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" There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy. By being happy, we sow anonymous benefits upon the world, which remain unknown even to ourselves, or when they are disclosed, surprise nobody so much as the benefactor. "
Living the Radiant Life: A Personal Narrative - Page 116
by George Wharton James - 1916 - 291 pages
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The Christian Pioneer, Volumes 32-33

1878 - 300 pages
...enabled to drink to the " glory of Q-od." THE DUTY OF BEING HAPPY. THERE is no duty so much underrated as the duty of being happy. By being happy we sow...disclosed, surprise nobody so much as the benefactor. The other day, a ragged, barefoot boy ran down the street after a marble, with so jolly an air that...
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The Cornhill Magazine, Volume 36

William Makepeace Thackeray - 1877 - 808 pages
...sacrifice, the favour is conferred with pain, and, among generous people, received with confusion. There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty...disclosed, surprise nobody so much as the benefactor. The other day, a ragged, barefoot boy ran down the street after a marble, with so jolly an air that...
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Eclectic Magazine, and Monthly Edition of the Living Age, Volume 26; Volume 89

1877 - 826 pages
...of sacrifice, the favor is conferred with pain, and, among generous people, received with confusion. There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty...disclosed, surprise nobody so much as the benefactor. The other day, a ragged, barefoot boy ran down the street after a marble, with so jolly an air that...
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The Cornhill Magazine, Volume 36

George Smith, William Makepeace Thackeray - 1877 - 854 pages
...favour is conferred with pain, and, among generous people, received with confusion. There is no duty wo so much underrate as the duty of being happy. By being...disclosed, surprise nobody so much as the benefactor. The other day, a ragged, barefoot boy ran down the street after a marble, with so jolly an air that...
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A diurnal for the changes and chances of this mortal life [extracts] ed. by ...

Diurnal - 1885 - 242 pages
...Sleepless, well I know to rest, Lodged within my Father's breast. DODDRIDGB. Dutg of 33eins august 9. THERE is no duty we so much underrate as the duty...disclosed, surprise nobody so much as the benefactor. A happy man or woman is a better thing to find than a five-pound note. He or she is a radiating focus...
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Scribner's Magazine, Volume 67

Edward Livermore Burlingame, Robert Bridges, Alfred Sheppard Dashiell, Harlan Logan - 1920 - 988 pages
...original and inspiring contribution to literature. It may be most briefly expressed in his epigram: "There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy." This reminds one of Matthew Arnold's declaration of war upon low spirits, which, he says, are "noxious...
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Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers

Robert Louis Stevenson - 1890 - 300 pages
...sacrifice, the favour is conferred with pain, and, among generous people, received with confusion. There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty...disclosed, surprise nobody so much as the benefactor. The other day, a ragged, barefoot boy ran down the street after a marble, with so jolly an air that...
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Virginibus Puerisque: And Other Papers

Robert Louis Stevenson - 1893 - 250 pages
...of sacrifice, the favor is conferred with pain, and, among generous people, received with confusion. There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty...disclosed, surprise nobody so much as the benefactor. The other day, a ragged, barefoot boy ran down the street after a marble, with so jolly an air that...
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The Pocket R.L.S.: Being Favourite Passages from the Works of Stevenson

Robert Louis Stevenson - 1914 - 236 pages
...sacrifice, the favour is conferred with pain, and, among generous people, received with confusion. There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty...disclosed, surprise nobody so much as the benefactor A HAPPY man or woman is a better thing •*"*• to find than a five•pound note. He or she is a radiating...
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The Novels and Tales of Robert Louis Stevenson...

Robert Louis Stevenson - 1895 - 380 pages
...sacrifice, the favour is conferred with pain, and, among generous people, received with confusion. There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty...disclosed, surprise nobody so much as the benefactor. The other day, a ragged, barefoot boy ran down the street after a marble, with so jolly an air that...
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