Chapter II
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CHAPTER II
Happiness a condition of mind and often confused with the means of attaining it Circumstances and character contribute to it in different degrees Religion, Stoicism, and Eastern nations seek it mainly by acting on disposition Sensational philosophies and industrial and progressive nations seek it chiefly in improved circumstances English character Action of the body on happiness Influence of predispositions in reasonings on life Promotion of health by legislation, fashion and self-culture Slight causes of life failures Effects of sanitary reform Diminished disease does not always imply a higher level of health Two causes depressing health Encroachments on liberty in sanitary legislation Sanitary education—its chief articles—its possible exaggeration Constant thought about health not the way to attain it