CHAPTER III.

INHERENT SOURCES OF HIS SUCCESS.

INHERENT sources of success in life.--Poverty, the chief

impulse of activity in material and intellectual attain-

ments.—Melancholy history associated with literary life.

-Allegory of Consuelo.-Harris's poverty. His earliest

avocation an incentive to his activity.—Conception of

education and learning among the illiterate Natives.-

Merivale's conclusion from Roman history.–Faults in

the character of Young India.--How removed ?-Hasty

notions of his conduct.-Two great classes of Young

India how distanced ?-A representative of the worst

class.--His career and life allegorically described.--His

dejection in after-life.--His want of perfect self-re-

liance.—Harris prominently apart from his educated

countrymen in the possession of confidence of opinion.-

Cogency of feeling required to impel all internal decisions

into action.--Courage required to withstand the attacks

of ridicule and contempt from others.--Disraeli's bold

CHAPTER V.

EXTERNAL CIRCUMSTANCES BEARING ON SUCCESS IN LIFE, AND

THOSE WHICH OPERATED ON HARRIS.

EXTERNAL influences from early Teachers.—The Mis-

sionary best adapted to be the Teacher of Youth.—Why,

however, he is disliked in India.-His undue zeal in

the propagation of his Religion.-Mr. Gaster quoted.

1.--- IIarris prominently distinct in his

traits of character.--His pursuit of knowledge as an end,

not as a means.--

.--His remarkable zeal after learning.--

His manner of spending leisure.—A remarkable scene in

the mock Bengalee Temple.-Who achieves success ?.. 126

CHAPTER VII.

IN WHAT RESPECTS WAS HARRIS A GREAT MAN ?

A PERNICIOUS conception of greatness.-Genius and

talents over-estimated by the world. -- Another class of

CHAPTER IX.

THE LONGEST, BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT CHAPTER IN THE

BOOK : REGENERATION OF INDIA.

Two theories for the amelioration of the people.-Which

preferred.--Danger from the present hopeless condition