E-text prepared by Delphine Lettau, Martin Pettit, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) THE MAP OF LIFE * * * * * WORKS BY The Rt. Hon. W. E. H. LECKY. HISTORY of ENGLAND in the EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. Library Edition. 8vo. Vols. I. and II. 1700-1760. 36s. Vols. III. and IV. 1760-1784. 36s. Vols. V. and VI. 1784-1793. 36s. Vols. VII. and VIII. 1793-1800. 36s. Cabinet Edition. ENGLAND. 7 vols. Crown 8vo. 6s. each. IRELAND. 5 vols. Crown 8vo. 6s. each. The HISTORY of EUROPEAN MORALS from AUGUSTUS to CHARLEMAGNE. 2 vols. Crown 8vo. 12s. HISTORY of the RISE and INFLUENCE of the SPIRIT of RATIONALISM in EUROPE. 2 vols. Crown 8vo. 12s. DEMOCRACY and LIBERTY. Library Edition. 2 vols. 8vo. 36s. Cabinet Edition. 2 vols. Crown 8vo. 12s. THE MAP OF LIFE: Conduct and Character. Library Edition. 8vo. 10s. 6d. Cabinet Edition. Crown 8vo. 5s. net. POEMS. Fcp. 8vo. 5s. LONGMANS, GREEN, & CO. 39 Paternoster Row, London, and Bombay. * * * * * THE MAP OF LIFE Conduct and Character by WILLIAM EDWARD HARTPOLE LECKY 'La vie n'est pas un plaisir ni une douleur, mais une affaire grave dont nous sommes chargés, et qu'il faut conduire et terminer à notre honneur' TOCQUEVILLE New Impression Longmans, Green, and Co. 39 Paternoster Row, London New York and Bombay 1904 All rights reserved Bibliographical Note. _First printed_, _8vo_, _September 1899_. _Reprinted November 1899_; _December 1899_; _January 1900 (with corrections)_. _Cabinet Edition_, _Crown 8vo_, _February 1901_. _Reprinted December, 1902_. _July, 1904_ CONTENTS CHAPTER I PAGE How far reasoning on happiness is of any use 1 The arguments of the Determinist 2 The arguments for free will 3 _Securus judicat orbis terrarum_ 5 CHAPTER II