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Corn: price of, 104; laws, 336.
Corporations, conservative, 165-66.
Cotton: and general morality, 266;
industry, 307, 402; effects of famine,

359.

Counter-practice, 203-4.
Covenants, Hobbes on, 379-80.
Credit, (see Currency).
Creeds, adverse, 416.

Crime and education, 170-76; sta-
tistics of, 207-8; silent system of
punishing, 212; and reverence for
authority, 242; good convicts, bad
men, 244; effects of, 261-64; and pop-
ulation, 355; and poverty, 365.
Cringing, and tyranny, 243.
Criticism, of author, 80.
Crustacean locomotion, 269.
Currency: 221-32; opinions on, 103;
and poor laws, 153-55; State regula-
tion, 221-24; State banking, 224-25;
State coining, 225-27; and free trade,
227-28; good and bad money, 228 n.;
universal currency, 228 n. govern-
ment, and value of, 246; and general
immorality, 265.

Custom, and conduct, 391-93.

Czar: and Russian peasant, 134; (see
also Russia).

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Discase result of non-adaptation, 28;
and sympathy, 49, 206-7; social ef-
fects, 150, 151; knowledge and con-
duct, 174; natural selection, 205-7;
cholera and board of health, 213-15;
small-pox, 212-13, 267, 291; cause,
267; social and individual, 273; and
preventive legislation, 314; druggist's
assistant, 337-38, 375; in Edinburgh,
351; (see also Health).

Dishonesty: property in ideas, 69; so-
cial result, 71.

Dissent, religious establishments, 142,

145.

Dissenters and whig principles, 284;
marriage of, 284.

Divine Right: meaning, 57; and of
kings and majorities, 91, and of par-
liaments, 376-78.

Divinity, doth hedge a king, 410-11.
Dockyard mismanagement, 133.

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Dwellings, (see Artisans' Dwellings).
Dyak customs, 391.
Dyeing, State interference, 161, 289,
290.

Dynamics, the term social, 233.

EARTH, The: rights to, 62-64, 65, 144,

393.
Ecclesiastical Commissioners, selfish-
ness, 97.

Edinburgh, disease in, 351.
Education: and adaptation, 30, 356;
bias of, 80; anti-coercion, 83, 85-86,
86-87; chief object of, 83-84; why
needed, 87-89; parental obstacle to,
89-90; and State duty, 129-30, 132;
national, 156-87, 295; and rights, 156-
57; and parental responsibility, 157,
183-84; definition, 157; control in
France, 158-59; reason for nation-
al, 158, 161; in France, Austria, China,
158-60, 166; parental feelings, 160–61 ;
cheap, 163; ínterest and judgment of
government, 164–65; progressive, 166;
and slow progress of Nature, 169-70;
and religion, 167; at Oxford, 167-68;
at Eton, 168; scientific, at universities,
168; by State, conservative, 165-68;
and crime, 170-76; free and improvi-
dence, 176-78; by State, and State re-
ligion, 179-85; and evolution, 181-82;
unphilosophical system of, 181-82; re-
wards and punishments, 183; State,
and voluntary efforts, 185-87; result
of pauper, 212; restrictive legislation,
292, 293; indirect effects, 309; pay-
ment by results, 310; gratis, and
food, 313; examination and officialism,
315-16; reading, 317-18; for parlia-
ment, 372-73.

Edward I., equality of human rights, 46.
Edward III., regulation of commerce,

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in, 208-9: enterprise of English, 216-
17; banking, 223-25; sympathy, 235-
36, railways, 404.

Equal, and equity, 47.

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Equality, of human rights, 47-49.
Equity and equal, 47; opinions on,
54; and colonization, 193; and au-
thority, 245-46; and law, 396.
Ethics: object of, 405-7, 408; (see also
Morals).

Eton, education at, 168.

Evil: diminution of, 28-32; result of
non-adaptation, 28-32.

Evolution origin of idea, 122 n.; and
education, 181-82; date of conception,
271 n.; and individuation, 272; natu-
ral selection, 365.

Examination, and belief in officialism,
315-16.

Exercise agreeableness of, 8; and fac-
ulty, 38, 84.

Expediency: unguided, 11-14; philo-
sophy, and social state, 91, 125-26.
Eyes: sympathy with diseased, 49; (see
also Vision).

FACTORY ACTS: restrictive, 290-94; in-
direct effects, 309-10.

Faculty: exercise of, 8, 38; and fore-
sight, 48-49.

