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Title: Beside Still Waters

Author: Arthur Christopher Benson

Release Date: October 28, 2009 [EBook #28713]

Language: English

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BESIDE

STILL WATERS

BY

ARTHUR CHRISTOPHER BENSON

FELLOW OF MAGDALENE COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE

"_I will run the way of Thy commandments;
when Thou hast set my heart at liberty._"

FOURTH IMPRESSION

LONDON

SMITH, ELDER, & CO., 15 WATERLOO PLACE

1910

[All rights reserved]

Printed by BALLANTYNE, HANSON & Co.
At the Ballantyne Press, Edinburgh

CONTENTS

I The Family--The Scene--The Church--Childhood--Books
II The Schoolmaster--School Life--Companions
III The Public School--Friendships--The Opening Heart--The
Mould--The Last Morning
IV Undergraduate Days--Strain--Recovery--A First Book
V Practical Life--The Official World--Drudgery--Resignation--
Retirement
VI His Father's Friendship--His Sister's Death--The Silent River
VII Liberty--Cambridge--Literary Work--Egotism
VIII Foundations of Faith--Duality--Christianity--The Will of God
IX Art--The End of Art
X Retrospect--Renewal of Youth--The New Energy
XI Platonism--The Pure Gospel--The Pauline Gospel--The Harmony
XII Sacrifice--The Church--Certainty
XIII Waiting for Light
XIV Dreariness--Romance--The Choice of Work--Dulness--A Creed
XV The Pilgrim's Progress--The Pilgrimage--Development--The
Eternal Will
XVI Humanity--Individuality--The Average
XVII Spring--Wonder
XVIII His Father's Death--Illness--A New Home--The New Light
XIX Women--The Feminine View--Society--Frank Relations--
Coldness--Sensitiveness
XX Limitations--Sympathy--A Quiet Choice--The Mind of God--
Intuition
XXI A Far-off D