The Pursuit of Happiness: A Book of Studies and Strowings

by Daniel G. Brinton

INDEX.

• Abderrhaman, Sultan, [27].
• Adversity, consolations of, [253].
• Advice, slight value of, [188];
  • effect of, [193].
• Afflictions, consolations of, [248].
• Age and youth compared, [34], [225];
  • not synonymous with wisdom, [35];
  • sorrows of, [76].
• Angelo, Michael, [78], [177], [235], [246].
• Anger, destructive to happiness, [147].
• Anthropology, its aim, [54].
• Apathy, as a calmative, [146].
• Architecture, the best, [86].
• Argument never convinces, [188].
• Aristotle, quoted, [10], [11], [13], [17], [167], [222].
• Art of happiness, the, [9], [54];
  • of pleasure, [38];
  • the aim of, [149];
  • inspirations of, [154].
• Asceticism, the blunders of, [24], [128].
• Association required, [216].

• Bacon, Lord, quoted, [51], [85], [108], [145], [217], [221], [234], [261].
• Bain, A., quoted, [41], [148], [206], [211].
• Bentham, J., quoted, [10], [27].
• Beauty, the power of, [67];
  • the ideal of, [68];
  • results of, [69];
  • the burden of, [236].
• Benevolent emotions, pleasures of, [213].
• Berkeley, Bishop, quoted, [126].
• “Blues,” how to relieve, [74].
• Books, what kind to read, [160].
• Brillat-Savarin, quoted, [133].
• Bronte, Charlotte, [189].
  • Mrs., quoted, [270].
• Browning, Robert, quoted, [46], [267];
• Bruno, Giordano, quoted, [171], [173].
• Buddha, words of, [21], [61].
  • advice of, [143], [274].
• Buddhism, aspirations of, [21];
• Burke, quoted, [215].
  • precepts, [124], [217].
• Business principles, how studied, [42];

• Calculus of probabilities, the, [93], [105].
• Chagrin, the feeling of, [193].
• Chamfort, quoted, [213].
• Chance, the laws of, [92];
  • the logic of, [94];
  • the slaves of, [103].
• Chaucer, quoted, [252].
• Cheerfulness, how cultivated, [72].
• Chief end of man, the, [175], [212].
• Child, the mind of a, [79].
• Chinese proverb, a, [80].
• Christianity, influence on position of woman, [31];
  • spirit of, [22], [275];
  • aim of, [178].
• Christian fatalism, [143];
  • doctrines, [172], [173].
• Church of the future, the, [179], [232].
• Civility, its value, [107], [223].
• Civilization, does not increase pleasure, [28];
  • motive of higher, [29].
• Climate, its influence, [88]-90.
• Clothing, purposes of, [81]-83.
• Coleridge, Hartley, [105];
  • S. T., [70].
• Colonna, Vittoria, [78], [235].
• Colors, their effect, [83], [90].
• Common-places admired, [192].
• Comradeship, explained, [230].
• Confidence, delights of, [218].
• Confucius, quoted, [100].
• Congenital traits, [59].
• Conscience, what it is, [209].
• Consolations of affliction, [248].
• Contentment, falsity of, [40];
  • not happiness, [22], [116].
• Conversation, rules for, [223].
• Cookery, French, [136].
• Correspondence as an art, [164].
• Cosiness, the delights of, [86].
• Country, the love of, [83], [90].
• Courage, the value of, [146].
• Cowley, A., quoted, [84].
• Criminals, psychology of, [209].
• Cromwell, anecdote of, [192].
• Culture, the true end of, [40].

• D’Alembert, quoted, [46].
• Damocles, story of, [196].
• Dante, quoted, [247].
• Death, reflections on, [261], [262].
• Decalogue, the, discussed, [208].
• Decision of character, [188].
• Demonic force, the, [107].
• Depression, fits of, how cured, [75], [254].
• Descartes, quoted, [168].
• Despair, how avoided, [260].
• Despine, Dr., quoted, [207].
• Despondency, remedies for, [74], [75], [254].
• Destiny, the rule of, [102].
• Diary, benefit of keeping, [165].
• Dinner, a well-served, [135].
• Disraeli, quoted, [161].
• Divorce discussed, [243].
• Dogmatic doctrines considered, [170], [178].
• Dress, the philosophy of, [82], [91].
• Dualism, of morals, the, [209].
• Duty as related to happiness, [206], [207], [215];
  • the sense of, [209].

• Eating as an art, [136].
• Economy, its uses, [122].
• Education, of woman, [33], [200];
  • should be free, [199];
  • the true moral, [204], [205], [212].

