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Part III.—Charity in Roman Times. “The system obliged the hard-working

to maintain the idlers, while it continually increased their number.” “The effect on agriculture, and proportionally on commerce generally, was ruinous.”

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Chapter 1 Ch.1
INTRODUCTION Ch.2
Part 1 contains 30 chapters, each designed for readers engaged in, or Ch.3
Part 2 contains 30 chapters, each devoted to a course of systematic Ch.4
Part 3 is devoted to the interests of children. The first of its Ch.5
Part 4 suggests readings on questions of the day which relate to Ch.6
Part 5, especially for women, deals with their legal and political Ch.7
Part 6 is an analysis of the many departments of the Britannica which Ch.8
PART I Ch.9
Chapter 1. For Farmers 3 Ch.10
PART II Ch.11
Chapter 31. Music 175 Ch.12
PART III Ch.13
Chapter 61. Readings for Parents 371 Ch.14
PART IV Ch.15
Chapter 64. 393 Ch.16
PART V Ch.17
Chapter 65. 411 Ch.18
PART VI Ch.19
Chapter 66. 425 Ch.20
PART I Ch.21
CHAPTER I Ch.22
CHAPTER II Ch.23
CHAPTER III Ch.24
CHAPTER IV Ch.25
CHAPTER V Ch.26
CHAPTER VI Ch.27
CHAPTER VII Ch.28
CHAPTER VIII Ch.29
CHAPTER IX Ch.30
CHAPTER X Ch.31
CHAPTER XI Ch.32
CHAPTER XII Ch.33
CHAPTER XIII Ch.34
introduction, from which we learn that the first legal statute in which Ch.35
CHAPTER XIV Ch.36
introduction of postal savings-banks and the adoption of the Ch.37
CHAPTER XV Ch.38
CHAPTER XVI Ch.39
CHAPTER XVII Ch.40
CHAPTER XVIII Ch.41
1. Articles on continents contain authoritative and original accounts of Ch.42
2. The articles on separate countries, on the individual states of the Ch.43
3. The articles on cities show the relation of each centre to the Ch.44
4. The maps as well as the many plans of cities, all of which were Ch.45
5. The articles on various branches of engineering and mechanics, Ch.46
6. The articles devoted exclusively to the subject, of which a brief Ch.47
CHAPTER XIX Ch.48
introduction of steam. Ch.49
CHAPTER XX Ch.50
CHAPTER XXI Ch.51
CHAPTER XXII Ch.52
CHAPTER XXIII Ch.53
CHAPTER XXIV Ch.54
CHAPTER XXV Ch.55
introduction is furnished by VETERINARY SCIENCE (Vol. 28, p. 2), by Drs. Ch.56
CHAPTER XXVI Ch.57
CHAPTER XXVII Ch.58
CHAPTER XXVIII Ch.59
Part 4 of the Guide, with its special references to the subjects to Ch.60
CHAPTER XXIX Ch.61
CHAPTER XXX Ch.62
PART II Ch.63
CHAPTER XXXI Ch.64
CHAPTER XXXII Ch.65
CHAPTER XXXIII Ch.66
CHAPTER XXXIV Ch.67
CHAPTER XXXV Ch.68
CHAPTER XXXVI Ch.69
CHAPTER XXXVII Ch.70
CHAPTER XXXVIII Ch.71
CHAPTER XXXIX Ch.72
CHAPTER XL Ch.73
CHAPTER XLI Ch.74
prologue (see the article LOGOS, by the late Rev. Dr. Stewart Dingwall Ch.75
introduction, in which Paul’s attitude toward Jewish legalism is made an Ch.76
chapter 3; MATTHEW, for a similar view of the gospel and the Church; and Ch.77
CHAPTER XLII Ch.78
CHAPTER XLIII Ch.79
1846. F. W. Taussig, Harvard Ch.80
CHAPTER XLIV Ch.81
CHAPTER XLV Ch.82
CHAPTER XLVI Ch.83
CHAPTER XLVII Ch.84
CHAPTER XLVIII Ch.85
Introduction: “Charity,” as used in New Testament, means love and Ch.86
Part I.—Primitive Charity—highly developed idea of duty to guest or Ch.87
Part II.—Charity among the Greeks. “In Crete and Sparta the citizens Ch.88
Part III.—Charity in Roman Times. “The system obliged the hard-working Ch.89
Part IV.—Jewish and Christian Charity. In Christianity a fusion of Ch.90
Part V.—Medieval Charity and its Development. St. Francis and his Ch.91
Part VI.—After the Reformation. “The religious life was to be Ch.92
CHAPTER XLIX Ch.93
CHAPTER L Ch.94
CHAPTER LI Ch.95
CHAPTER LII Ch.96
CHAPTER LIII Ch.97
CHAPTER LIV Ch.98
CHAPTER LV Ch.99
CHAPTER LVI Ch.100
CHAPTER LVII Ch.101
CHAPTER LVIII Ch.102
CHAPTER LIX Ch.103
CHAPTER LX Ch.104
PART III Ch.105
CHAPTER LXI Ch.106
CHAPTER LXII Ch.107
CHAPTER LXIII Ch.108
PART IV Ch.109
CHAPTER LXIV Ch.110
introduction of Flemish weavers to England and the forced migration of Ch.111
PART V Ch.112
CHAPTER LXV Ch.113
PART VI Ch.114
CHAPTER LXVI Ch.115