Re: Dec. Update #1

not lie in seeking
excitement, if they seek it only as a diversion; the evil is that they seek
it as if the possession of the objects of their quest would make them really
happy. In this respect it is right to call their quest a vain one. Hence in
all this both the censurers and the censured do not understand man's true
nature.

And thus, when we take the exception against them, that what they seek with
such fervour cannot satisfy them, if they replied--as they should do if they
considered the matter thoroughly--that they sought in it only a violent and
impetuous occupation which turned their thoughts from self, and that they
therefore chose an attractive object to charm and ardently attract them,
they would leave their opponents without a reply. But they do not make this
reply, because they do not know themselves. They do not know that it is the
chase, and not the quarry, which they seek.

Dancing: We must consider rightly where to place our feet.--A gentleman
sincerely believes that hunting is great and royal sport; but a beater is
not of this opinion.

They imagine that, if they obtained such a post, they would then rest with
pleasure and are insensible of the insatiable nature of the if desire. They
think they are truly seeking quiet, and they are only seeking excitement.

They have a secret instinct which impels them to seek amusement and
occupation abroad, and which arises from the sense of their constant
unhappiness. They have another secret instinct, a remnant of the greatness
of our original nature, which teaches them that happiness in reality
consists only in rest and not in stir. And of these two contrary instincts
they form within themselves a confused idea, which hides itself from their
view in the depths of their soul, inciting them to aim at rest through
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