Mortals and Others Book

	Introduction	1
	Preface	11
	On Jealousy	15
	Sex and Happiness	17
	Tourists: We Lose Our Charm Away from Home	19
	The Menace of Old Age	21
	In Praise of Artificiality	24
	Who May Use Lipstick?	26
	The Lessons of Experience	28
	Hope and Fear	30
	Are Criminals Worse than Other People?	32
	The Advantages of Cowardice	35
	The Decay of Meditation	37
	Marriage	39
	On Being Good	41
	Who Gets Our Savings?	43
	Children	45
	On Politicians	47
	Keeping Pace?	49
	On Snobbery	51
	Whose Admiration Do You Desire?	53
	On National Greatness	55
	Is the World Going Mad?	57
	Are We Too Passive?	59
	Why We Enjoy Mishaps	61
	Does Education Do Harm?	63
	Are Men of Science Scientific?	66
	Flight from Reality	68
	Illegal?	70
	On Optimism	72
	As Others See Us	74
	Taking Long Views	76
	On Mental Differences Between Boys and Girls	78
	On the Fierceness of Vegetarians	80
	Furniture and the Ego	82
	Why Are We Discontented?	84
	On Locomotion	86
	Of Co-operation	88
	Our Woman Haters	90
	The Influence of Fathers	92
	On Societies	94
	On Being Edifying	96
	On Sales Resistance	98
	Should Children Be Happy?	100
	Dangers of Feminism	102
	On Expected Emotions	104
	On Modern Uncertainty	106
	On Imitating Heroes	108
	On Vicarious Asceticism	110
	On Labelling People	112
	On Smiling	114
	Do Governments Desire War?	116
	On Corporal Punishment	118
	If Animals Could Talk	120
	On Insularity	122
	On Astrologers	124
	On Protecting Children from Reality	126
	The Decay of Intellectual Standards	128
	Pride in Illness	130
	On Charity	132
	On Reverence	134
	On Proverbs	136
	On Clothes	138
	Should Socialists Smoke Good Cigars?	140
	A Sense of Humour	142
	Love and Money	144
	Interest in Crime	146
	How to Become a Man of Genius	148
	On Old Friends	150
	Success and Failure	152
	On Feeling Ashamed	154
	On Economic Security	156
	On Tact	158
	Changing Fashions in Reserve	160
	On Honour	162
	The Consolations of History	164
	Is Progress Assured?	166
	Right and Might	168
	Prosperity and Public Expenditure	170
	Public and Private Interests	172
	Notes	175