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Essay On One Of The Sources Of Human Happiness.
repose my aching head . I sought for that being which the Universal Father has given to be a helpmate unto man ; but I sought in vain for the creatuie my imagination still pictured in all the loveliness of an unearthly phantom . Tired of the solitary ramble and the monotony of the country , I repaired , previous to going up to the university , to that emporium of
trinkets , gewgaws , and politcsse , Paris . Here I mingled in the soiree , the salons , the theatres , the Boulevards , and wherever I conceived happiness could be found . But it was all in vain ; at my approach it fled . I held out my hand to grasp it : vacancy discovered to me the illusion . Wearied by all this vanity , chagrined at my ill fortune , ancl tortured by this indefinable yearning of my soul , I quitted Paris with glee , and
shortl y afterwards began to keep my first term in college . The cause of my original disgust and dislike of my new abode , it ivould be impossible , was I to be compelled , to give ; I could only offer the precedent of " I do not like you , Dr . Fell . " However , here mathematics , the stud y of which I soon found to be hateful to my imaginative sensorium , divinity , metaphysics , ancl the classics almost wholly engaged
my attention , ancl in some measure weaned me from my old tormentor . But even here I was a prey to an almost misanthropic disrelish of society , and my soul languished after that being which was to
consummate my sublunary Elysium . I could find few , if any , who thought like myself ; there was a certain steadiness and matter-of-fact throughout , that accorded not with my morbid fancy . Nothing could sometimes exceed my abomination and loathing , till I began to entertain doubts of my own sanity ; still , withal , as was the case whenever I hacl visited , I met with many incidents and peculiarities of character , which
never fail to make a permanent impression . Was it not for the real and useful knowledge which such observations afforded , life , under the circumstances , ivould have been insupportable . Yet I found not the happiness I wanted . My sojourn abroad , my perambulations at home , were all attended by the same ill success , until chance or destiny , one long vacation , threw that into my way which all
my perseverance and search had been unable to obtain . It is said marriages are made in heaven . I woulcl not lay so profane a charge against that exalted place as to apply that adage to all unions ; but the doctrine is suitable enough if they are the result of innocent ,
disinterested love . That all-subduing passion ! how often have I ridiculed its sway ! how gladly do I now cherish its heaven-born feeling ! May all reach that bourn to ivhich I had . long strived to arrive ! Accident introduced me to the most beautiful of women—I saw and loved . Doubtful and diffident , 1 told my tale ; my passion was returned , and the day fixed for the solemnization of our nuptials . Unaccompanied by vain pomp , or indelicate demonstrations of so solemn and sublime a
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Essay On One Of The Sources Of Human Happiness.
repose my aching head . I sought for that being which the Universal Father has given to be a helpmate unto man ; but I sought in vain for the creatuie my imagination still pictured in all the loveliness of an unearthly phantom . Tired of the solitary ramble and the monotony of the country , I repaired , previous to going up to the university , to that emporium of
trinkets , gewgaws , and politcsse , Paris . Here I mingled in the soiree , the salons , the theatres , the Boulevards , and wherever I conceived happiness could be found . But it was all in vain ; at my approach it fled . I held out my hand to grasp it : vacancy discovered to me the illusion . Wearied by all this vanity , chagrined at my ill fortune , ancl tortured by this indefinable yearning of my soul , I quitted Paris with glee , and
shortl y afterwards began to keep my first term in college . The cause of my original disgust and dislike of my new abode , it ivould be impossible , was I to be compelled , to give ; I could only offer the precedent of " I do not like you , Dr . Fell . " However , here mathematics , the stud y of which I soon found to be hateful to my imaginative sensorium , divinity , metaphysics , ancl the classics almost wholly engaged
my attention , ancl in some measure weaned me from my old tormentor . But even here I was a prey to an almost misanthropic disrelish of society , and my soul languished after that being which was to
consummate my sublunary Elysium . I could find few , if any , who thought like myself ; there was a certain steadiness and matter-of-fact throughout , that accorded not with my morbid fancy . Nothing could sometimes exceed my abomination and loathing , till I began to entertain doubts of my own sanity ; still , withal , as was the case whenever I hacl visited , I met with many incidents and peculiarities of character , which
never fail to make a permanent impression . Was it not for the real and useful knowledge which such observations afforded , life , under the circumstances , ivould have been insupportable . Yet I found not the happiness I wanted . My sojourn abroad , my perambulations at home , were all attended by the same ill success , until chance or destiny , one long vacation , threw that into my way which all
my perseverance and search had been unable to obtain . It is said marriages are made in heaven . I woulcl not lay so profane a charge against that exalted place as to apply that adage to all unions ; but the doctrine is suitable enough if they are the result of innocent ,
disinterested love . That all-subduing passion ! how often have I ridiculed its sway ! how gladly do I now cherish its heaven-born feeling ! May all reach that bourn to ivhich I had . long strived to arrive ! Accident introduced me to the most beautiful of women—I saw and loved . Doubtful and diffident , 1 told my tale ; my passion was returned , and the day fixed for the solemnization of our nuptials . Unaccompanied by vain pomp , or indelicate demonstrations of so solemn and sublime a