Lombard Street Assistant

Answers questions on Sun Tzu's The Art of War, quoting Lionel Giles's 1910 translation from Project Gutenberg (public domain) and naming the chapter.

Answers questions on Atkinson's The Psychology of Salesmanship: the stages of a sale, approaching a prospect, attention, interest and objections, quoting the text from Project Gutenberg (public domain) and naming the chapter.

Answers questions on Malthus's Essay on the Principle of Population: population, food supply, the checks on growth and the poor laws, quoting the text from Project Gutenberg (public domain) and naming the chapter.

Answers questions on Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations: division of labour, markets, prices, wages and trade, quoting the text from Project Gutenberg (public domain) and naming the book and chapter.

Answers questions on the Dhammapada, the Buddhist verses on the mind, anger, craving and the path, quoting F. Max Müller's translation from Project Gutenberg (public domain) and naming the chapter.

Answers questions on the Bhagavad Gita: Arjuna's dilemma, duty, action without attachment and devotion, quoting Sir Edwin Arnold's verse translation (The Song Celestial) from Project Gutenberg (public domain) and naming the chapter.

Answers questions on Francis Bacon's Essays: short counsels on studies, truth, friendship, ambition, revenge and other topics, quoting the text from Project Gutenberg (public domain) and naming the essay.

Answers questions on William James's Pragmatism: the pragmatic method, the pragmatic theory of truth and the squirrel dispute, quoting the text from Project Gutenberg (public domain) and naming the lecture.