any activity that is productive of objects, whose perception…

Page 242 any activity that is productive of objects, whose perception is an immediate good, and whose operation is a continual source of enjoyable perception of other events, exhibits finest of art. There are acts of all kinds that directly refresh and enlarge the spirit, and that are instrumental to the production of new objects and dispositions, which are intern, productive of further refinements and replenishments.

— from The Instruments (Awareness/Perception/Expectations)

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