man in relation to, 12; 64;
mother of invention, 276, 56;
ground of existence, 94, 44;
our master, 58, 18;
power of, 313, 32-34; 231, 34;
praised as virtue, 231, 3;
rebel of all laws, 103, 42;
ring of, always at the top, 250, 12;
ring of, ring of duty, 140, 10;
superior to Nature, 292, 11;
yoke of, to be borne, 175, 31
Need, a bitter, at present, 472, 6;
and wish, 105, 2;
man's first, 204, 14;
our prime one, 568, 29
Needle, to pole, 395, 32
Negation, mere, unfruitful, 116, 18;
the end of opposition, 425, 8;
opposed to activity, 94, 5
Negations, taking safety under, 203, 2
Negative principle, the importance of, 191, 15
Negatives, deprecated, 71, 37
Neglect, a little, dangerous, 8, 42, 47, 49
Negligence, one, fatal, 169, 33
Negro, Fuller on, 436, 19
Neighbour's, our, prosperity and poverty, 449, 47
Neighbours, their value to us, 522, 40
Nelson's signal at Trafalgar, 82, 43
Nemesis on the alert, 381, 21
Neptune's trident, 235, 26
Nero, on signing a death-warrant, 512, 1
Nerves, the man, 444, 42
Nescience greater than science, 382, 31
Nest, one's own, beautiful, 4, 37
Nest-life, echo of, audible only in sorrow, 424, 37
Net, while fisher sleeps, 89, 5
Nets, useless where no fish, 82, 28
Nettle, how to handle, 121, 40;
stroking a, 484, 37
Never, a long while, 38, 5
New, a precedent some day, 328, 27;
age, a, want of, 426, 22;
and old, discretion in regard to, 28, 16;
and old, the conflict of, characterised, 421, 24;
its appearance and effects of, 541, 2;
foil, to old, 183, 13;
in science and morals, 189, 43;
nothing, in life, 315, 29;
reproduction of old, or forgotten, 180, 15, 16;
seldom good, 183, 12;
the, and the valuable, 537, 29;
the, how to employ, 243, 44;
the, still but in birth pangs, 424, 15;
unexpected quarter it comes from, 430, 46;
year's, a, greeting, 240, 29
News, good and bad, 402, 44;
only teller of, 446, 21
Newspaper, literature, Goethe on, 333, 41;
the influential, Emerson on, 207, 38
Newspapers, Napoleon's dread of, 114, 1;
our fortresses, 191, 35
News-writer, highest reach of, 435, 9
New Testament, revelation in, 375, 13
Newton, on his own worth, 172, 26
Nicknames, good, effect of, 306, 25
Niggard, always poor, 159, 5;
contrasted with generous, 24, 7
Night, a long, 370, 18;
and morning, rule for, 406, 28;
cause of, to man, 76, 4;
counsel by, 226, 30;
deeds of, 536, 4;
last in the train of, 99, 53;
sayings on the, 444, 45-49; 445, 1;
sober-suited matron, 44, 39;
the darkest, followed by day, 55, 24
Nightingale, the, Milton on, 408, 21
Nights, drowsy, how to have, 176, 31
Nimbleness, contrasted with haste, 141, 5
Nimrod, the, of this era, 450, 40
Nineteenth century, the enthusiasm of, 245, 18
Nirvana, 313, 15;
road to, 444, 40
"No," a surly, honest fellow, 302, 37;
from merely saying, no good, 116, 18;
power of saying, as a sign, 309, 16;
to be deliberate, 337, 1
No, man indispensable, 180, 3;
one called happy before death, 63, 34;
the way to yea, 319, 22;
value of learning to say, 236, 6
Noah's ark, mouldy rolls of, 308, 15
Nobility, a man's, a test of, 368, 14;
a sure mark of, 234, 34;
and virtue, of kin, 242, 6;
appendix to, 170, 35;
at its origin, 10, 8;
source of, 308, 7;
in mind, 76, 53;
mark of true, 425, 17;
of race, mark of, 184, 21;
of soul, and of birth, 55, 28;
our old, to be preserved, 244, 1;
oldest and only true, 445, 33;
the beginning of, 190, 22;
the only, 488, 39;
true, essence of, 426, 2;
true, its origin, 500, 27
Noble, and vulgar, self-estimates of, 461, 10;
birth, proof of, 391, 21;
blood, humble, 213, 4;
descent, value of, 171, 11;
heart, attractive power of, 385, 22;
how men become, 190, 31;
man, and danger, 532, 15;
man, defined, 60, 22;
mind, mark of, 491, 44;
only, to be good, 163, 5;
people, loyalty of, 15, 52;
qualities, non-transferable, 484, 10;
silent ones, of world, 465, 10;
soul, proved in difficulty, 186, 3;
souls, power of, 508, 112;
the, appreciation of, 53, 31; 489, 36;
