Kant compared with, viii, 154; Alexander the Great and, viii, 93; the Stagirite, viii, 86; Plato and, viii, 88; x, 114; the world's first scientist, xii, 265; John Ray on, xii, 275; Moses compared with, x, 13; on science, xi, 386. Armour, Philip D., father of the packing-house industry, xi, 178; boyhood of, xi, 167; epigrams of, xi, 183; David Swing and, xi, 186; Joseph Leiter and, xi, 200; Nelson Morris and, xi, 189; Robert Collyer and, xi, 185; in California, xi, 174; business ideals of, xi, 199. Armstrong, Gen. Samuel C., founder of Hampton Institute, x, 198. Arnold, Matthew, quoted, v, 148; viii, 267; Frederic Chopin and, xiv, 103; Tennyson and, v, 80; in America, x, 220; home of, i, 218. Arnold of Brescia, x, 223. Arnold, Sir Edwin, as a lecturer, vii, 377. Arnold, Thomas, a teacher of teachers, x, 222; education of, x, 226; as head master of Rugby, x, 231; Judge Lindsey compared with, x, 241; parents of, x, 225; the genius of, x, 234; Thomas Jefferson compared with, x, 241. Arouet, Francois Marie, birthname of Voltaire, viii, 275. Arrested development, v, 72; vi, 175. Art, iv, 135; v, 183, 215; definition of, i, p xl; vi, 17; Venetian school of, vi, 255; Wagner on, xiv, 22; laws of, viii, 99; for art's sake, i, 281; roguery in, i, 241; of the ugly, vi, 73; of mentation, Spencer, viii, 355; Wagner's essay on, iv, 260; controlled by fad and fashion, iv, 220; the Bible in, iv, 58; the mintage of the soul, vi, 156; evolution and, iv, 159; the seven immortals of, vi, 244; in the Middle Ages, vi, 17; patriotism and, vi, 321; sublimity and, x, 38. Artist, the, described, i, 132; illustrator and, difference between, iv, 329; Whistler on the, vi, 353; personality of the true, vi, 178. Artistic conscience, the, iv, 133; vi, 177; x, 363. Artistic jealousy, vi, 176, 275. Artistic roustabouts, vi, 300. Artists, two classes of, iv, 49; as teachers, iv, 53. Asbury, Francis, Methodist missionary, ix, 50. Asceticism, v, 105, 124, 235; sensuality and, vi, 91. Aspasia, wife of Pericles, vii, 26; Socrates and, vii, 32; viii, 20. Asser, father of English history, x, 139. _Assumption, The_, Titian, iv, 151, 167. Astor, John Jacob, boyhood of, xi, 205; as a fur-trader, xi, 211; prophecies of, xi, 213; marriage of, xi, 214; Thomas Jefferson and, xi, 221; Fitz-Greene Halleck and, xi, 227. Astoria, history of, xi, 221. Astrology as a profession, xii, 184; astronomy and, xii, 97; Dean Swift's ridicule of, i, 149. Astronomy, Chinese, xii, 97; the study of, xii, 176. Astuteness, John Fiske on, viii, 250. _As You Like It_, Shakespeare, v, 119. Atavism, vi, 97. Athens, i, 321; iv, 13; climate of, viii, 28; decline of, iii, 232. Atterbury, Bishop, reference to, i, 124. Attila, i, 238. Auburn, village of, i, 283. Audubon, the naturalist, v, 133. Augustus, age of, ix, 94; the boast of, viii, 48.