Pursuit of Happiness

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. But there are ill conditions which, at least for the moment, are beyond change. There they are, and here are we in the midst of them; they will not depart, and we cannot get out. Under such circumstances, the thing to do is to let the eternal tides carry us whithersoever they will. The evil is upon us, and it is now our business to make the best of it. -the - testimony of long and varied experience is that the best of it is often very good indeed.