the, defined, 484, 26; 536, 38;
the, great, 309, 48;
the, in death, 445, 4;
to keep with noble, 203, 1;
words for shield of, 116, 36
Nobleman, a definition of, 360, 39;
a degenerate, 505, 25;
defined, 143, 38;
qualities of a, 380, 27
Nobleness, attribute of all, 10, 32;
its derivation, 319, 29;
refining power of, 16, 16;
test of, 76, 52;
the idea of, 184, 25
Nobles, born, 304, 9
Nod versus rod, 15, 55
Noise, music in distance, 268, 37;
not might, 14, 31;
of things deafening, 232, 51
Noises, encourager of, 431, 6
Nomadism, evil of, 346, 29
Non-being, no step in nature to, 517, 24
Non-existent rather than ignoble, 29, 35
Nonsense, consecration of, 523, 18;
daring, 53, 19;
in rhyme, 235, 43;
no objection in, 167, 31;
refreshing, 166, 9
No-progress men to be debarred public highways, 450, 8
Northern star, constant as, 164, 39
Nose, big, and handsome face, 210, 20
Noses, counting, to ascertain truth, 398, 27;
long, Napoleon's partiality for, 544, 1;
the length of, 472, 14
Nothing, absolute, 2, 21;
blessed in every respect, 299, 3;
extenuate, 400, 48;
for ever, 510, 29;
for nothing, 330, 1;
from nothing, 58, 34; 97, 16;
of nothing, 24, 3;
only once in the world, 476, 8;
perishes, 328, 17;
they that do, 479, 39
Novel, every, debtor to Homer, 93, 5
Novels, their unreality, 378, 1;
writers of, and double wrong they do, 563, 42
Novelty, charm of, 87, 28;
desire for, 179, 35;
love of, a ruling passion, 324, 36;
man's itch for, 87, 16;
people's delight in, 205, 12;
undue charm of, 536, 37
Now, the, 445, 12
Numbers, I lisp'd in, 21, 18;
round, 378, 17
Nurse, influence of, 3, 13
Nursery, training in, 443, 50

O

Oak, felled by blows of little axe, 269, 44;
when it falls, 445, 14
Oak-tree, when it falls and when it is planted, 545, 45
Oarsmen and steersman, 567, 27
Oath, powerless in domain of reason, 324, 26;
that does not bind, 305, 35
Oaths, but straws, 110, 29;
oracles, 157, 19;
straw to passion, 455, 39
Obedience, blind, 55, 9;
for those who can't rule, 243, 7;
imperative, 541, 27;
must be free, 204, 12;
not sacrifice, 45, 48;
Shelley on, 354, 46;
source of all virtues, 116, 14;
that is easy, 207, 20;
the key to freedom, 96, 22;
the virtue in, 364, 8;
to heaven, how learned, 449, 1;
true, 500, 28;
true, virtue of, 306, 44;
two kinds of, 490, 13;
value of, 10, 42;
virtue of Christianity, 403, 34;
when to be enforced, 171, 33
Obeisance, time for, 207, 11
Obeyed, how to be cheerfully, 176, 32
Obeying and governing, 203, 15
Obeys, who, and who commands, 151, 49
Object,and expression, 527, 26;
greatest in universe, and a greater, 432, 26
Objects, all, windows into the infinite, 10, 9
Obligation, haste in discharging, 490, 25;
limit to, 505, 7
Oblivion, the condition of memory, 176, 16;
the cormorant, 421, 35
Obscure, the, defined, 445, 23
Obscurity, cause of, 209, 45;
cause of, in writer, 205, 2;
contentment with, commended, 236, 1;
in an author, relative, 149, 8;
patience of, a duty, 343, 13
Obsequiousness, advantage of, 323, 32
Observation, Burns on lack of, 464, 42;
much, effect of, 285, 23;
to precede judgment, 27, 47;
vigilant, effect of, 92, 31;
want of, 109, 49; 143, 23;
width of, commended, 242, 30
Observed of all observers, 322, 32
Observer, a fine, characteristic of, 541, 4;
an acute, 144, 49;
great, a, 7, 3
Obsolete to the pot, 169, 42
Obstacles, glory in overcoming, 443, 20;
also stepping-stones, 418, 39
Obstinacy, 1, 12;
slavery, 15, 54
Obvious, the, ignorance of, 536, 45
Occasions, great, source of, 133, 7
Occupation, absence of, 2, 13;
blessing of, 307, 27;
constant, moral effect of, 46, 57;
necessity, duty, and pleasure, 291, 7;
sharpening effect of, 90, 3;
want of, a plague, 461, 16
Occupations, mechanical, 441, 42
Ocean, beating of, 445, 24
Offence, an, which we pardon, 330, 34;
and punishment, disproportionate effect of, 547, 31;
every, at first, 93, 6;
giving and appeasing, 201, 28;
inclination to give, 124, 16;
