Knots and Splices Assistant

Answers questions on Emily Post's 1922 Etiquette: introductions, dinners, letters, weddings and everyday manners, quoting the text from Project Gutenberg (public domain) and naming the chapter.

Answers questions on Samuel Smiles's Self-Help: perseverance, energy, character and the lives of self-made people, quoting the 1859 text from Project Gutenberg (public domain) and naming the chapter.

Answers questions on Epictetus's Enchiridion, the Stoic handbook on what is and is not in our control, quoting a public-domain English translation from Project Gutenberg and naming the chapter.

Answers questions on Capablanca's Chess Fundamentals: simple endings, middle-game planning, openings and illustrative games, quoting the text from Project Gutenberg (public domain) and naming the 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.