Ecclesiastes 9:9

9. Live joyfully Assuming the inability of man to secure abiding good, which his researches have now shown, Koheleth enforces the enjoyment of the present in all its varied resources.

All the days of… thy vanity Better, All thy transient days. Counsel to a life of pleasure, though no real good be in it, is in perfect harmony with the stage now reached in this wonderful discussion, which fearlessly presents the philosophy of life from every point of view which it assumes. On the theory which seems to have so much solidity, that death is what the Hindoos call “Nirvana” an absorption into eternal repose and upon which Koheleth for the nonce is standing, this advice to make the most of the good of the hour is wise and salutary.