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both necessary in itself, and a universal concomitant of 

 sensation. 



2. We are rendered happy by the normal and miserable 

 by the abnormal action of our faculties, and the more so 

 the stronger they are. This is a first law and condition of 

 all happiness and misery, and it is clearly established by 

 phrenology. 



3. Similar and normal faculties awaken each other 

 agreeably, but dissimilar and abnormal ones disagreeably. 



Thus large ideality or taste delights large, and is 

 delighted by it, but disgusted by small, and thus of each and 

 all the other faculties. 



Illustration of Adaptability. To give, an illustra- 

 tion of this proposition and apply all three principles to love : 

 Mr. A., having large ideality, and therefore delighted with 

 the beautiful, but disgusted with the coarse and slatternly, 

 marries Miss B., who has ideality also large, and is there- 

 fore continually feasting his taste with new manifestations 

 of beauty and perfection in manners, expression and senti- 

 ment, besides pointing out to his admiring tastes a constant 

 succession of fresh beauties in nature, poetry and character, 

 thus perpetually increasing his happiness by inciting this large 

 faculty ; his large ideality meanwhile is constantly delight- 

 ing hers, so that their being alike in this respect is a constant 

 source of happiness and therefore means of love of both ; 

 whereas if he marries one whose deficient taste is constantly 

 tormenting his refinement, while she suffers constant reproof 

 from his large ideality, their dissimilarity becomes a source 

 of perpetual suffering to both. The practical difference 

 between marrying one who is similar and dissimilar is heaven 

 wide. 



Another Illustration of Adaptation. A pious 

 woman, whose large veneration gives her exquisite pleasure 

 in divine worship, marries one who takes equal pleasure in 

 the same worship, both enjoying all the more pleasure in 

 each other because they love to worship the same God. 



