Produced by Barbara Tozier, Bill Tozier, Jeannie Howse and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net * * * * * +-----------------------------------------------------------+ | Transcriber's Note: | | | | Inconsistent hyphenation in the original document has | | been preserved. | | | | Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. For | | a complete list, please see the end of this document. | | | +-----------------------------------------------------------+ * * * * * A Man's Value to Society By NEWELL DWIGHT HILLIS _Eighth Edition_ GREAT BOOKS AS LIFE-TEACHERS STUDIES OF CHARACTER, REAL AND IDEAL 12mo, cloth, gilt top, $1.50 _Nineteenth Edition_ THE INVESTMENT OF INFLUENCE A STUDY OF SOCIAL SYMPATHY AND SERVICE 12mo, vellum, gilt top, $1.25 _Eighteenth Edition_ A MAN'S VALUE TO SOCIETY STUDIES IN SELF-CULTURE AND CHARACTER 12mo, vellum, gilt-top, $1.25 _Tenth Edition_ FORETOKENS OF IMMORTALITY STUDIES FOR "THE HOUR WHEN THE IMMORTAL HOPE BURNS LOW IN THE HEART" Long 16mo, 50 cents; art binding, gilt top, boxed, 75 cents _Eighth Edition_ HOW THE INNER LIGHT FAILED A STUDY OF THE ATROPHY OF THE SPIRITUAL SENSE Quiet Hour Series, 18mo, cloth, 25 cents BOOKLETS RIGHT LIVING AS A FINE ART A study of Channing's Symphony, 12mo, 50 cents. THE MASTER OF THE SCIENCE OF RIGHT LIVING 12mo, 50 cents, net. ACROSS THE CONTINENT OF THE YEARS 16mo, 25 cents, net. A Man's Value to Society Studies in Self-Culture and Character Newell Dwight Hillis Author of "The Investment of Influence," "Foretokens of Immortality," etc. "_Spread wide thy mantle while the gods rain gold._" --FROM THE PERSIAN. TWENTY-FIFTH EDITION Chicago New York Toronto Fleming H. Revell Company MCMII Copyright, 1896, by Fleming H. Revell Company Copyright, 1897, by Fleming H. Revell Company _TO MY WIFE_ CONTENTS CHAP. PAGE I The Elements of Worth in the Individual 9 II Character: Its Materials and External Teachers 33 III Aspirations and Ideals 55 IV The Physical Basis of Character 77 V The Mind and the Duty of Right Thinking 99 VI The Moral Uses of Memory 123 VII The Imagination as the Architect of Manhood 143 VIII The Enthusiasm of Friendship 165