PART 1 - LESSON 1
FIRST PRINCIPLES

AS with our mental eyes we look forth over the world and consider its people, and what they are living for, and what they are most earnestly desiring, we find that all mankind have one common pursuit, and all are desirous of but one thing, and that is Happiness.

No matter by what name they are calling their desire, whether it is power, honors, riches, health, peace, love, or knowledge, everyone and all can be summed up and brought under the one name, Happiness.

Not only does everyone pursue happiness, but everyone at sometime believes that he can have it, and at all times he believes that he has a right to have it.

Some think that they have ceased to look for happiness--the word seems too large to them, but there is one word that represents what they think they can have here and now, and that word is Satisfaction.

The pursuit of happiness.

"Oh, to be satisfied !“ they cry, “Oh, to be at rest !“ Yes, it is true all can have satisfaction, and not only