• Egotism, not individuality, [194].
• Emerson, R. W., [182].
• Emotions, pleasures from, [142].
  • developed by affliction, [276].
• Energy, excessive, [113];
  • good in, [272].
• Ennui, analysis of, [44];
• Epictetus, quoted, [19], [25], [39].
• Epicurus, quoted, [206].
• Error more agreeable than truth, [56], [167].
• “Essay on Man,” Pope’s, [54].
• Essenes, the ancient, [244].
• Esthetic emotions, the, [149].
• Ethics dissevered from happiness, [206].
• Eudæmonics, [11].
• Evidence, the study of, [43].
  • strange law of, [169].
• Evolution, the secret of, [20];
• Executive ability, what it is, [42].

• Faith, abuse of, [174].
• Fame, a doubtful pleasure, [168].
• Family traits, [60];
  • love of the, [244].
• Fear, prevention of, [39];
  • definition of, [142], [145];
  • avoidance of, [145].
• Fellowships, what they are, [228].
• Fichte, quoted, [17], [77].
• Ficinus, M., quoted, [141].
• Fifine at the fair, [46].
• Fine arts, pleasures from, [151].
• Fixed opinions, folly of, [187].
• Fontenelle, quoted, [78].
• Food-taking, as a rite, [134].
• Fox, George, [32], [232].
• Foster, John, quoted, [189].
• Friendship explained, [232];
  • rules for, [233];
  • of men and women, [235].
• Frivolity of old men, [80];
  • its usefulness, [225].
• Fuller, Thomas, quoted, [115], [131].
• Furniture, its place in life, [83].

• Gambler, the guileless, [97].
• Gamblers, superstitions of, [98];
  • true spirit of, [106].
• Games, pleasures of, [153].
• Gibbon, quoted, [27], [128].
• Goethe, quoted, [34], [102], [107], [151], [220], [276].
• Good taste, what it is, [152].
• Good and evil, how to distinguish, [213].
  • theories of, [199];
  • aim of, [204].
• Government, the use of, [198];
• Grief, inconsistencies of, [252].

• Habit, its tyrannical power, [48].
• Halevy, quoted, [129].
• Hamilton, Sir William, [57].
• Happiness, as the aim of life, [9];
  • definitions of, [15], [77], [105], [109], [167], [168];
  • the distribution of, [26];
  • in relation to health, [65];
  • in relation to beauty, [69];
  • washwoman’s ideal of, [109];
  • and success, [116];
  • how related to riches, [125];
  • complete, not attainable, [143];
  • whence derived, [195];
  • two theories of, [196];
  • independent of morality, [206].
• Hatred, as an emotion, [148].
• Hazlitt, Wm., quoted, [113].
• Health in relation to happiness, [65].
• Hearing, the pleasures of, [137].
• Hedonism, [11].
• Herbert of Cherbury, quoted, [148].
• Herder, quoted, [88], [110].
• Heredity, the laws of, [59].
• Hobbes, quoted, [162].
• Holland, Sir Henry, [161].
• Home, what makes a, [83];
  • the love of, [87].
• Homesickness, [87].
• Hope, definition of, [142], [145];
  • in disease, [73].
• House, building a, [85].
• Humanity, the ideal of, [170].
• Humboldt, W. Von, quoted, [34], [235], [244].
• Hume, quoted, [16], [26].
• Hunt, L., quoted, [268].
• Hygiene, science of, [65].

• Ibsen’s drama, [63].
• Ideal and real, relations of, [53];
  • attraction of, [67];
  • aim of art, [176];
  • ideal truth, [177];
  • of humanity, [170].
• Ignorance, the bliss of, [56].
• Imagination, the, its cultivation, [149].
• Immortality of the soul, [174], [179].
• Incivility, how to be received, [257].
• Incompatible desires, [144], [250].
• Inconsistencies of grief, [252].
• Individual, the true aim of, [183].
  • traits of, [194].
• Individuality, cultivation of, [181];
• Ingratitude, how to regard, [258].
• Insincerity has no limit, [217].
• Insurance, value of, [101].
  • why cold, [167].
• Intellect, pleasures derived from, [156];
• Intense application, danger of, [113].

• Johnson, Dr., quoted, [22], [26], [46], [65], [110], [184], [234], [241].
• Joy, a cry of nature, [20];
  • and sorrow are twins, [277].

• Kant, quoted, [16], [25], [141], [195], [206].
• Knowledge, the most useful, [40];
  • its relation to liberty, [199].

• Labor, as a source of pleasure, [110];
  • unions, their weak points, [230].
• Lamb, Chas., quoted, [162].
• Lamps, new for old, [124].
• Land, ownership of, [84].
• Leisure, its real use, [117].
• Letter-writing, [164].
• Liberty, the true, [197].
• Life, meaning of, [17], [56];
  • normal duration of, [76];
  • love of, [77].
• Literary clubs, [163].
• Littré, quoted, [39].
• Locke, quoted, [16].
• Logic of chance, the, [94].
• Longevity, how attained, [76].
• Love, of neighbor, [18];
  • the emotion of, [67], [239];
  • of money, [127];
  • and marriage, [238], [246], [247].
• Love-feasts, [134].
• Luck and its laws, [92]-96;
  • value of, [106].

