Atthesametime，sofarasmyexperiencegoes，Ihavenohesitationinansweringthequestioninthenegative。Consideragainthecaseofhunger；
Icertainlydonotfindhungerasanelementofmynormallifeatallapainfulfeeling:itonlybecomespainfulwhenIaminillhealth，orwhenthesatisfactionoftheappetiteisabnormallydelayed。And，generallyspeaking，anydesirethatisnotfelttobethwartedinitsprimaryimpulsetoactionstendingtoitssatisfaction，isnotonlynotitselfapainfulfeeling——evenwhenthisattainmentisstillremote——butisoftenanelementofastateofconsciousnesswhichasawholeishighlypleasurable。Indeed，thepleasuresaffordedbytheconsciousnessofeageractivity，inwhichdesireisanessentialelement，constituteaconsiderableiteminthetotalenjoymentoflife。Itisalmostacommonplacetosaythatsuchpleasures，whichwemaycallgenerallythepleasuresofPursuit，aremoreimportantthanthepleasuresofAttainment:andinmanycasesitistheprospectoftheformerratherthanofthelatterthatinducesustoengageinapursuit。Insuchcasesitispeculiarlyeasytodistinguishthedesiretoattaintheobjectpursued，fromadesireofthepleasureofattainment:
sincetheattainmentonlybecomespleasantinprospectbecausethepursuititselfstimulatesadesireforwhatispursued。Take，forexample，thecaseofanygamewhichinvolves——asmostgamesdo——acontestforvictory。
Noordinaryplayerbeforeenteringonsuchacontest，hasanydesireforvictoryinit:indeedheoftenfindsitdifficulttoimaginehimselfderivinggratificationfromsuchvictory，beforehehasactuallyengagedinthecompetition。Whathedeliberately，beforethegamebegins，desiresisnotvictory，butthepleasantexcitementofthestruggleforit；onlyforthefulldevelopmentofthispleasureatransientdesiretowinthegameisgenerallyindispensable。Thisdesire，whichdoesnotexistatfirst，isstimulatedtoconsiderableintensitybythecompetitionitself:andinproportionasitisthusstimulatedboththemerecontestbecomesmorepleasurable，andthevictory，whichwasoriginallyindifferent，comestoaffordakeenenjoyment。
Thesamephenomenonisexhibitedinthecaseofmoreimportantkindsofpursuit。Thusitoftenhappensthataman，feelinghislifelanguidanddevoidofinterests，beginstooccupyhimselfintheprosecutionofsomescientificorsociallyusefulwork，forthesakenotoftheendbutoftheoccupation。Atfirst，verylikely，theoccupationisirksome:butsoon，asheforesaw，adesiretoattaintheendatwhichheaimsisstimulated，partlybysympathywithotherworkers，partlybyhissustainedexerciseofvoluntaryeffortdirectedtowardsit；