Category: English Essays
The Mariner’s Compass The Chinese claim to have been the inventors of the compass, as of several other great inventions which are popularly supposed to be modern. It is …
Historical Plays Historical plays are dramas having for their subject historical events and for their dramatis persona real men who have made their names famous in history. The …
One Man’s Food is Another Man’s Poison This proverb takes variety of taste in food as a typical illustration of the difference between men and can in susceptibility to …
Selfishness The thoroughly selfish man aims at obtaining as much happiness as he can for himself and does not care whether other people are happy or miserable. In order …
Contentment The state of mind called “contentment” depends much more on our character than on the amount of our possessions. The discontented man may be heard to say that, …
War In civilized countries, when two individuals have a dispute that they cannot settle among themselves, they go before the judge, who, by his decision, brings the matter to …
Wealth and Poverty The poor man is apt to suppose that the possession of wealth would make him perfectly happy He is conscious of so many desires that he …
Borrowing Money Borrowing money is a most dangerous practice whenever any difficulty in the repayment is to be anticipated, that is to say, in the circumstances in which men …
The Art of Printing The early history of this art is lost in the obscurity of the distant past. Printing by means of solid blocks and movable types appears …
Loyalty Loyalty is one of those terms which have: departed most widely from their original meaning. By derivation loyalty means fidelity to law; but it has come to be …
