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Show js y f The Duty of Happiness - Br Heleai stellar H.l.n K.ll.r I. th Ulrl Whs ss Bora hrsf, Dumb ami Blind. . JV. Jt I'K teat tvf all belief! Is their practical effects lu life, rf II be awasss-asaawrUja true that optliojsin cotupem tne world forward und pessimism 1 sBBBsssasaj retards It, lima It la dangerous to propngutu a pessimistic 1 I I phlioaophy. flf ii who believes lust lbs p , lf(1 0ulwelgha tbo Joy. I & I and exiiresses that unliiiliu.' wii'lltlon. only mhls to the piiln. . J- ,f Bcbopenhuiur Is uu euenijr t nln HWi j-vi, lf iw enrni-stly hclleied l.'nit thl li tho taut wretched of all poa-slblo poa-slblo worlds, he sheutil not P'otmitgute a do-trlno which robt men of the Incentive to light with t-iriumH""1':- If life gave blm ashes for bread It llUl fault. Life la a fulr Held, and tbe right will iirosper If wo sluud by our suns. ' 1 l.i-t peasliulsm oure tnko bold of Ui uiiud and llfo IsslJ topsy turvy, all vanity and vexation of spirit. There Is iiecure fuj Individual or suclul disorder, except lu forgetfuhiesa and tinnlbllutiou. "U-t ua nit, drink mid bo merry." sa' tho pessltulat, "for louiorrow we i)e." If I regarded any llfo from tho point of view or the pessimist I should be undone. I should seek In vain for Ihe light that d nut visit my eyea and the music that does not ring In niy enrs. I should beg uliiitand day nnd never lie aatlailcd. I should sit spurt lu awful solitude, u pre)' 'ear and illspiilr. hut elnce 1 consider It a duty to myelf t1"! lo nthera to be bupjiy, I escape a misery worse than uny physical deprivation. Tho optimist cannot rail buck, cuiiuol ("er, fr jle knows bis iwlghbor will be hindered by bla fnllure to keep in line- He will therefore hold bla place fearlessly and remember the duly of allsnce- Kuilliilt unto each heurt Is 1U own aorrow. He will take tho Iron clnwa of circumstance In hHllll m, U8p tu,'m blm alone depended tbe esliibllsbuient of heaven i,n earth. .-iom "opilinlHin." tools to break uwuy tho obstacles )jut block bis pulu n wJ(1 wo bj J( g |