Sea Sodoms

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Excerpt from Sea Sodoms: A Sinical Survey of Haiti, Santo Domingo, Porto Rico, Curacao, Venezuela, Guadeloupe, Martinique, CubaPerhaps Pascal was right when he said man lost happi ness by not remaining home - but Voltaire declares happi ness is a myth invented by Satan for man's despair, J ohn son and Schopenhauer both affirm happiness does not exist, and Carlyle writes that happiness is not the object of life. To forget my troubles, I bought a ticket to Haiti, but it was necessary first to procure a landing permit before sailing, for the Haitians are' very strict since Columbus and the Marines landed on their island and on them.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.