Fagging, Moberly on, 250.
Fainting, and sympathy, 50.
Fairman, Frank, on socialism, 333.
Family, benefits to mature and imma-
ture, 359-62.

Federation, possibility of, 120.
Feelings: bías of, 80; and opinion, 249-

51.

Fetish, belief in, 347-48, 352.
Feudalism, cost of, 262-63.
Filmer, Sir Robert: man's liberty and
equality, 46; denial of rights, 57.
Fires: extinction in Berlin, 208, and n.;
selfishness at, 263.

First Principle: 55-59; its application,
60; derivation of, 36-45, 46-54;
"First Principles," quoted, 419.
Fish, classification of, 286-87.
Fletcher, J., on crime and education,
172-73.

Flogging, sympathy at, 50.
Food: adaptation to, 29; present desire
for, 43, and n.; Locke on property, 67;
and poor laws, 153-54; and education,
157, 313; and sanitary supervision,
201; government and prices, 246; and
legislation, 290, 291; law and price of,
839-40; individual life, 397–400; (see
also Appetite).

Force: physical and moral, 116-17; per-
sistence of, 215.

Forestalling, in England and France,

339.

Forrest, C., on artisans' dwellings, 345-46.

Fox, Sir Charles, on government offices,
348-49.
France: selfishness in, 95; trade restric-
tions, 128-29; Guizot on, 133–34; of-
ficialism in, 133-35, 139; the right to
labour, 144-45; State control of
schools, 158-59; sanitation in, 208-9;
English enterprise, 216-17; vine cult-
ure, 227; and social dissolution, 245;
views of revolutionists, 287; railways,
311, 404; official rank in, 316; trade
unions in, 317; revolution and land,
325; freedom in, 331; forestalling in,
339; cause of revolution, 410.
Freedom: man's claim to, 36-40, 56;
fundamental, 40, 41, 53; individual,
40-42; separation of injurious from
beneficial acts, 42-44; requisite to
normal life, 45; law of equal, the first
principle, 55; not recognized by all,
55-57; absurdity of denying it, 57-58;
and socialism, 65-67; political rights,
92-93; and majorities, 94; and democ-
racy, 105; duty of State to defend,
117-20; assertion of, 119-20; and
limit of State duty, 123; and regula-
tion of commerce, 137-40; and educa-
tion, 183-84; and present imperfec-
tion, 220; and authority, 245; and
power-worship, 246-48; and individ-
uality, 255-59; penalities of breaking
law, 261-64; extended by whig prin-
ciples, 284 surrender and slavery,
296-99; and militancy, 394-95; Aus-
tin on, 383-84.

Free trade and medicine, 203-7; and
currency, 227-28; Cobden Club on,
362-63; and protection, 369-71.
Friends, Society of, (see Quakers).
Fruit, State restrictions to eating, 131.
Function, specialization of, 121.

GARDEN: impatience of children, 169.
Gas: French and English enterprise,
216-17; municipal and private enter-
prise, 218-20; legislative restrictions,

290.

General Considerations, 233-73.
Generosity, continuance of species, 359-

62.

Geology: slow changes of, 169-70; uni-
formitarianism, 377.

Geometry: "geometric sense," 22-24;
moral analogy, 26.

George, H., and land nationalization, 319.
George III., national education, 132.
Germany: trade restrictions, 129; sup-
pression of inmorality, 132; sanita-
tion in, 208; English enterprise, 216-
17; former morality, 244, Natur-recht
and jurisprudence, 387.
Gibraltar, fortification of, 192.
Gladstone, W. E.: restrictive legislation,
292-98; address to, 853.

Glasgow Improvement Trust, 347-48.
Gaols, State mismanagement, 133; (see
also Crime).

Gold, (see Currency).

Government: and adaptation, 30; rep-
resentative, and civilization, 105-8;
special function to administer justice,
111-14; distribution of justice, 116-
17; duty of defence, 117-20; security
for education, 164-65; colonization,
188-99; suppression of nuisances, 200;
conduct and law, 246; and power-
worship, 247-49; and nature of citi-
zens, 251-53, 253-55; and aggression,
334; offices an inverted filter, 348;
and individual effort, 357-59; and
rights, 388-90; conduct and custom,
391-93; natural rights, 393-98; origin
and limits of authority, 405-7, 407-11;
transitional stage of, 412; (see also
Sanitary Supervision, State).
Gravity, physical and moral force, 116-

17.

Greatest Happiness: phrase, indefinite,
7-10, 21; cannot be determined em-
pirically, 11-14; and moral sense, 17-
19; not the immediate aim, 33-35;
conditions to, 33; freedom essential
to, 36-45.

