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They have founded the whole structure of their happiness on these very illusions, which ought to be combated and dissipated by the light of knowledge, and they would think they were paying too dearly for a truth which begins by robbing them of all that has value in their sight.
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The passage describes people whose happiness rests on beliefs the speaker considers false. Clear knowledge would challenge and remove those beliefs, but the people would see that truth as too expensive because it would also take away everything they value. The comparison shows why someone may resist learning: not because truth lacks value, but because accepting it threatens the foundation of their happiness.
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