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Le bel I
Libiles politiques — very improvidently
(I speak of it with compunction) I sent
off to Romilly and Koe your Letter
without having taken a copy of that
passage in it which relates to this subject:
for in this case every thing may depend
upon a word. Now restrain your
indignation my dear Dumont if it
be possible, that, upon Mill's reading it
to me, it cost neither of us one minute
to declare, which we did both of us with
one voice, that this law of yours would
be beyond comparison worse than
none. Though we do not either of us
remember the exact words we remember
both of us enough of the indisputable
import to be but too well satisfied
that supposing it to pass the constituted
authorities might cause to be
punished any man who in any
case dare to express his disapprobation
of any of their measures.

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At this distance without access to
my Papers on this subject and especially
without the benefit of a mutual
discussion with answers following
instantaneously upon objections and
giving birth to fresh objections and
through those objections to fresh answers
I see little prospect of being
able to say any thing that would be
of use. I mean as to the fixing upon
any words that shall stand part of the
law: as for some of yours that they
ought not to stand s part of the law,
some what of what I may find to
say, although it be upon loose recollection
may possibly have its
use. According to you nothing is to
be said either of ye government collectively
or any member of it as such
that may have the effect of drawing
down contempt or odium upon him:

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Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	010	Main Headings
Folio number	041	Info in main headings field
Image	002	Titles
Category	correspondence	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f21 / f22 / f23 / f24
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	3477
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