Great Political Superstition, The, 376-

411.

Greece: hero-worship absent, 242; gov-
ernment in, 254; status of citizens,
330.

Green, J. R., on whig power, 283-84.
Grey, Lord, on dirty tenants, 323.
Greyhound, adaptation of, 29
Grote, G.: on hero-worship, 242; Gre-
cian government, 254.
Ground, (see Earth).

Growth: and education, 87-89; social,

215-16.

Guibert, Abbot, on French cities, 56.
Guizot, M., on political machinery,

133.

Gymnasia, at Manchester, 807.

HABEAS CORPUS ACT: a whig principle,

283.

Habit: bias of, 80; and training, 86; (see
also Adaptation).

Happiness and sympathy, 50; political
rights, 92-93; and faculty, 125-26; (see
also Greatest Happiness).
Harbours, State building of, 231.
Health State restrictions, 130-31; and
medical men, 206; social and individ-
ual, 273; payment by results, 310;
(see also Disease, Sanitary Supervi-
sion).

Henry IV., and Cartouche, 241.
Henry VIII., trade restrictions, 128.
Heredity and adaptation, 356; and
natural selection, 365.

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evolution, 358.
Laughter, and sympathy, 50.

114-16; conservative, 165–68; classi- | Language: specialization of, 121-22;
fication of, 287.
Insurance: marine, 232; compulsory,
295; and poor laws, 314; and legisla-
tion, 350.
Intellect: and affection, 15-17; and
moral-sense, 22; apportionment of
rights, 73; bias of habit, 80; and con-
duct, 174; and opinion, 248-49; and
morals, 249-50; and individuation,
255-60; and classification, 286-87.
Interest, and morality, 265-66.
Intoxicants, restrictions upon, 289.
Invention, and property in ideas, 68–72.
Ireland: dishonesty in, 101; distress,
129; evil effects of, 264.

JAMAICA: slavery, 240, 250.
James I., trade restrictions, 128.

Law: moral and perfect man, 25–27, 45;
all men equal before, 46; opinions on,
54; corrupt administration of justice,
109-10, 110-11; justice should be well
administered, 111-14; and national
character, 114-16; and conduct, 245–
47; preceded by usage, 298; cost of
suits, 336-37; laws repealed, 341; ef-
feet of bad, 341-42; study for making,
372-75; primitive codes, 392-94;
sumptuary, 395; improvements in,
395-96; of uncivilized, 398-400; (see
also Acts of Parliament, Morals,
Usury).

Leeds industries, 402.

Legislators, The Sins of, 334-75.

Janson, F. H.: on repealed acts, 341; Legislature, (see Acts of Parliament,

statistics of legislation, 350.

Java customs, 391.

Jevons, W. S.: money, 228; on abstract
rights, 387.

Journalism and socialism, 319-20.
Jukes family, 365 n.

Julian, Cardinal, on infidels, 56.
Jurisprudence, German, 387.
Justice: needful to happiness, 33-35;
and negative beneficence, 40; and
sympathy, 50, 51; and personal rights,
51-53; and debt, 53; opinions on, 54;
corrupt administration, 109-10, 110-11;
should be well administered, 111-14;
and State duty, 127; and poor laws,
149; and currency, 222; primitive ad-
ministration, 336-37; continuance of
species, 359-62; Hobbes on, 378-79;
and laws, 396; national and interna-
tional, 418.

KINGS: divine right of, 57, 876-77; and
American declaration of independence,
194; war and power of, 334; and lib-
eralism, 410-11.

Kingsmill, Rev. J., on crime and educa-
tion, 172.

Knowledge: and conduct, 174; required
for legislation, 354-59; (see also In-
tellect).

LABOUR: and rights of property, 62-64;
division of social, 121, 260, 268-73,
401-5; rights to, 144-46; and poor
laws, 153-55; (see also Factory Acts,
Trade, Industrialism).
Ladies, (see Women).
Lamb and wolf fable, 74.
Lancashire industries, 402.
Lancet: and sanitary supervision,
202-3; on counter-practice, 204.
Land: nationalization, 319, 386; Hynd-
man on, 319; socialism, 324-25; soci-
ety analogy, 381-82.

Law, Parliament).

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313-14.

Life: freedom requisite to normal, 45;
and individuation, 255–60; social and
individual, 268-73; 373-75, 397-400;
405-7, 407-11; benefits to mature and
immature, 359-63.

