The Art of Being Happy / In a Series of Letters from a Father to His Children: with Observations and Comments

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ADVERTISEMENT.

ERRATA.

CONTENTS.

LETTER I.

LETTER II. THE PHYSICAL, ORGANIC AND MORAL LAWS.

LETTER III. THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED.

LETTER IV. GENERAL VIEWS OF THE SUBJECT.

LETTER V. OUR DESIRES.

LETTER VI. TRANQUILLITY OF MIND.

LETTER VII. OF MISFORTUNE.

LETTER VIII. OF INDEPENDENCE.

LETTER IX. OF HEALTH.

LETTER X. OF COMPETENCE.

LETTER XI. OF OPINION AND THE AFFECTION OF MEN.

LETTER XII. OF THE SENTIMENT MEN OUGHT TO INSPIRE.

LETTER XIII. OF SOME OF THE VIRTUES.

LETTER XIV. OF MARRIAGE.

LETTER XV. CHILDREN.

LETTER XVI. OF FRIENDSHIP.

LETTER XVII. THE PLEASURES OF THE SENSES.

LETTER XVIII. THE PLEASURES OF THE HEART.

LETTER XIX. THE PLEASURES OF THE UNDERSTANDING.

LETTER XX. THE PLEASURES OF THE IMAGINATION.

LETTER XXI. MELANCHOLY.

LETTER XXII. RELIGIOUS SENTIMENTS.

LETTER XXIII. OF THE RAPIDITY OF LIFE.

LETTER XXIV. ON DEATH.

LETTER XXV. CONCLUSION OF 'DROZ SUR L'ART D'ETRE HEUREUX.'

LETTER XXVI. THE CHOICE OF A PROFESSION.

NOTES.

Title: The Art of Being Happy

In a Series of Letters from a Father to His Children: with Observations and Comments

Author: Joseph Droz

Language: English

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TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE

There are about seventy Notes at the back of the book. These are referenced in the text by a numeric anchor eg [1] or [15]; some anchors have an ‘a’ suffix eg [15a] or [21a].

There are two Footnotes in the main text, whose anchors are [A] and [B]. There are six Footnotes in the Notes section, whose anchors are [C] to [H]. All eight Footnotes have been placed at the back of the book after the Notes section.

Numerous minor text changes are noted in the Transcriber’s Note at the end of the book.


THE

ART OF BEING HAPPY:

FROM THE FRENCH OF DROZ,

‘SUR L’ART D’ETRE HEUREUX;’

IN A SERIES OF LETTERS

FROM

A FATHER TO HIS CHILDREN:

WITH

OBSERVATIONS AND COMMENTS.


BY TIMOTHY FLINT.


‘——BOSTON,

PUBLISHED BY CARTER AND HENDEE.

1832.


Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1832,
By Carter and Hendee,
in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of Massachusetts.


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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