INCREASED HAPPINESS WOULD RESULT ONLY FROM MORE PERFECT GRASP.

3. What shall be said of him who lived happily during a longer period,

who has longer contemplated the same spectacle? If such longer

contemplation resulted in a clearer idea thereof, the length of time

has served some useful purpose; but if the agent contemplated it in the

same manner for the whole extent of time, he possesses no advantage

over him who contemplated it only once.

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