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and honour there is a natural alliance connection: between
merit and money there is none.
If will factitious reward is to be granted at any
rate, better in artificial honour than in money.
Honour provokes scrutiny more than money. A than
Money a man will have no apprehension of taking
upon any pretence or without any pretence which
so much is given as it always will be without upon any
pretence at all. Artificial Honour given where no sort of
merit is to be shown for it may lose its virtue power
altogether and tarnish the character it was meant to
brighten.
Identifier: | JB/009/045/004 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 9.
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jeremy bentham |
[[watermarks::l munn [britannia with shield emblem]]] |
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benjamin constant |
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see note to letter 680, vol. 4 |
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