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One feels inclined to say that the intention that man should be 'happy' is not included in the plan of Creation.' ... We are so made that we can derive intense enjoyment only from a contrast and very little from a state of things.

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Jane Welsh Carlyle

Jane Welsh Carlyle

(1801-1866) Letters and Memorials, 1883, entry for 21 Nov 1855 - Scottish daughter of physician, writer at age 14, married Thomas Carlyle 1826.

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