Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Chapter One Our Prejudices 1
5. Chapter Two Bullied Pulpit 26
6. Chapter Three The Sovereignty of Excellence 58
7. Chapter Four Can We Be Friends with the Dead? 90
8. Chapter Five Character and Country 115
9. Chapter Six Golden Apple in a Silver Frame 139
10. Chapter Seven The Here and the Hereafter 185
11. Chapter Eight The Suffi ciency of Reason 215
12. Chapter Nine Extravagance and Modesty 234
13. Afterword 253
14. Notes 257
15. Acknowledgments 305
16. Index 307