{"product_id":"2940150568716","title":"Happiness as Found in Forethought Minus Fearthought","description":"INTRODUCTION.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow to be happy is the one desire common to all humanity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow to be happier is a better statement, for there is no one so miserable but has some degree of happiness at times—enjoys some moments when he forgets to be unhappy, and looks with appreciation, even if with only dull and bleared appreciation, upon the things that are always beautiful and joyful and free.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn highly civilized life there is everything to encourage, and there should be nothing to prevent, happiness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe normal condition of man in civilized life is that of happiness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo great, and so greatly increasing, has been the acceleration of progress, that the possibility of unrestrained and unfettered happiness has come to us in advance of our being prepared to accept the freedom of it, owing, mainly, no doubt, to the weight of traditions under the habit of which we are prone to struggle long after the conditions that gave birth to the traditions have ceased to exist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe experience of the world has revealed, and is constantly revealing, simple expedients applicable to every possible combination of evils—except the evil of perverse ignorance—the use of which will insure the success of honest and reasonable aims, no matter how unfavorable the equipment and environment have been or are at the present time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a singularly adventurous career I have passed through many of the conditions in which discomfort, fear and unhappiness breed, including the direst straits to which life can be exposed, and have also been possessed, at different times, of the means to comfort and happiness that broad opportunity, keen appreciation and affluence are supposed to furnish.","brand":"Bronson Tweed Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47161645334768,"sku":"2940150568716","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940150568716_p0.jpg?v=1763749340","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940150568716","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}