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I've thought that "the pursuit of happiness" is a horrible metric for quite some time. Happiness is too fleeting and often much too shallow a thing to base one's purpose on.

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Surfside 4mo ago

Might be the meaning has changed over time.....

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The Beave 4mo ago

Assuredly it has.

But take a gander at this:

https://webstersdictionary1828.com/Dictionary/Happiness

That should be fairly close to the meaning as defined in Jefferson's time, I would think. It is still a fleeting thing and I choose to pursue things with a longer time scale than fleeting happiness.