The mind of Arthur James Balfour : selections from his non-political writings, speeches, and addresses, 1879-1917, including special sections on America and Germany
Arthur James Balfour (Author), Wilfrid M. Short (Editor)
Arthur James Balfour was the prime minister of England from 1902-1905. This volume contains his non-political writings, speeches and addresses predating his time as prime minister and extends beyond his political life, which included a post as the Foreign Secretary
xvi pages, 1 leaf, 407 pages : frontispiece (portrait) ; 23 cm
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America
Authority and reason
Bacon
Beauty, and the criticism of beauty
Bergson
Berkeley
The Bible
Robert Burns
Christianity
Co-partnership
Cromwell
Darwin
Decadence
"A defence of philosophic doubt"
Education: Public school ; Technical and scientific ; University ; Examinations
Empire
Eugenics
Fashion
"The foundations of belief"
France
Genius, and the production of geniuses
Germany
Golf
Literature
Matter
Medical: Encouragement of research
Music: Handel
Naturalism: Naturalism and ethics ; Naturalism and aesthetics ; Naturalism and reason ; Rationalism
The nineteenth century
Novels
Polar explorations
Political economy
Positivism
The press
Progress
Psychical research
Public-speaking
Pure science
Reading
Science, and science and theology
Scotland, and Scotchmen
Sir Walter Scott
Robert Louis Stevenson
Tributes to: Her Majesty Queen Victoria ; His Majesty King Edward the Seventh ; The Right Hon. William Ewart Gladstone ; The Marquis of Salisbury ; The Duke of Devonshire