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The means of positive pleasure which self regarding prudence presents to
the mind are multifarious. They depend for their extent upon the habits &
pursuits of the individual & must be followed out with a particular
reference to those sources of enjoyment which experience has taught to be most
valuable to him. Groups of pleasures will be found in those different
regions of amusement to which different men address themselves – amusements
intellectual & corporeal. stationary & locomotive – scientific &
artistical – amusements of research into the past, or of discovery for
the future. Sex, – age – station may influence some of these. In every
individual's case he must select for his own pursuit those which to
him afford the greatest amount of satisfaction. Happily for mankind
in general tastes are so variously distributed men's minds are so variously endowed, – so variously trained & tutored that they tastes will not always
be directed to distributed among a considerable number of dissimilar objects. To some
the solitary, – to others the social investigation will be most delightful.
The leaves of the library will instruct, – one the flowers of the field another.
Some men enjoy the examination of the minutest details, –
others are most gratified when they can grasp great & general principles. And
thus it is that in turn the whole field domain of thought & inquiry is occupied
and the crowding upon some departments, – & the abandonment of others report provided
against. Where no distinct tendency towards any a particular study has
been perceived a little attention to the pursuits & amusements of
men distinguished for their possession of happiness may be very useful.
Of amusements purely mental list would be multitudinous
embracing all the topics to which mind can devote itself. Pass in review the various
games by which skill may be exercised, without such a
mixture of chance as to produce more annoyance than from
unexpected disappointment than satisfaction from unexpected success. How much enjoyment may grow from The collection of objects antiquities without a view to illustrate the past
past – to assist the investigation of historical facts – & especially
to throw light upon any topics which might be made surfeit instructive to
the future: – from the collection of objects of natural history, in the
animal – mineral & vegetable field – but especially in the two
latter, since their collection inflicts no pain & implies no destruction
of life, or of happiness or enjoyment – but and most of all in the last, the vegetable
or botanical, – for there is which frequently gives the opportunity of diffusing
pleasure to others by the multiplication of specimens, – and
as attached to these connected with such studies, – the breeding of domestic animals
with a view to the observance of their peculiar instincts habits &
propensities, – the power of education upon them – their
aptitude for services to which they have not been before applied; – the

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Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	015	Main Headings	deontology
Folio number	413	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	linking material	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f91
Penner	sir john bowring	Watermarks	i i smith & son 1831
Marginals		Paper Producer	maria edgeworth
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1831
Notes public		ID Number	5629
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