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INTRODUCTION		7
CHAPTER
I.	THE VANITY OF FAME	36
II.	REAL AND FALSE GREATNESS	37
III.	THE BREVITY OF CONSCIOUS LIFE	38
IV.	DEATH THE EQUALIZER	40
V.	FALSE VIRTUES	41
VI.	THE IDEAL LIFE	42
VII.	DUTY TO THE LIVING AND THE DEAD	42
VIII.	THE ART OF LIFE	43
IX.	THE HAPPY VOLUPTUARIES	45
X.	THE JOYOUS LIFE OF TUAN-MU-SHU	49
XI.	THE FOLLY OF DESIRE FOR LONG LIFE	51
XII.	SELF-SACRIFICE AND SELF-AGGRANDISEMENT	52
XIII.	THE VANITY OF REPUTATION	54
XIV.	DIFFICULTY AND EASE OF GOVERNMENT	58
XV.	ALL THINGS PASS	59
XVI.	THE NATURE OF MAN	60
XVII.	THE FOUR CHIMERAS	61
XVIII.	ALL PLEASURES ARE RELATIVE	62
XIX.	THE WISDOM OF CONTENTMENT	63