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Bentham's "Introduction to the Penal
was at this time communicated
to George Wilson. He speaks of (Vol. 30)
with

"my dear Bentham
"It has been for many years a subject
"of great regret to me that you have been spending your time
"upon subjects on which many people are able to write sufficiently
"well, while there are so many other subjects of great importance
"to which there is nobody else, that I know of, is at all competent.
"I think all our quarrels, & the constant & intemperate opposition
"which I have given to your late attempts at publication,
"are owing to this sole cause. I am led to these reflections by
"having accidentally looked this morning into your Introduction
"to your Penal Code. I grieves me to think that so much
"excellent matter should be either lost or forestalled - you are
"not likely at present to complete that Code, but is it impossible
"to publish the Introduction by itself? It is not
"unusual to publish part of a book, & why not this part,
"which though called an Introduction, contains a system
"of Morals & general Jurisprudence infinitely superior to any
"extant - I am convinced it would raise your reputation
"more than anything you have yet published, and that

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Date_1	1788-11-30	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	009	Main Headings
Folio number	104	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	correspondence	Number of Pages	2
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Notes public	letter 630, vol. 4; also printed in bowring, x 194-195	ID Number	3405
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