The conquest of happiness

PART I.--CAUSES OF UNHAPPINESS

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I. WHAT MAKES PEOPLE UNHAPPY? 15

II. BYRONIC UNHAPPINESS 27

III. COMPETITION 45

IV. BOREDOM AND EXCITEMENT 57

V. FATIGUE 69

VI. ENVY 83

VII. THE SENSE OF SIN 96

VIII. PERSECUTION MANIA 111

IX. FEAR OF PUBLIC OPINION 126