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CHAPTER II THE ESQUIRES OF THE BODY: THIRST           Thirst likes Cold Water.—Another most service-able Esquire of the Body is Thirst. How serviceable he is you will understand when you remember that by far the greater part of a man’s weight is made up of water. This water is always wasting away in one way or another, […]

PART I THE HOUSE OF BODY ———-♦♦———- CHAPTER I THE ESQUIRES OF THE BODY: HUNGER           The Work of the Appetites.—We will first consider the Esquires of the Body; not that they are the chief Officers of State, but in Mansoul, as in the world, a great deal depends upon the least important people; and

CHAPTER III THE GOVERNMENT OF MANSOUL           Each of us a Kingdom of Mansoul.—I must give up attempting to talk about Mansoul in parables. I daresay you have already found it difficult to make everything fit; but, never mind; what you do not understand now you may understand someday, or you may see a meaning

CHAPTER II THE PERILS OF MANSOUL           The Government to Blame.—You are thinking, I daresay, what a rich and beautiful country Mansoul must be! But, like most other lands, it is subject to many perils. Unlike most other lands, however, Mansoul has means of escape from the perils that threaten it from time to time.

Ourselves Book I.—Self Knowledge “Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control, These three alone lead life to sovereign power.”                                                                                                  —TENNYSON. ———-♦♦———-  INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER I THE COUNTRY OF MANSOUL           The Riches of Mansoul.—“Do you not like fair londes?” says King Alfred; and he answers himself: “Why should I not like fair londes? They are the fairest part of God’s

Preface  “Who was it that said, ‘Know thyself’ came down from heaven? It is quite true—true as Gospel. It came straight to whoever said it first.”—Life of Sir Edward Burne-Jones. POSSIBLY we fail to give ‘effective moral training based upon Christian principles’ to young people because our teaching is scrappy, and rests mainly upon appeals