Joy Now, or Forever?

One of the popular musicals from some years back has an often-repeated line which goes as follows: If you have leisure, follow pleasure; Let not an hour of joy pass by. This was the advice given in the musical to the young man of the world. The language of today puts this philosophy more briefly and more provocatively in the form of the bumper sticker – “If it feels good, do it!” Studies have been made and many novels written on the so-called pleasure seekers of the day. The wartime...