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Another possible source ... Written by Anselm (9/27/2009 12:56 p.m.) in consequence of the missive, The future good, penned by Tom P2

...for JA's "expectation of happiness" phrase is given in the Cambridge edition as Dr Johnson's Idler, 58 (26th May 1759), which contains the sentence:

Yet it is necessary to hope, tho' hope should always be deluded, for hope itself is happiness, and its frustrations, however frequent, are yet less dreadful than its extinction.

Personally, Barbara, I prefer Elinor's "cheerful pessimism". That way you're never disappointed, but you do run the serious risk of being sometimes pleasantly surprised ;-)

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That expectation of happiness which is happiness itself Barbara (9/26/2009 11:07 p.m.)

Elinor is realistic kathleen (elder) (9/28/2009 6:47 a.m.)
JA seems to... Reeba (9/27/2009 11:49 a.m.)
This is one of my favorite JA phrases Louise H (9/27/2009 11:30 a.m.)
The future good Tom P2 (9/27/2009 3:11 a.m.)
- Another possible source ... Anselm (9/27/2009 12:56 p.m.)

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