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Title: The Map of Life
Conduct and Character

Author: William Edward Hartpole Lecky

Release Date: August 16, 2008 [eBook #26334]

Language: English

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THE MAP OF LIFE

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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.

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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 charges, et qu'il faut conduire et terminer a
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