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of that pleasure, for that gamesters pay the strictest atten- 

 tion to games in Avhich they are deeply interested, and yet 

 certainly feel no intense pleasure. This instance, however, 

 does not meet my statement ; for gaming, when not a relax- 

 ation, is not a pleasure, but a refuge from eiiniii, and the at- 

 tention it exacts when success or loss is of great importance, 

 IS of the most perturbed and anxious kind, ever fluctuating 

 betwixt hope and despair. 



Secondly, that in general men love pleasure more than 

 they fear pain, has been indirectly opposed by Barbeyrac,* 

 but the truth of this assertion is evident from daily observa- 

 tion. Drunkards, epicures, and libertines pursue their prac- 

 tices though certain of inevitable pain. Barbeyrac, indeed, 

 says no more than that men bate pain as much as they love 

 pleasure, but properly speaking we do not hate pains we do 

 not feel, we only fear them when we expose ourselves to 

 them, and this fear is generally overcome by the love of 

 pleasure. 



Thirdly, a'ccording to Dr. Ferguson, the pleasure of a 



miser in hoarding money may be not only more entire than 



that of the prodigal in spending it, but as great as that 



of the virtuoso, the scholar, or the man of taste.f This 



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* Notes on Puffendorf, Lib. 1. c. 6. sect. U. 



t Essay on the History of CiTil Socxty, part 1. sect. 8. p. 72, 73, Dublin Edit. 



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