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How satisfying are the simpler 

 pleasures! Would that men might 

 realize that pleasure is not neces- 

 sarily a compound of sensations. It 

 may be a single emotion derived from 

 the quiet, simple, unostentatious in 

 life. Through the influence of the 

 idea that all things must work to- 

 gether for good before happiness is 

 realized there is many a strained and 

 worried look where there is sufficient 

 cause for happiness. There is no 

 ground for self-approval when we 

 feel happy as a result of a fortunate 

 combination of circumstances. We 

 would be dolts, indeed, did we not 



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