H.l. MenckenPuritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.
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The Puritans were a group of early English settlers who came to America to find religious freedom and settle in the New World. The Puritans suffered from an intense fear of happiness. They believed that the slightest hint of happiness was sinful and could lead to hell.
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