Lighthouses, State erection of, 231.
Lighting, by private enterprise, 218-20;
(see also Gas).

Literature, suppression of cheap, 167.
Liverpool artisans' dwellings, 306.
Load line (see Merchant Shipping
Acts).

Locke, J.: man's equality, 46; rights of
property, 62-63; on food, 67; study at
Oxford, 168.

Logwood, trade restrictions, 128.
London: first water-works in, 217;
idlers in, 302; (see also Acts of Parlia-
ment).

Louis XVI., maker of locks, 7.
Love: and coercion, 75-77; and pity,
302.

Loyalty and character, 242-45; and
authority, 245-46.

Lunacy, anti-coercion, 52, 53–54.
Luther, M., treatment of peasants,

249.

Lyell, Sir C., naturalism and super-
naturalism, 377.

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Majorities on right of, 91, 381-87,
406-7; omnipotent, 93-94.
Malta, fortification of, 192.
Mammals, vision, 268-69.
Man: knowledge of, and of society, 14;
morality treats of the straight, 25-27;
adaptation in, 29-30, 31, 56; society
needful to happiness of, 33-35; claim
to freedom of action, 36-40, 56; self-
control of, 86; life and individuality,
253, 259-60; the perfect, 260, 261.
Manchester gymnasia, 307.
Manslaughter, by druggist's assistant,

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Mathematics: "geometric sense," 22;
and moral analogy, 26; of Bushman,
56; angle of man falling, 60; and re-
flective powers, 86.

23;

May, Sir Erskine, on corn laws, 336.
Mechanics: "mechanical sense,"
property in ideas, 68-72; angle of man
falling, 60; social analogy, 114.
Medicine and sanitary supervision,
201, 202–3; (see also Disease, Health).
Members of Parliament, demeanour to,
354; (see also Parliament).
Memory, and rote-learning, 182.
Mendicancy profitable, 152.
Merchant Seamen's Fund, mismanage-
ment of, 133.

Merchant Shipping Acts, 293, 310-11.
Merey, "quality of," 146.
Merits, test of relative, 58.
Militancy and toryism, 281-86, 300;

effect of, 284; and power of chief, 334;
subordination of, 394-95; and co-oper-

ation, 401-5; present stage transition-
al, 415-17; transition, gradual, 414-15;
(see also Industrialism, War).
Milk, adulteration, 162.

Mill, J. S.: on money, 103; on govern-
ment and education, 161; social statics
and dynamics, 233.

Mind: activity and greatest happiness,
9; male and female ability, 73; (see
also Education, Intellect).

Mining: crime and education, 172;
English enterprise, 216-17; Factory
Acts, 291.

Minorities, (see Majorities).
Mints, State and private, 225-26.
Miracles, and colonization, 191.
Miser, instinct of, 19.

Misery: and sympathy, 50; and poor
laws, 146-49; of deserving and unde-
serving, 302-3; and struggle for exist-
ence, 365-69.

Moberly, Dr. G., on fagging, 250.
Model dwellings, (see Artisans' Dwel-
lings).

Monarchy: selfishness, 95; and democ-
racy, 248; opinions of, 282; and lib-
eralism, 298 and republics, 312.
Money, (see Currency).
Monopoly, property in ideas, 70.
Monuments, and greatness, 58.
Moorsom fuse, publication of, 350.
Morals: doctrine of moral sense, 15-
23; intuitive moral sense, 17-19;
the term moral sense, 19-21; axioms,
21-24; what is? 25-27; deals with
perfect man, 25-27, 45; freedom es-
sential to happiness, 36-45; Adam
Smith's theory, 49; law of perfect
man, 62, 77; law and national char-
acter, 114-16; physical and moral
force, 116-17; conduct of perfect men,
119; and currency, 221-24; and intel-
leet, 249-51; and individuation, 255-
60; conformity to law, 261-65; and
trade, 265-67; objects of ethics, 405-7,

408.

Morley, S., and education, 179.
Munich, illegitimacy in, 11.
Murder: punishment of, 394, 399; war
and retaliation, 416-17.
Myriapoda: segmentation and locomo-
tion, 269.

NAPOLEON I.: cost of ambition, 335.
National education, (see Education).
Natural rights, (see Rights).
Natural Selection: and disease, 205-7;
and sympathy, 206-7; social, 238-41,

365.

Nature: warfare of, 149; slow changes
in, 169-70; interference with, 359.
Navigation: restrictions on, 290-91; (see
also Marine Insurance, Merchant
Shipping Acts).

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