2
Sec. 3. The doubtful force of the term "utility". 3
Sec. 4. Its proper sense. 4
Sec. 5. How falsely applied in these times. 4
Sec. 6. The evil consequences of such interpretation. How connected
with national power. 5
Sec. 7. How to be averted. 6
Sec. 8. Division of the pursuits of men into subservient and objective. 8
Sec. 9. Their relative dignities. 10
Sec. 10. How reversed through erring notions of the contemplative
and imaginative faculties. 10
Sec. 11. Object of the present section. 11

CHAPTER II.--Of the Theoretic Faculty as concerned with Pleasures of
Sense.

Sec. 1. Explanation of the term "theoretic". 12
Sec. 2. Of the differences of rank in pleasures of sense. 12
Sec. 3. Use of the terms Temperate and Intemperate. 13
Sec. 4. Right use of the term "intemperate". 13
Sec. 5. Grounds of inferiority in the pleasures which are subjects of
intemperance. 14
Sec. 6. Evidence of higher rank in pleasures of sight and hearing. 15
Sec. 7. How the lower pleasures may be elevated in rank. 16
Sec. 8. Ideas of beauty how essentially moral. 17
Sec. 9. How degraded by heartless reception. 17
Sec. 10. How exalted by affection. 18

CHAPTER III.--Of Accuracy and Inaccuracy in Impressions of Sense.

Sec. 1. By what test is the health of the perceptive faculty to be
determined? 19
Sec. 2. And in what sense may the terms Right and Wrong be attached
to its conclusions? 20
Sec. 3. What power we have over impressions of sense. 21
Sec. 4. Depends on acuteness of attention. 21
Sec. 5. Ultimate conclusions universal. 22
Sec. 6. What duty is attached to this power over impressions of sen