TO MADAME ELISABETH SAINTE-MARIE PERRIN, NEE BAZIN

PREFACE

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

I THE SOUL OF A PEOPLE

II SELF-RELIANCE AND THE REPUBLIC

III FAIR PLAY AND DEMOCRACY

IV WILL-POWER, WORK, AND WEALTH

V COMMON ORDER AND SOCIAL COOPERATION

VI PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION

VII SELF-EXPRESSION AND LITERATURE

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BY
HENRY VAN DYKE

Professor of English at Princeton University
Hyde Lecturer, University of Paris, 1908-9
Hon. LL.D., University of Geneva
Hon. F.R.S.L., London



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1912
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