The Pursuit of Happiness: A Book of Studies and Strowings

by Daniel G. Brinton

• 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].