“The sun and stars that float in the open air,
The apple-shaped earth and we upon it, surely the drift of them is something grand,
I do not know what it is except that it is something grand, and that it is Happiness.”
—Walt Whitman.
CONTENTS.
PART I.
Happiness as the Aim of Life.
I. Is a Guide to Happiness Possible? And if Possible, is it Desirable?
Objections to the Pursuit of Happiness as a Low and Selfish Aim.—Answered by the Fact that we Cannot do Otherwise than Pursue it.—Enjoyment is not a Sin, but a Duty.—No One Can Impart Happiness who does not Possess it Himself.—It is Desirable, therefore, that Men be Taught How to become Happy.—Nor is this a Commendation of Selfishness,
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