Chapter 5, "The Flag of the World"When I was a boy there were two curious men running about who were called the optimist and the pessimist.

Chapter 3, "The Suicide of Thought"The phrases of the street are not only forcible but subtle: for a figure of speech can often get into a crack too small for a definition.

Chapter 2, "The Maniac"Thoroughly worldly people never understand even the world; they rely altogether on a few cynical maxims which are not true.

Chapter 1, "Introduction in Defense of Everything Else"The only possible excuse for this book is that it is an answer to a challenge.