Gesner, naturalist, 14
"Getting on," 388
Gibson, John, artist, 9, 222
Gifford, Wm., 10, 147
Good, Dr. Mason, 153
Government and individual action, 2-3
Grant, Ulysses, in boyhood, 419
Grant, William and Charles, 464
Grote, Mr., historian, 313
Guthrie, Rev. Dr., and John Pounds, 430
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Habits, importance of good, 457-8
Hale, Sir Matthew, as a student, 155
Hall, Dr. Marshall, his discoveries, 167
Handel, musician, 434-5
Hanway, Jonas, philanthropist, 288-93
Hardinge, Lord, 13, 254
Harvey, and the circulation of the blood, 162
Hastings, Warren, 13, 271-2
Hawkswood, Sir John, to Haydn, musician, 14, 434
Haydon, on debt, 351-2
Hazlitt, on business, 310
Health of great men, 374-6
Heathcoat, John, M.P., inventor of bobbin-net machine, 50, 56-65
Heilmann, Joshua, invention of the combing machine, and its value, 74-8
Heroism, true, 474-7
Herschell, astronomer, 11; his discoveries, 168
Hobson, Admiral, 10
Hoche, General, 16
Hodson of Hodson's Horse, 279, 441; on health, 372
Hogarth, Wm., painter, 187-8
Home influence, 424 Honesty the best policy, 333-36
Honour, the gentleman's sense of, 468
Hook, Rev. Dr., on work, 116
Hope a helper, 117, 440
Horner, Francis, his father's advice, 348; on good company, 433, 451
Howard, John, 287, 420
Humbert, General, 16
Hume, Joseph, his work and perseverance, 136; on high living, 353
Hunter, John, anatomist, 9, 14, 113-4; his patient industry, early life, and career, 156-8, 386, 398
Hunter, William, anatomist, 157
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Immortality in this world, 427
Impatience, 380-1
Independence, how secured, 347
India, Englishmen in, 475
Indian rebellion, 275-7
Indian swordsman, 274
Individualism and freedom, 1-4; its influence, 7
Industry, results of, 113; industry and success, 183-5; industry and the peerage, 238; industry honourable, 359-62
Integrity, importance of, 452
Inventors, benefits to society, 34
Irving, Washington, on deserts, 318-9
