The Pursuit of Happiness: A Book of Studies and Strowings

by Daniel G. Brinton

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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].