX, 35
Humility, V, 87; VI, 137; VII, 115; IX, 10
Humor, II, 151; V, 134
Hunting a Job, IX, 78

I
Ideal and the Job, The, VI, 139
Ideal Life, The, IV, 76
Idealism, V, 44
Idealist, The, II, 30
Ideals, IX, 105
Ideals, X, 14
Ideal Woman, The, X, 30
Ideas, Right, I, 138
Idleness, V, 47
Idleness the Mother of Progress, X, 51
I Don’t Know, VII, 115
If I Were God, VIII, 106
Ignorance, II, 155; VIII, 118; IX, 54
I Know, VI, 39
Illusion, VIII, 115
Imagination, III, 87; IV, 35; IX, 92
Immortality, III, 122
Immune, The, IX, 134
Incompetence, I, 50
Independence, II, 57; III, 35; IV, 84
Individualism, I, 126; III, 77
Individuality, I, 84; V, 100
Influence, I, 131
In Praise of Flaws, I, 95
In Praise of Sorrow, II, 40
Insincerity, IX, 11
Insolence, IX, 12
Intellectual Trains, VI, 26
Intelligence, III, 73
Intervals, V, 137
Inward Song, The, X, 46
Iron in the Soul, IX, 152
Irony and Pity, VI, 5
Isms, IV, 95
It Can’t Be Done, VII, 149
It Takes Grit, II, 141
It Won’t Work, IV, 76

J
Japanese Common Sense, III, 118
Jealousy, III, 83
Job and His Wife, V, 21
Journalist, The, VI, 42
Joy, I, 24; II, 43, 95, 157; V, 20, 150
Joy of Work, The, VIII, 99
Joys of Living, The, I, 114
Judgment, VIII, 24
Justice, X, 138
Justice, III, 107, 114; IV, 116, 127; IX, 14; X, 12
Just Right, II, 101

K
Keep Fit, X, 106
Keep Your Chin Up, III, 136
Keep Your Mind, IX, 112
Keep Your Mouth Shut, III, 127
Kindness, I, 24; V, 129
Kind Word for the Capitalist, A, VIII, 60
Kingdom Come, X, 10
Kings, The, VII, 21
Kinship of Frailty, The, IV, 30
Kinship of Soul and Sea, The, II, 145
Knowledge, VII, 41

L
Labor, III, 78; IV, 71; VII, 43; VIII, 62; IX, 126; X, 22, 52, 106
Labor Unions, I, 143
Laughter, VI, 111
Law, IX, 29
Law, III, 89, 114; V, 86; VI, 127
Law of the Table, The, IX, 20
Laying Up, X, 96
Laziness, V, 47; X, 56
Letting Things Alone, X, 131
Liberty, V, 131
Liberty, I, 25, 27, 142; III, 9, 89; IX, 65; X, 11
Life, I, 25, 86, 92, 103, 114; II, 21, 119; III, 22, 38; IV, 55, 69, 89, 103; V, 55, 90; VI, 21, 27, 40, 91, 105, 111, 149; VII, 52, 58, 156; VIII, 38; IX, 41, 62, 160; X, 114, 118
Life an Adventure, V, 146
Life as a Business Proposition, VIII, 5
Life a Tight-Rope Walk, IV, 39
Life is an Unstable Equilibrium, II, 20
Life is Something to Do, Not Something to Learn, IV, 50
Light and Burning, I, 131
Likes and Dislikes, III, 150
Limitations of Science, The, IV, 59
Lincoln the American Type, V, 107
Literature, I, 7, 99; V, 41; VI, 144; VII, 65, 85, 117
Little God of Happy Endings, The, X, 83
Littles, VII, 111
Living, IV, 84
Living Versus Passing the Time, V, 98
Loneliness, I, 135
Lone Trail, The, I, 135
Love, I, 9, 18, 24, 34, 72, 149; II, 27, 44, 64; III, 129; IV, 5; V, 19, 80, 88; VI, 40, 75, 88, 100, 121, 133; VII, 86; VIII, 119; IX, 58, 63, 123; X, 27, 83
Loyal, VI, 100
Loyalty, IV, 33
Luck, II, 147
Luxury, III, 69
Lying Art of Morbidity, The, I, 92
Lying to Yourself, V, 122

M
Man, I, 28; V, 116; IX, 9
Manliness, II, 106
Manner of Greatness, The, I, 45
Manners, IV, 15
Man Who Gets Things Done, The, I, 121
March of the Shadows, The, VII, 13
Mark Twain, II, 32
Marriage, II, 21, 104; III, 25; VIII, 56; X, 137
Martyrdom, I, 132
Master’s Hand, The, VII, 65
Maxims of Friendship, VI, 75
Meaning of the Day, The, I, 68
Mediocrity, I, 84
Meditation, III, 84
Memory, III, 87
Men, II, 20; V, 9; X, 103
Men of Principle, II, 6
Men Who Make Good, The, III, 54
Militarism, II, 88; III, 77
Military Training, III, 76
Millennium, The, X, 10
Mind, The, I, 23; IX, 71, 112
Mind-Healing, VI, 149
Mine Own Will Come to Me, VII, 5
Ministry of Death, The, V, 53
Modern Craze for Beauty, The, IV, 157
Modesty, VII, 116
Money, III, 27, 40, 110; IV, 139; V, 36; VI, 78
Money-Makers, X, 66
Money Value of an Education, The, III, 5
Morality, I, 25; II, 138; III, 90, 98, 145; IV, 95; V, 23; VII, 18; VIII, 8
Morality, Wrong End To, IV, 80
Morbidity, I, 92
Morning Star, The, VIII, 156
Mosquito, The, VIII, 20
Most Important People in the World, The, VIII, 52
Motherhood, III, 115; V, 160; IX, 24
Mothers, II, 13; V, 17; VI, 101, 158; VII, 94
Moving Pictures, III, 147
Mule Power, I, 12
Music, III, 126; VI, 9; VIII, 121; X, 48
Musical City, The, III, 61
Music: Make It Yourself, II, 134
My Castle, IV, 35

