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    him whpae mjnd h $ s beeg cultivated and unfolded , how numerous and varied the impressions , how manifold the combinations , how exquisite ihe ^ ga ^ u ^ fi ipr ^^ d , ^ objects si * ch a » these ! * A p d ^ froijn fiiei mote purely ^ intellectual operations , from memory , coilApkniW , arfeijfsisV doihbinatibn , classification , induction , hqw still nobler the pleasure ! Not to speak of the happiness of him who , by his

    study * 6 f natural | ment ) iheria , at length arrived at the stupendous discovery thatthe ekt * h sirid all the stars of the firmament move , and that the feather falls'to the ground , by the operation of one and the same physical ilaw ; nor of the happiness of him who sent his kite into the cloud , and brought down from its quiet bed the lightning which he suspected was slumbering there ; nor of the happiness of him who concentrated * directed , and controlled that mighty power which has

    enabled the fqeble hand of man to accomplish works greater than have been feigned of fabled giant ; which has annihilated distance ; created , by economising , time ; changed in the short space in which it haa been in operation the surface of the habitable globe ; and is destined to work upon it rhore and greater changes than have been affected by all o 0 ier causes combined ; nor of the happiness of him who devoted' a longer life with equal success to a nobler labour , that of rearing the fabric of FELIClT * BY THE HAND OF REASON AND OF LAW . The intellectual

    pleasures of such men as Newton , Franklin , Watt , and Bentham , can be equalled only by those who possess equal intellectual power , and who put forth equal intellectual energy ; to be greatly happy as they were , it were necessary to be as highly endowed ; but to be happy , it is not necessary to be so endowed . In the ordinary intellectual operations of ordinary men , in their ordinary occupations , there is happiness . Every human being whose moments have passed with winged speed , whose day has been short , whose year is gone almost as soon , as it seemed commenced , has derived from the exercise of his intellectual faculties

    pleasures countless in number and inestimable in value . ' p , 87— -89 . Chapter IV ; illustrates the relation between the physical condition and happiness , and between happiness and longevity . The author has here availed himself largely of the evidence from statistics in support of his position ; and many very curious

    results are given from the calculations of Mr . Finlaison , the actuary of the National Debt , a gentleman who has turned his extraordinary command of numbers , tables , and statistical documents , to account , for a variety of interesting purposes ; and thus elicited many unexpected illustrations of that connexion of all sciences , which mere men of science have been so slow to discern .

    but which is unspeakably impQrtant in the application of science to the . affairs of life , so as to derive from it the largest quantum of utility . We must refer our readers to the work itself for the many remarkable statements of this chapter . The general conclusion to whi £ h they point is the increased duration of life ; its rapidly progressive value it ! this country especially , and the important and satisfactory truth , that Whatever is aaded to human life is added to its best period—is the prolongation of its maturity .

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    The Philosophy , qf Health . 159

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1835, page 159, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2643/page/15/