Guilt, first thoughts of, abhorrent, 255; case of Hazael, 255; mere protestation against, no safeguard against, 256; familiarity with, breeds apologies for, 257; one step in, speedily induces others, unsuspected, 258; transforms those subject to it, 259; Illustrations from Miss Lee, Tobin, Dr. Hamilton, Southey, Sainte-Beuve, and others, 255-259. Hearing, with the mind as well as ears, 386; interest in theme, creates attentive, 387; compared with seeing, 388; difference between, and marking, 388; some have no, for spiritual things, 389; Illustrations: Milton, Webster, Balzac, Dumas, Shakspeare, and others, 386-389. Human body, the, reduced to its lowest terms, 104; Hamlet’s speculation on, 105; as Mummy, a merchandise, 106; turned to animal black, 106; suggestion to use bones as a manure, 107; used for earthworks, 108; Illustrations from Sydney Smith, Chateaubriand, Xenophon, Dicey, and others, 101-109. Human Knowledge, imperfection of, 224; in things of this world, 226; in the workings of providence, 226; imperfect, because we cannot see the end of all, 229; Illustrations from Locke, Mrs. Browning, Thomson, Addison, Le Maistre, and others, 224-231. Hurry and Excitement, the characteristic of the present age, 242; its effect on current literature, 243; destructive of calm thought, 244; different from haste, 245; hinders clearness of perception, 246; deadens capacity for simpler enjoyments, 247; too little work as fatal as, 248; Illustrations from Chateaubriand, Dr. Boyd, Longfellow, Sir Henry Taylor, and others, 242-249. Joy—human, mostly overshadowed, 87; of success, overclouded by the thought of the future, 88; of hope, by thought of others’ present suffering, 89; present, by the thought of death, 90; soon fades, 91; Illustrations from Gibbon, R. Browning, Lord Lytton, Hannay, and others, 86-91. Judgment, Man’s, of his fellow, deprecated, 208; wrong, because he knows not himself, 210; nor the secrets of others, 211; nor their motives, 212; the habit of, presumptuous, 213; God’s, the only just, 214; God’s, more merciful than man’s, 215; man’s necessarily imperfect, 216; human, severe, 219; of the heart, belongs only to God, 221; should be charitable, because of our own failings, 224; Illustrations from Shakspeare, Sir Thomas Browne, La Bruyère, Arthur Helps, O. W. Holmes, Anthony Trollope, Carlyle, and others, 208-224.