True Men as We Need Them True Men as We Need Them: A Book of Instruction for Men in the World Fr. Bernard O'Reilly, 1888 Contents Dedication Approbation ix The Author’s Preface I Introductory 2 II Ideal of the True Man’s Home 18 III The True Man’s Home Duties 26 IV Paradise, as Realized in the Home of the True Man 49 V Dark Shadows from the Ruin; and Light from the Hearth 69 VI Unhappiness 84 VII Home Destroyers (Continued) 97 VIII Bad Husbands (Continued) 112 IX The Intemperate Husband 132 X The Father 145 XI The Father’s Supreme Duty 162 XII Paternal Authority and Home Education 179 XIII Paternal Authority and Public Education 202 XIV The Second Education 222 XV Boyhood 235 XVI Matrimony 254 XVII Obstacles to True Manliness 267 XVIII Obstacles to Manliness (Continued) 279 XIX The Professional Man 295 Compare this Picture with That 308 XX The Statesman 320 XXI The Toilers of the Pen 331 XXII The Business Man 354 XXIII The Laboring Man 364