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A Man's Value to Society

Studies in Self-Culture
and Character

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

THE ELEMENTS OF WORTH IN THE INDIVIDUAL

"There is nothing that makes men rich and strong but that
which they carry inside of them. Wealth is of the heart,
not of the hand."--_John Milton._

"Until we know why the rose is sweet or the dew drop
pure, or the rainbow beautiful, we cannot know why the
poet is the best benefactor of society. The soldier
fights for his native land, but the poet touches that
land with the charm that makes it worth fighting for and
fires the warrior's heart with energy invincible. The
statesman enlarges and orders liberty in the state, but
the poet fosters the core of liberty in the heart of the
citizen. The inventor multiplies the facilities of life,
but the poet makes life better worth living."--_