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CONTENTS

• INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . I
• I THE ORGANIC BASIS OF CHARACTER . . . . . . 7
• II THE ENVIRONMENTAL BASIS OF CHARACTER . . . . 25
• III MEMORY AND HABIT . . . . . . . . . . 51
• IV STIMULATION, INHIBITION, ORGANIZING ENERGY, CHOICE AND CONSCIOUSNESS . . . . . . . . . . 70
• V HYSTERIA, SUBCONSCIOUSNESS AND FREUDIANISM . . 86
• VI EMOTION, INSTINCT, INTELLIGENCE AND WILL . . . 99
• VII EXCITEMENT, MONOTONY AND INTEREST . . . . . 124
• VIII THE SENTIMENTS OF LOVE, FRIENDSHIP, HATE, PITY AND DUTY, COMPENSATION AND ESCAPE . . . . 142
• IX ENERGY RELEASE AND THE EMOTIONS . . . . . 164
• X COURAGE, RESIGNATION, SUBLIMATION, PATIENCE, THE WISH AND ANHEDONIA . . . . . . . . . 197
• XI THE EVOLUTION OF CHARACTER WITH ESPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE GROWTH OF PURPOSE AND PERSONALITY . . . . . . . . . . . 213
• XII THE METHODS OF PURPOSE-WORK CHARACTERS . . 257
• XIII THE QUALITIES OF THE LEADER AND THE FOLLOWER . 275
• XIV SEX CHARACTERS AND DOMESTICITY . . . . . . 293
• XV PLAY, RECREATION, HUMOR AND PLEASURE SEEKING . . . . . 314
• XVI RELIGIOUS CHARACTERS. DISHARMONY IN CHARACTER . . . . 328
• XVII SOME CHARACTER TYPES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
• INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401

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