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Worksop Nottinghamshire Septr 12th
1824
Sherwood 19 Septr 1824 on a Sheet containing the prices of
the School with the notice of the additional charge, and do for the
holidays, if passed there.
Venerable Sir
I crave your pardon for this
my boldness in addressing one to whom I
have always looked up to with a reverential
awe as the most intellectual being my
country has in his department ever produced.
Happy would it be for the Civilized world did not
ignorance, prejudice — and in a particular manner
interested decriers prevent mankind from
deriving the benefits from your labours that
they are calculated to produce — but we may
hope that a future age may reap what has
been in this so judiciously sown by your
hand.
The immediate cause of my taking this liberty
is my having seen in the Examiner Newspaper
a Statement that you, Venerable Sir, approved
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[[notes_public::letter 3133, vol. 12; "answered 15 septr 1824 on a sheet containing the prices of / the school with ms notice of the additional charge, and do for the / holidays, if passed there" [note in bentham's hand]]] |
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