By RIGHT REV. SAMUEL FALLOWS, D. D., LL. D., Chicago, Ill.

PHYSICAL CULTURE,

30

By PROF. E. B. WARMAN, Boston, Mass.

EVILS OF MENTAL DISSIPATION,

By A. S. ANDREWS, A. M., D. D., President of the Southern

University, Greensboro, Ala.

By REV. RANSOM DUNN, D.D., President of Hillsdale College, Mich.

ASSOCIATIONS OF YOUNG MEN AND YOUNG

WOMEN,

68

By B. F. AUSTIN, A. M., B. D., President of Alma College, St.

Thomas, Ont.

By REV. GEO. W. WILLIARD, D. D., President of Heidelberg Col-

lege, Tiffin, Ohio.

88

ADVANTAGES OF EARLY TRAINING; THe Influences

AND INSPIRATIONS OF THE HOME LIfe,

By JOHN H. YOUNG, A. M., Author of "Our Deportment."

99

A PLEA FOR the Higher EDUCATION OF MOTHERS, 106

By F. S. BURTON, B. S. LL. B., Detroit, Mich.

The LibrarY IN THE HOME; OR, HOW TO SELECT

AND USE Books,

By CHAS. N. SIMS, D. D., Chancellor of the University of Syracuse,

N. Y.

I 12

By Wм. A. OBENCHAIN, President of Ogden College, Bowling

Green, Ky.

MUSIC IN THE HOME,

133

By REV. L. R. FISKE, D. D., LL. D., President of Albion College,

Mich.

CULTIVATE A DESIRE TO PLEASE,

138

By MARY ASHLEY TOWNSEND, New Orleans, La.

HOW TO MAKE FRIENDS AND HOW TO KEEP THEM,

153

By MRS. M. L. RAYNE, Author of "Against Fate," "What Can A

Woman Do?" etc.

THE INFLUENCES OF NATURE,

159

By REV. SYLVESTER F. SCOVEL, President Wooster University of

Ohio.

MANNERS CONSISTENT WITH RELIGION,

175

By W. G. ELIOT, D. D., President of Washington University, St.

Louis, Mo.

REGARD FOR PUBLIC OPINION,

191

By J. D. MOFFAT, D. D., President of Washington and Jefferson

College, Washington, Pa.

HOME ATTRACTIONS AND AMUSEMENTS,

206

By REV. JAS. H. POTTS, D. D., Editor "Christian Advocate."

THE VALUE OF THE CULTIVATION OF THE ENNOB-

LING INFLUENCE OF SELF-RESPECT,

By A. R. TAYLOR, M.A., President of Kansas State Normal School.

226

TO-DAY AND FIFTY YEARS AGO,

By MRS. HENRY WARD BEECHER, Brooklyn, N. Y.

THE COMMERCIAL VALUE OF GOOD BREEDING,

By REV. CHARLES O. REILLY, D. D., Treasurer of the Irish National

League, Detroit, Mich.

By ALICE E. IVES, Author of "Social Mirror," etc.

THE SABBATH DAY AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE,

By REV. W. C. Wood, A. M., Boston, Mass.

PRACTICAL EDUCATION OF OUR DAUGHTERS,

By MRS. KATE BREARLEY FORD, Detroit, Mich.

THE INFLUENCE OF CLIMATE AND OF COUNTRY,

By THOS. HILL, D. D., LL. D., Portland, Me., Ex-President Har-

vard University.

348

THE UNIVERSAL CONFLICT; A NEW VIEW OF PHYSI-

CAL, INTELLECTUAL AND MORAL DEVELOPMENT, 374

By C. E. SARGENT, A. M., Utica, N. Y., Author of "Our Homes."

INDIVIDUALITY IN WOMAN,

By MISS FRANCes E. Willard, Evanston, Ill., President W. C. T. U.

440

THE EDUCATION OF BRAIN AND MUSCLE,

450

BY THOMAS LAWRENCE, D. D., President Biddle University Char-

lotte, N. C.

HOW TO GOVERN OUR THOUGHTS,

463

By GEO. B. STEVENS, Ph. D., D. D., New Haven, Conn., Prof. of

Sacred Literature, Yale University.

OUR COUNTRY'S NOBLEMEN,

By S. H. PEABODY, Ph. D., LL. D., President University of Illinois.

THE SUN'S INFLUENCES,

483

507

By O. N. STODDARD, LL. D., Prof. of Sciences, Wooster University,

Ohio.

HISTORY AND HISTORICAL STUDY; THE LESSONS OF

THE PAST FORETELLING THE EVENTS OF

FUTURE,

533

By JOHN CLARK RIDPATH, LL. D., the Historian, Greencastle, Ind.

GEOLOGY AND THE BIBLE; THE TESTIMONY OF THE

ROCKS REGARDING THE TRUTH OF REVELATIONS, 579

By ALEXANDER WINCHELL, LL. D., Prof. Geology, etc., University

of Michigan.

BUSINESS INTEGRITY CONSISTENT WITH BUSINESS

SUCCESS,

.

617

By GEN. B. F. COWEN, Ex-Adjutant General of Ohio and Assistant

Secretary of the Interior.

HOW TO IMPROVE THE POWER OF THINKING,

By B. F. HAYES, D. D., of Bates College, Lewiston, Me.

636

YOU AND I; OUR RELATION TO EACH OTHER, TO THE WORLD AND TO OUR MAKER.

BY

J. H.. VINCENT, D. D., L.L. D.

INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER.

LL great social, scientific, political and religious movements in this world have their center in the individual man. The multitude is necessary to the carrying out of progressive and radical ideas; but it is only as the individual receives, and in his own. life embodies such ideas that they become effective. The man is the unit of society, and must therefore hold the thought and possess the character which the true reformer would develop in society at large.

"The great hope of society is individual character." The person must be in himself what he would exhibit and produce in his varied relations. A good father must first of all be a good man. And true statesmanship is impossible without true manhood. Character is everything.

There are two important elements in a perfect character: the recognition of individuality, and the conviction of interdependence. Man must love himself, respect himself, and build himself up; but he must, at the same time, love, respect and build up his fellow-man. All true and powerful personalities possess these characteristics. And whatever tends to