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But discontent may arise
not only from extravagant esti-
-mates of the real value of wealth
and other property; from exaggerated views
of the good there may be in power and
place, honor and fame, rank and station;
but also from defective views of life
itself – its place, relations and possi-
-bilities. If the universe itself be but con-
-catenated material, if one's environ-
-ment be his dura mater, or matrix,
fated for him and incapable of any,
the least, modification by him, if this
Earth life be to him the sum-total of exis-
-tence, and the grave a gulf into nothingness;
then, logically, he must grasp whatever