Harvard psychologists studied the correlation between happiness and criminality and concluded that the old Dutch proverb, "Happy people are never wicked," w a s scientifically true. They found that a majority of criminals came from unhappy homes, had a history of unhappy human relationships. A ten-year study of frustration at Yale University brought out that much of what we call immorality and hostility to others is brought about by our own unhappiness. Dr. Schindler has said that unhap-piness is the sole cause of all psychosomatic ills and that happiness is the only cure. The very word "disease" means a state of unhappiness—"dis-ease." A recent sur­vey showed that by and large, optimistic, cheerful busi­nessmen who "looked on the bright side of things" were more successful than pessimistic businessmen.

It appears that in our popular thinking about happi­ness we have managed to get the cart before the horse. "Be good," we say, "and you will be happy." "I would be happy," we say to ourselves, "if I could be successful a n d healthy." "Be kind and loving to other people and y o u will be happy." It might be nearer the truth if we said, "Be happy—and you will be good, more successful,] healthier, feel and act more charitably towards others."