NOT EVEN THE MEMORY OF VIRTUE INCREASES HAPPINESS.

9. Could not the memory of virtuous actions contribute to happiness?

No: for such a memory cannot exist in a man who has no virtue at

present, and who thereby is driven to seek out the memory of past

virtues.

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