A

TREATISE

ON

HAPPINESS;

CONSISTING OF

OBSERVATIONS ON HEALTH, PROPERTY, THE MIND,

AND THE PASSIONS;

WITH

THE VIRTUES AND VICES, THE DEFECTS AND

EXCELLENCES OF HUMAN LIFE.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR

LONGMAN, REES, ORME, BROWN, GREEN, & LONGMAN,

PATERNOSTER-ROW.

1833.

LONDON:

Printed by A. & R. Spottiswoode,

New-Street-Square.

CONTENTS

OF

THE SECOND VOLUME.

PART V.- Continued.

CHAP. VII.

ON COMPASSION AND CRUELTY.

The nature of mercy or compassion. Various

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ways

in which compassion operates. - Examples of brutal

persons.

- Cruel amusements. Instances of cruel

actions. Cruelty sometimes arises from fondness.

The dreadful barbarities of war. - Cruelty arising

from bigotry and superstition.-Cruelty and com-

passion increase by practice

CHAP. VIII.

ON FORGIVENESS AND REVENGE.

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The nature of forgiveness. - Examples of a forgiving
disposition. Forgiveness is the result of a noble.
spirit: revenge of a base one. — Nations and persons
among whom a revengeful disposition has been pre-

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valent. Instances of revenge for trifling or imagin-

ary insults. Retaliation. The growth of revenge.

-Satire. The happiness of a forgiving disposition,

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Hypocrisy. - Flattery.

-Deception at the bar. Diffidence in replying to

questions

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CHAP. X.

ON LIBERALITY AND BIGOTRY.

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The nature of liberality. - Liberality necessary in every
pursuit. The evils arising from bigotry. — On firm-
ness and obstinacy.-The folly of bigotry. On pre-
judice and animosity in religion, politics, and philoso-
phy. Instances of cruelty arising from bigotry. -
Persecution among Jews, Mahomedans, and Chris-
tians. Rancorous disputes among literary men. —
Persecution among Protestants and Papists.
cision. Credulity

CHAP. XI.

ON TRANQUILLITY AND ANGER.

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The nature of tranquillity. Cheerfulness, calmness,
and coolness. - Instances of an alteration in the na-