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Preface Part I : Man The Baby Who Came to Stay The Tables Turned His Own Boss Lost in the Fog Shakespeare's Sister The Problem That Has No Name The Ascent of Man Man on the Moon Julius Caesar-Hero or Villain? What Body Language Tells Us? The Rewards of Living a Solitary Life The Effects of Sympathy in the Distresses of Others How Do You Know It's Good? How to Write a Rotten Poem With Almost No Effort? A Few Kind Words for Winer What Is Poverty? Importance of Vietnam Eight Signposts to Salvation Why Don't We Complain? The Invisible Peasans The Discus Thrower Darkness at Noon Silk Workers Part II: Animals One Mixed-Up Chick The Birds Jim Baker on Biuejays Part III: Further Readings Good Souls On Permission to Write Does American Still Exist? The Cosmic Prison The Virtues of Ambition Appetite Building Satisfaction Decline and Fall of Teaching History Bibliography