N
Nationalism, I, 152; III, 101
Nature, I, 105; III, 17, 98; IV, 19, 23, 73, 153; V, 38, 98; VI, 91; VII, 127; IX, 147
Nature’s Purpose with Us is to See if We are Afraid, II, 147
Needle, The, IV, 46
Need of Change in Government, The, IV, 63
Negro in Art, The, I, 108
Neighbor, The, VIII, 42
New Aristocracy, The, II, 98
News from the Shenandoah, IV, 19
New Testament, The, III, 106
New Year’s Day, VI, 60
Night, I, 147; IX, 98
No, X, 34
Nobility, III, 90
No Greatness Without Teachableness, VII, 109
No Individual, Only Humanity, is Competent, I, 49
Noise, I, 39; III, 61, 105; IX, 129
Nothing’s Too Good to be True, VII, 48

O
Obedience, III, 89
Oblivion, V, 143
Old-Age Disease, The, II, 111
Old Bookstore, The, III, 49
Old Ed Howe on Business, II, 48
Old Songs, Old Flowers, and Mother, IX, 24
One Word, VII, 96
One You Can Talk To, The, VI, 120
Only Way, The, VIII, 92
On New Year’s Day—Try Again, VI, 60
Opportunist, The, II, 8
Opportunity, I, 66; VII, 121; X, 11
Opportunity for a New Writer, An, VI, 144
Optimism, V, 133; VII, 58
Order, II, 104
Organization, V, 61, 76, 88
Ought, VIII, 88
Outdoors, II, 90
Outlawry, X, 135
Out of It, IV, 65
Overlooker, The, VI, 133
Over the Top—For Pay, III, 40
Overtones, VI, 31
O You Dead and Gone, Let Go!, III, 122

P
Paganism, IV, 133
Pain, II, 40, 57; III, 97
Paine, Thomas, V, 112
Pan, IV, 153
Parenthood, I, 36; III, 35
Parents, IV, 92, 147; VII, 9, 45; VIII, 92
Part of Me that Doubts, The, VII, 79
Parturition, II, 22
Passion, IV, 30; V, 87
Past, The, IX, 109
Path to Perfection, The, X, 26
Patience, V, 88
Patriotism, III, 77, 100; V, 24, 88
Pay. Pay. Pay! VII, 126
Peace, II, 140; VIII, 131
Peace Within, VI, 157
Perfection, II, 101; X, 26
Pershing, General, I, 46
Personal Influence, X, 61
Personality, I, 59, 85; II, 20, 61, 70, 83; V, 32, 72, 110; VI, 23; VII, 34, 75; VIII, 83; X, 61
Pessimism, I, 112; II, 116; VII, 57, 106
Physician, The, IX, 139
Pity, I, 100; VI, 5
Play, II, 134; III, 58, 91, 153; X, 75
Playgrounds, Children’s, III, 78
Pleasure, II, 73, 94; III, 96; IV, 113; V, 41, 77, 81, 95, 153; VII, 106, 154; VIII, 7, 158
Pleasure and Contentment, V, 141
Pleasures of Outlawry, The, X, 135
Poetry, IV, 42
Poise, I, 46; II, 140; IV, 29, 40, 86
Poisoning the Child Mind, VII, 44
Polishing the Halo, I, 157
Politics, III, 77; V, 119
Politics and Human Waste, VIII, 66
Pompeii, Ravenna, America, and the Soul, IV, 89
Positiveness, III, 66
Positives, The, IX, 54
Poverty, IX, 94
Poverty, I, 67; II, 52; III, 80
Power, I, 39, 46; IX, 76, 117
Power and Humility, VI, 137
Power of Right Ideas, The, I, 138
Practical Man, The, V, 9
Pragmatism, III, 13
Praise, V, 127
Prayer, I, 13; VI, 113; VII, 46
Prayer for Vision, A, IX, 73
Prayer of Stars, The, IX, 98
Prayer of the Outside Sheep, The, VIII, 47
Prayer of the Physician, The, IX, 139
Preaching, IV, 120
Precedent, X, 18
Precedent, II, 35
Prejudice, I, 77; V, 58, 89
Pressure, The, VII, 37
Prevention, IV, 107
Price of Liberty, The, III, 9
Pride, VIII, 11
Pride, V, 87
Principles, II, 5
Printers’ Ink as a Medicine, IX, 65
Prisons, III, 114, 141
Privilege, II, 37, 50; VIII, 110
Procession of Souls, The, I, 103
Profanity, I, 39; V, 74
Progress, IV, 70; X, 51
Prosperity, III, 136
Proverbs, IV, 124; VIII, 145
Provincialism, IV, 24
Punishment, V, 114
Purity, V, 87; VII, 107

Q
Quand MÊme! VII, 34
Quitters, The, II, 117

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