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The culture of Happiness is the talk of Government
Law is the tool, the instrument it has to work with.
Let us first consider the general nature of this production
in the next place the general nature of the instrument

Happiness, the End of Law The end of Laws is to produce Happiness: This is
what we have supposed. Now Of some, let us hoped it is: of all, it ought to be. To produce Happiness one it
must know were well to see understand clearly what it is — This then must be our first ongoing endeavour.

Great Books wasted written about it in waste. What is Happiness? a fundamental2 question. Cicero wrote great books upon it: it: this question some of them unhappily by
misfortune we have still. v, G, [2] They still flourish at Oxford and Cambridge They are the at Paris, at Salamanca: the plague of young Academics and the admiration of their Tutors. They will continue so, till at length it be tardi on this occasion as well as along with others, it shall be tardily acknowleged, that Nonsense is but nonsense though in Greek or Latin. Other great books in abundance had have
been made upon it before and since.. hour. hour fortunately Of them, by good fortune fortunately there is an end. of
them. Fortunately: For he who can write a great book upon Happiness
to know what it is, [1] assuredly will know nothing
of it when he has done. He will be just as much farther of the book is than he was before than he was before as the book is large. He who reading and admires
well know about as much the Book, admires it, well be about
as near.

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Pleasure what One knows well enough what Pleasure is, for there have
been no great books written about it that. When they want to Does Would a man
know what pleasure is? man He consults their senses. sensation and
their senses tell them sensation informs him without deceit.

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Happiness. what Shall we then give a meaning to the word Happiness?
I know but one. It is the Sum of a number of Pleasures.
To have had some such notion that is to have had some notion of it to have given some meaning to it, seems to have been the
great crime of Epicurus.

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Pain what We know well enough what Pain is — for there have been
no great many books written about that neither, they does Would a
man want to know what pain is? Let him consult their senses, sensation,
and their senses sensation will inform them him but too plainly.

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I would not be mistaken — "to know what it is", is one thing:
to know how it is to be produced producible is another. To know how it
is to be produced producible may well take up a great number multitude of great
books. Whatever is written In the vast ample Sciences of Legislation Jurisprudence of

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Box	070	Main Headings	of laws in general
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