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TheConquestofHappiness

BertrandRussell

Chapter6:Envy(excerpt)

Amongaveragerespectablewomenenvyplaysanextraordinarilylargepart.Ifyouaresitting

intheundergroundandawell-dressedwomanhappenstowalkalongthecar,watchtheeyesofthe

otherwomen.Youwillseethateveryoneofthen,withthepossibleexceptionofthosewhoare

betterdressed,willwatchthewomanwithmalevolentglances,andwillbestrugglingtodraw

inferencesderogatorytoher.Theloveofscandalisanexpressionofthisgeneralmalevolence:any

storyagainstanotherwomanisinstantlybelieved,evenontheflimsiestevidence.Aloftymorality

servesthesamepurpose:thosewhohaveachancetosinagainstitareenvied,anditisconsidered

virtuoustopunishthemfortheirsins.Thisparticularformofvirtueiscertainlyitsownreward.

Exactlythesamething,however,istobeobservedamongmen,exceptthatwomenregardall

otherwomenastheircompetitors,whereasmenasaruleonlyhavethisfeelingtowardsothermen

inthesameprofession.Haveyou,reader,everbeensoimprudentastopraiseanartisttoanother

artist?Haveyoueverpraisedapoliticiantoanotherpoliticianofthesameparty?Haveyouever

praisedanEgyptologisttoanotherEgyptologist?Ifyouhave,itisahundredtoonethatyouwill

haveproducedanexplosionofjealousy.

InthecorrespondenceofLeibnizandHuyghensthereareanumberofletterslamentingthe

supposedfactthatNewtonhadbecomeinsane.Isitnotsad,theywrite