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... cheerfulness to mirth . The latter I consider as an act , the former as an habit of the mind . Mirth is short and transient , cheerfulness fixed and permanent . Those are often raised into the greatest transports of mirth who are ...
... cheerfulness to mirth . The latter I consider as an act , the former as an habit of the mind . Mirth is short and transient , cheerfulness fixed and permanent . Those are often raised into the greatest transports of mirth who are ...
Page 314
... Cheerfulness of mind is not liable to any of these exceptions ; it is of a serious and composed nature ; it does not throw the mind into a condition improper for the present state of humanity , and is very con- spicuous in the ...
... Cheerfulness of mind is not liable to any of these exceptions ; it is of a serious and composed nature ; it does not throw the mind into a condition improper for the present state of humanity , and is very con- spicuous in the ...
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... cheerfulness as it is a moral habit of the mind , and accordingly mentioned such moral motives as are apt to che- rish and keep alive this happy temper in the soul of man : I shall now consider cheerfulness in its na- tural state , and ...
... cheerfulness as it is a moral habit of the mind , and accordingly mentioned such moral motives as are apt to che- rish and keep alive this happy temper in the soul of man : I shall now consider cheerfulness in its na- tural state , and ...
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