THE PLEASURES OF LIFE

ᏢᎪᎡᎢ I

THE

PLEASURES OF LIFE

PART I

BY

THE RIGHT HON.

SIR JOHN LUBBOCK, BART., M.P.

F.R.S., D.C.L., LL.D.

алетны

EIGHTY-EIGHTH THOUSAND

London

MACMILLAN AND CO.

AND NEW YORK

1892

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First Edition Printed by R. & R. CLARK, June 1887. Re-
printed with alterations and additions, August, September,
October, and December (twice) 1887, February 1888. With
alterations, March, April, and May 1888.
July 1888.
With alterations,
Second Edition, September 1888. Reprinted

November 1888, twice May 1889, July 1889. With alterations,
July 1889. With alterations, November 1889.

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1889, January, April, August, and November 1890. January
and November 1891, 1892.

PREFACE

THOSE Who have the pleasure of attend-> ing the opening meetings of schools and colleges, and of giving away prizes and certificates, are generally expected at the same time to offer such words of counsel and encouragement as the experience of the world might enable them to give to those who are entering life.

Having been myself when young rather prone to suffer from low spirits, I have at several of these gatherings taken the opportunity of dwelling on the privileges and blessings we enjoy, and I reprint here the substance of some of these addresses

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