Excerpt from A Man's Value to Society: Studies in Self-Culture and Character By the title A Man's Value to Society, not all elements of personal worth are implied. The traits which lend value to an individual are not so easily numbered; full speech over them asks for volumes, many and large. Unable to mention all the qualities of mind and heart, that create wealth for the hand, and lend strength and beauty to the life, I offer here a few studies in the culture that endures and the character that is its own reward. Lest this emphasis of individual worth as the genius of Christianity be thought undue, it should be said that this plea for individualism will be followed by. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.