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Time.
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POETRY OF TIME 1
WHAT IS TIME? 3
TIME’S BEGUILINGS 5
TIME’S GARLAND 6
TIME’S MUTATIONS 7
SIR H. DAVY ON TIME 8
TIME, PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE 9
MEASUREMENT OF TIME 12
PERIODS OF REST 15
RECKONING DISTANCE BY TIME 16
SUN-DIALS 17
THE HOUR-GLASS 27
CLOCKS AND WATCHES 29
EARLY RISING 41
ART OF EMPLOYING TIME 52
TIME AND ETERNITY 64
Life, and Length of Days.
LIFE A RIVER 65
THE SPRING-TIME OF LIFE 66
THE FIRST TWENTY YEARS OF LIFE 67
PASSING GENERATIONS 68
AVERAGE DURATION OF LIFE 71
PASTIMES OF CHILDHOOD RECREATIVE TO MAN 72
PLEASURES OF THE IMAGINATION LATE IN LIFE 73
WHAT IS MEMORY? 75
CONSOLATION IN GROWING OLD 76
LENGTH OF DAYS 79
HISTORIC TRADITIONS THROUGH FEW LINKS 82
LONGEVITY IN FAMILIES 87
FEMALE LONGEVITY 88
LONGEVITY AND DIET 92
LONGEVITY AND LOCALITIES 96
LONGEVITY OF CLASSES 102
GREAT AGES 111
THE HAPPY OLD MAN 114
PREPARATORY TO DEATH 115
DEATH BEFORE ADAM 116
FUTURE EARTHLY EXISTENCE OF THE HUMAN RACE 117
The School of Life.
WHAT IS EDUCATION? 119
TEACHING YOUNG CHILDREN 120
EDUCATION AT HOME 121
TENDERNESS OF YOUTH 122
BUSINESS OF EDUCATION 123
THE CLASSICS 124
LIBERAL EDUCATION 126
DR. ARNOL
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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