• Making a living considered, [114].
• Mal des montagnes, the, [89].
• Malaise, the seat of, [72].
• Malloch, quoted, [223].
  • in art and science, [150];
  • evolution of, [169];
  • chief end of, [175], [212];
  • very human, [228].
• Man, the science of, [54];
• Many-sidedness of character, [190].
  • various forms of, [240];
  • French system of, [242];
  • unhappiness in, [243].
• Marriage, effect on woman, [32];
• Meditation as a pleasure, [162].
• Melancholy, causes of, [272].
• Men who outlive themselves, [77].
• Mill, J. S., quoted, [32], [158], [244].
• Milton, J., quoted, [244].
• Minor arts, the, [151].
• Mirabeau, quoted, [197].
• Misanthropy, causes of, [194].
• Mission of the species, the, [191].
• Mitchell, Weir, quoted, [80].
• Moderation, the rule of, [129].
  • the love of, [127], [226].
• Money and how made, [122];
  • not identical with happiness, [206];
  • no general code of, [207];
  • motive in, [214].
• Morality, explained, [195];
  • sense, distinct from morality, [209];
  • pleasures of the, [209].
• Moral life not the highest aim, [175], [212];
• Motherhood, its attraction, [240].
• Muscular sense, the, [130].
• Music, enjoyment of, [137].
• Mutuality of interests, [229].

• Nature, is equitable, [62], [80];
  • the charms of, [138];
  • emotions excited by, [150];
  • peculiarities of, [154], [155].
• Necessity and chance, as arbiters of destiny, [58].
• Newton, Sir Isaac, [116], [184].
• Novalis, quoted, [134], [178].
• Novel reading as a narcotic, [168].

• Obstinacy, [187].
• Occupations of necessity and choice, [109].
• Odors, the power of, [132].
  • how attainable, [75], [76];
  • considered, [79];
  • coveted, [261].
• Old age, its false claims, [34], [35];
• Opinion, its might, [186].
• Ordinary people, preferable, [220].
• Over-conscientiousness, [114].
• Over-sensitiveness, pains of, [185].

• Pain, profitless, [39];
  • relations to pleasure, [16], [55], [263], [266];
  • as an antidote, [257];
  • more natural than pleasure, [271].
• Paley, quoted, [26].
• Pascal, quoted, [10], [45], [93], [109].
• Peace the reward of virtue, [215].
• Penn, William, quoted, [88].
• Periodicity, the law of, [48], [267].
• Perseverance, how useful, [116], [186].
• Personality, the joy of, [182].
• Personal liberty, attacks on, [199].
• Philosophies, the folly of, [142].
• Philosophy and Happiness, meanings of, [54].
• Piety and morality, [175];
  • as the last passion, [180].
• Pindar, quoted, [267].
• Places, love of, [87].
• Plato, quoted, [9], [10], [19], [34], [203], [247], [261], [263].
• Platonic friendships, [235].
• Play, measure of its value, [117].
• Pleasure, definitions of, [15], [80], [264];
  • and pain, how connected, [16], [55], [263], [265], [277];
  • from reflection, [162].
• Pleasure-pain sensation, the, [266].
• Pleasures, relative value of, [21];
  • sources of, [24].
• Plot-interest, as a pleasure, [152].
• Poetry, pleasure of reading, [161];
  • of science, [177].
• Polygamy, injurious results of, [241].
• Politeness, its value, [222].
• Politics, why avoided in society, [226].
• Polycrates, story of, [97].
• Pope, quoted, [54].
• Poverty, the worst of, [127].
• • refreshes the mind, [180].
• Prayer, the universal, [118];
• Property, as an incentive, [118].
  • of happiness, explained, [54];
  • conclusion of, [278].
• Pursuit, the emotions of, [153];
• Puzzles and riddles, pleasure of, [158].

• Quakers, the, [176], [179], [232].
• Quincy, Thomas de, quoted, [201].

• Racial characteristics, [60].
• Rasselas, quoted, [12], [110].
• Reading, as an enjoyment, [139];
  • rules for, [159].
• Reason and religion, [177].
• Recamier, Madame, her friendship, [235].
• Recreations, the best, [115].
• Reflection, pleasure from, [162].
• Religion, happiness from, [169], [172];
  • unhappiness from, [171], [173];
  • true spirit of, [175];
  • of the future, [176], [179], [232];
  • why not mentioned in society, [226].
• Remorse, the pains of, [147].
• Reserve, value of, [189];
  • a help to reputation, [226].
• Resignation, the virtue of, [259].
• Respectability, the revolt against, [45], [46].
• Revenge, as a pleasure, [148].
• Riches, effective and productive, [120];
  • disappointments of, [126].
• Risk, the emotions of, [153].
• Room, the living, [83].
• Rothschild, Baron, opinion of, [99].
• Rousseau, quoted, [28], [84].
• Rules for happiness, why studied, [54].
• Ruskin, J., quoted, [187].

