The history of mankind thus far shows that as a race we are progressing to higher and higher happiness.
We have seen that there are only these sources of human knowledge, viz., the intuitive truths, human experience, reasoning, and revelation. We have alluded to the nature of intuitive knowledge; we will now inquire as to the nature of the knowledge gained by human experience, firstly, in regard to the constitution of mind and the laws of that system in which it is placed. We restrict our inquiries to those points which have the most direct bearing on the great questions to be discussed.
The mind is also constituted with susceptibilities to pain and suffering from all the sources from which enjoyment may spring. With these susceptibilities are combined an all-pervading and constant desire to gain enjoyment and to {33}escape suffering. This desire is the grand motive power to the mind, as the main-spring is to a watch. For this reason, awakened desires to gain any particular enjoyment or escape any pain are called motives.
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