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The Note-Books of Samuel Butler The Note−Books of Samuel Butler Samuel Butler The Note−Books of Samuel Butler Table of Contents The Note−Books of Samuel Butler..........................................................................................................................1 Samuel Butler.................................................................................................................................................2 THE NOTE−BOOKS OF SAMUEL BUTLER...................................................................................................16 PREFACE....................................................................................................................................................17 BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT...............................................................................................................20 I—LORD, WHAT IS MAN?.......................................................................................................................24 Man........................................................................................................................................................25 Life........................................................................................................................................................26 The World..............................................................................................................................................27 The Individual and the World................................................................................................................28 My Life..................................................................................................................................................29 The Life we Live in Others...................................................................................................................30 The World Made to Enjoy.....................................................................................................................31 Living in Others.....................................................................................................................................32 Karma....................................................................................................................................................33 Birth and Death......................................................................................................................................34 Reproduction.........................................................................................................................................35 Thinking almost Identically...................................................................................................................36 Is Life Worth Living?............................................................................................................................37 Evacuations............................................................................................................................................38 Man and His Organism..........................................................................................................................39 Tools......................................................................................................................................................40 Organs and Makeshifts..........................................................................................................................41 Joining and Disjoining...........................................................................................................................42 Cotton Factories.....................................................................................................................................43 Our Trivial Bodies.................................................................................................................................44 II—ELEMENTARY MORALITY..............................................................................................................45 The Foundations of Morality.................................................................................................................46 Counsels of Imperfection......................................................................................................................47 Lucifer...................................................................................................................................................48 The Oracle in Erewhon..........................................................................................................................49 God's Laws............................................................................................................................................50 Physical Excellence...............................................................................................................................51 Intellectual Self−Indulgence..................................................................................................................52 Dodging Fatigue....................................................................................................................................53 Vice and Virtue......................................................................................................................................54 My Virtuous Life...................................................................................................................................55 Sin..........................................................................................................................................................56 Morality.................................................................................................................................................57 Change and Immorality.........................................................................................................................58 Cannibalism...........................................................................................................................................59 Abnormal Developments.......................................................................................................................60 Young People........................................................................................................................................61 The Family.............................................................................................................................................62 Unconscious Humour............................................................................................................................63 Homer's Odyssey...................................................................................................................................64 Melchisedec...........................................................................................................................................65 i The Note−Books of Samuel Butler Table of Contents THE NOTE−BOOKS OF SAMUEL BUTLER Bacon for Breakfast...............................................................................................................................66 God and Man.........................................................................................................................................67 The Homeric Deity and the Pall Mall Gazette......................................................................................68 Good Breeding the Summum Bonum...................................................................................................69 Advice to the Young..............................................................................................................................70 Religion.................................................................................................................................................71 Heaven and Hell....................................................................................................................................72 Priggishness...........................................................................................................................................73 Lohengrin..............................................................................................................................................74 Swells....................................................................................................................................................75 Science and Religion.............................................................................................................................76 Gentleman..............................................................................................................................................77 The Finest Men......................................................................................................................................78 On being a Swell all Round...................................................................................................................79 Money....................................................................................................................................................80 A Luxurious Death................................................................................................................................81 Money,
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