• Schopenhauer, A., quoted, [44].
• Science, the love of, [166];
  • the aim of, [176];
  • and religion, [177];
  • of man, the, [54], [68].
• Security, how obtained, [196].
• Self-abnegation, [24].
• Self-admiration, [191].
• Self-complacency, [192].
  • the lord of, [61].
• Self, conception of, [17];
• Self-conceit corrected, [186].
• Self-consciousness, [17], [20], [52].
• Self-control, [24].
• Self-distrust, appropriate, [194].
• Self-education, principles of, [36].
• Self-publication, [226].
• Self-realization, [17], [56].
• Self recognition, [204].
• Self-revelation not self-publication, [226].
• Self-reverence, [189].
• Self-sufficiency, [47].
• Senancour, de, quoted, [43].
• Seneca, quoted, [19].
• Sensation the sense of existence, [140].
• Senses, the pleasures of, [128].
• Sex, origin of, [60].
• Shakespeare, quoted, [50], [51], [62], [100], [103], [118], [121], [122], [157], [241], [277].
• Sight, the pleasures of, [138].
• Sincerity, importance of, [189].
• Singularity, what it is, [192].
• Small-talk, its value, [224].
• Smell, the pleasures of, [132].
• Smith, Adam, quoted, [210].
• Smith, Sydney, quoted, [141], [201].
• Social organization, the, [196].
• Socialists, the dreams of, [115], [183].
  • maxims for success in, [220];
  • the aim of, [220];
  • the justice of, [227].
• Society, the basis of good, [219];
• Socrates, quoted, [54], [86], [208], [263].
• Solitude, its uses, [204].
• Sophocles, quoted, [214].
• Sorrow, as an educator, [273], [279], [280].
• Sorrows of age, [76].
• Spencer, H., quoted, [10], [36], [202].
• Spinoza, quoted, [16], [17], [155].
• State and individual, the relations of, [48].
• • from failure, [259].
• Steele, quoted, [193], [269].
• Success, what it is, [116];
• Suffering, the education of, [273].
• Suicide, easy, [261].
• Sympathy, whence to seek, [233], [236], [260].

• Table-talk, rules for, [141].
• Talleyrand, quoted, [223].
• Tasso, quoted, [70].
• Taste, the pleasures of, [133]-137.
• Tears, their use, [251].
• Temperaments, the four, [71].
• Tennyson, quoted, [202], [277], [278].
• Thoreau, H., [35], [40].
• Time, its value, [124], [142];
  • relation to happiness, [272].
• Tobacco, the pleasure of, [133].
• Tolerance of others, [187];
  • of pain and sorrow, [254].
• Touch, the pleasures of, [131].
• Truth, the search for as a pleasure, [156], [165];
  • the spirit of, [166];
  • alone gives happiness, [214];
  • ideal, [177];
  • gives freedom, [199].

• Unhappiness, the removal of, [22], [248];
  • as a habit, [252];
  • in marriage, [243].
• Uniforms, the value of, [82].
• Unknown, the, [53].
• Urbanity, value of, [56].

• Variety in dress, [82];
  • to be sought, [47];
  • the rule of, [130].
• Vauvenargues, quoted, [211].
• Veracity a relative matter, [190].
• Virtue, its relation to happiness, [206], [211];
  • and vices, relations of, [214].

• Waitz, Th., quoted, [28], [32].
• War, destructive to virtues, [215].
• Ward, L. F., quoted, [10].
• Wealth, its meaning, [119].
• Weather, how it affects us, [81], [88].
• White race, higher sensation in, [63].
• Whitman, Walt., quoted, [78], [140], [179], [182], [191], [194].
  • to strengthen, [255].
• Will, motives of the, [16];
  • his birth, [102].
• William of Normandy, his wit, [100];
  • education of, [33], [200];
  • physical training of, [66];
  • her clothing, [82], [91];
  • intellectual pleasures of, [158];
  • lack of justice, [33], [205];
  • her attraction for man, [237], [240].
• Woman, unfavorably placed for securing happiness, [30];
  • its healthful action, [255].
• Work, measure of its value, [117];
• World, the, as our country, [90].

• Xavier de Maistre, [83].

• Youth not the happiest period of life, [34], [76];
  • misanthropy of, [194];
  • compared with age, [76], [80], [225].

• Zola, E., quoted, [109].