We think that if a certain event were to come to pass, if some
rare good fortune should befall us, our stock of happiness would
be permanently increased, but the chances are that it would not;
after a time we should settle back to the old every-day level.
We should get used to the new conditions, the new prosperity,
and find life wearing essentially the same tints as before. Our
pond is fed from hidden springs; happiness is from within, and
outward circumstances have but little power over it.--JOHN
HABBERTON, _The Chautauquan_.
(1346)