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Drew Foster Foster 1Mrs. Bueno Honors English 14 December 2013 Darrin M. Mcmahon the author of the article, In Pursuit of Un triumph, was born in 1963. Darrin broke out of the order of saying ingenious New Year and realized they are only anticipate words that are said without any meaning behind them. Even around the holidays where people are expected to be happy, they think the words Happy New Year are just words that are supposed to be said. If you think about the words Happy New Year, class does not only mean one day, so the words are meant to wish a whole year of happiness. But sort of, people just tolerate their happiness only for the holidays. butt Stuart Mill, Carlyles long-time rival who are both philosophers makes a valid statement about those who stupefy their focus set on something another(prenominal) than happiness are only happy. For example, setting your goal on being happy is risking being happy, because when you dont achieve it you lose even more happiness. Thomas Carlyle and John Stuart Mill both have similar concepts on happiness. Carlyle, who is a Scottish Philosopher, notices the wrong idea of piety before 17th century. Many disregarded the ideas of religion that put misery into their lives, but some people recognized Gods care very satisfying. Earthly satisfaction, McMahon states, was an attempt to bring heavenly felicity down to the earth. This religious change was to replace the feeling of misery with happiness. John Stuart Mill, who is an English philosopher, explains another way of achieving happiness based off of his personal experience. After suffering from a d... ...for such books is a strong indication that they arent working. Setting your goal and being determined or even being desperate to find happiness is dangerous and is risking your happiness. If and when you do not ach ieve happiness, you lose all of it and even become unhappy. Focus your mind on something other than your own happiness and you exit achieve true happiness. Darrin M. McMahon says to ...Have dinner with your family or walk in the park with friends...put in some good hours t the office or at your preferent charity, temple or church. Work on your jump shot or your childs model trains. With luck, youll find happiness by the by. So instead of saying Happy New Year, Darrin M. McMahon says Dont have a happy new year, because Those only are happy who have their minds fixed on some object other than their own happiness says John Stuart Mill.