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The Pursuit of Happiness 追求幸福 The right to pursue happiness is promised to Americans by the US Constitution, but no one seems quite sure which way happiness runs. It may be we are issued a hunting license but offered no game. Jonathan Swift conceived of happiness as the state of being well-deceived, or of being a fool among idiots , for Swift saw society as a land of false goals. 美国宪法赋予美国人民追求幸福的权利，但是似乎谁也说不清幸福跑到哪里去了。 这就好比我们获得了打猎许可却无猎物可打一样。 乔纳森·斯威夫特认为幸福是 一种大上其当而浑然不觉的状态， 或者是充当一名白痴中的傻瓜的感觉 ，因为斯威夫特把社会看作是一片布满虚假目标的土地。 It is, of course, un-American to think in terms of false goals. We do, however, se