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Aug. 22, 2014, 2:30 p.m.

"The
American dream seems increasingly to have become life, liberty and the purchase of happiness."

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cauz

Aug. 22, 2014, 2:33 p.m.

?Envy and resentment cause most people to behave as if the highly successful have somehow
been vaccinated against ordinary human suffering.?

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Despite common wisdom to the effect that money can?t buy happiness it is certain that many people
believe that enough money could make them happier than they are. Many people squander huge amounts
of time and energy, thinking about and trying to acquire money because of this belief. Even when they
are reasonably well off, people often make increasing acquisition and control of money a higher priority
than either self actualization or cultivation of relationships - leading to many of the personal and
...

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cauz	Aug. 22, 2014, 2:30 p.m.

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