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orders for goods to be delivered in a certain
place house, no such orders having been sent
from, nor goods in demand at the house,
great the annoyance to the people of the house,
great in proportion to the quantity, weights
and bulk of the goods the expense thus "imposed"
upon the respective furnishers. "imposed"
Many are the instances of this wickedness
I have read of at different times in the
Newspapers: conceive the goods of a perishable
nature, especially if sent at a distance,
such as fish, ice creams &c More stories
than one I remember of old women cruelly
annoyed by cats thus poured in the upon them
by scores: thus much may serve for instances
of wanton cruelty thus gratifying itself.

Infinite is the extent to which malevolence
directed against individuals may thus
operate. Take the unjust steward of the Gospel.
The passion which activated him — instead of
rapacity & self regarding interest; suppose it malevolence — malice against
his master without any such intention
as that of making for himself a prophet profit out
of his master's loss, he might have produced
it by exactly the same means.

What follows, you are too candid to

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take for a confession of guilt in my own
instance. Instead of thinking, which I do in all
sincerity, that you a pilgrimage on your
part to this Holy Place would under Providence
be of service to the common cause, suppose
me convinced that there will be no use in
it: my motive being the gratification I shd.
experience from the thought of the expense,
to say nothing of the vexation which by your
compliance with the proposal would thus
have been imposed upon you: on your arrival,
your humble servant of course called
to Town by some necessary business, the
doors of the Holy Place upon your arrival
closed!

In this case you may perhaps say the
matter might be treated upon the footing of
a civil or non penal injury: fear of the obligation
of making pecuniary compensation
a sufficient case of determined determent. But suppose
the author of the injury insolvent: insolvent
not only subsequently but at the
time of projecting it. Here you will I think
see a demand for punishment little if
anything less urgent than in the case of
mischief to the same amout produced
by means purely physical.

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Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	010	Main Headings
Folio number	036	Info in main headings field
Image	002	Titles	imposition of expence no 1
Category	correspondence	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f1 / f2 / f3 / f4
Penner	john herbert koe	Watermarks	<…>co
Marginals		Paper Producer	a. levy
Corrections	jeremy bentham	Paper Produced in Year
Notes public	draft of letter 2425, vol. 9	ID Number	3472
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