none free from, 304, 14;
not soon forgotten, 50, 51;
pardon of, bringing under obligation, 446, 45;
rising above, 543, 6;
taking, 21, 27
Offences, at my beck, 467, 22
Offender, and offended, as regards memory of offence, 42, 19;
never forgives, 146, 4;
the, unforgiving, 42, 18-32
Offers, extravagant, denials, 325, 27
Office, a kind, natural to one, 331, 47;
effect of, on character, 259, 5;
high, slavery of, 554, 1;
just pride of, 212, 2;
testing power of, 17, 32;
unfitness for, 179, 19;
without pay, a temptation, 14, 10
Official, duty of, 170, 3
Officious, the, mischievous, 161, 35
Offspring, unworthy, boast of, 509, 12
Old, and new, discretion in regard to, 28, 16;
and new, the conflict of, characterised, 421, 24;
few know how to be, 105, 17;
harness, better die in, 29, 21;
how first appreciated, 183, 13;
I love everything that's, 167, 42;
idolatry of the, 523, 13;
maid's tongues, 64, 5;
man, an, just beginning to live, 365, 39;
man in a house, 15, 58;
man, one misery of, an, 333, 29;
man, only old despicable, 299, 22;
man, sayings of, 118, 35;
men, and their good advice, 239, 33;
men, beauty of, 430, 14;
men, errors of, 425, 29;
men, failing of, 198, 18;
oak, twist out of, 209, 3;
people, borne with, 265, 32;
people, talk of, 238, 39;
people, who forget their age, 234, 30;
superseded by new, 445, 30;
the, death of, 445, 29;
the, extolled, 513, 38;
the, once new, 328, 27;
the, passed away, 424, 15;
to know how to grow, 493, 32;
what never grows, 535, 20
Old age, a burden, 132, 46; a peaceful, how to attain, 177, 33;
a regret, 568, 42;
a time of folly, 83, 58;
a weakness of, 199, 51, 52;
a worn out, cause of, 245, 43;
advance of, 74, 21;
an anxiety of, 466, 1;
and faults of youth, 527, 7;
and its wrinkles, 228, 16;
and memory, 225, 38;
approach of, unfelt, 310, 2;
benefit of knowledge to, 220, 31;
beyond astonishment, 188, 34;
chief characteristic of, 69, 24;
desire of, 147, 42;
discomforts of, 285, 50;
folly and jesting unseemly in, 161, 31;
Goethe on, 6, 22;
grief in, 192, 41;
hard to bear, 78, 31;
hoarding, 213, 2;
hoped for, yet dreaded, 224, 6;
its sadness, 537, 40;
only ornament of, 446, 11;
prepared by a noble life, 542, 23;
respect formerly for, 259, 12;
Seneca on, 16, 8;
the disappointment of, 190, 19;
the dotage of, 386, 44;
the ills of, 361, 33;
the temper of, 362, 1;
those who grow virtuous in, 544, 25;
time of astonishment, 182, 25;
to limit itself, 445, 32;
undesired, 91, 51;
weakness of, 516, 36;
weaknesses of, 275, 43
Oldest, not always best experienced, 298, 6
Once, better than never, 81, 20;
no custom, 77, 31
One, power of, to infect all, 136, 13;
see, see all, 384, 32;
thing, engrossment with, 168, 37
One's, own, how a thing is made, 313, 50;
own, negatively defined, 121, 45;
own, right to, 330, 43;
self, to be sought within, 293, 19;
self, fighting with and conquering, 391, 12
Onward, ever, 183, 15
Openness of mind, indispensable in discussion, 147, 13
Opinion, advantage of wide range of, 223, 14;
and force in government, 112, 16;
as a guide, 34, 50;
change of, not inconstancy, 295, 6;
common, ignorance of, 200, 53;
compared with truth, 502, 4;
duel of, nature umpire in, 190, 41;
effect of similarity of, 521, 1;
effect of time on, 335, 44;
every new, suffrages for, at first, 93, 1;
inconsistencies of, often justifiable, 193, 3;
inferior to heart, 54, 4;
matter of indifference, 136, 1;
nothing but, 94, 34;
of another, test of one's, 492, 27;
of us, to respect, 527, 3;
of the many, worthlessness of, 565, 21;
one man's, no man's, 332, 60;
popular, 352, 45, 46;
power of, 277, 13; 464, 34;
private, 359, 36;
private and public, 357, 10;
public, 315, 26; 359, 35-38;
public, impotence of, 534, 41;
public versus private, 453, 41;
reaction of, on one's self, 93, 39;
surgeon to my hurt, 172, 36;
test of worthlessness of, 157, 8;
what is wanted in, 313, 20
Opinions, changing, by law, 495, 34;
divisive effect of, 507, 14;