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ME: To be happy? Yes, certainly. HIM: But I see countless decent people who are not happy, and countless people who are happy without being decent. ME: So it seems to you. ME TO BE HAPPY YES CERTAINLY HIM BUT I SEE COUNTLESS DECENT PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT HAPPY AND COUNTLESS PEOPLE WHO ARE HAPPY WITHOUT BEING DECENT ME SO IT SEEMS TO YOU
 the provinces. So what then did this youngster do, a boy who had been treated harshly by his parents and had gone to see if he could win his fortune far away? He sent them assistance. He quickly wound up his own affairs and returned wealthy. He brought his father and mother back into their home. He arranged for his sisters to be married. Ah, my dear Rameau, the man considered this period the happiest of his life. When he told me of it, he had tears in his eyes. And as I tell you the story, I feel my heart beating for joy, and my delight makes talking difficult. HIM: You people are so very odd! ME: And you are creatures who well deserve to be pitied if you can't see how we've raised ourselves above our fate and that it's impossible to be unhappy under the shelter of two fine actions like the ones I've just mentioned. HIM: Well, that's a type of happiness which I'll find it difficult to get familiar with, because we meet it rarely. But, according to you, should we then be decent people?  SECTION FOUR OF RAMEAU'S NEPHEW THIS IS THE LIBRY BOX RECORDING ALL LIBERRY BOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIBRIVOX DOT ORG RAMEAU'S NEPHEW BY THE KNE DITERO TRANSLATED BY E N C JOHNSTON SECTION FOUR HYMN YOU PEOPLE ARE SO VERY ODD ME AND YOU ARE CREATURES WHO WELL DESERVE TO BE PITIED IF YOU CAN'T SEE HOW WE'VE RAISED OURSELVES ABOVE OUR FATE AND THAT IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO BE UNHAPPY UNDER THE SHELTER OF TWO FINE ACTIONS LIKE THE ONES I'VE JUST MENTIONED HIM WELL THAT'S A TYPE OF HAPPINESS WHICH I'LL FIND IT DIFFICULT TO GET FAMILIAR WITH BECAUSE WE MEET IT RARELY BUT ACCORDING TO YOU SHOULD WE THEN BE DECENT PEOPLE
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