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Historographical
Anti Reformists
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Historographical anti-reformists. These are a species
of Anti-Codificationists. Of these we are really puzzled
what to say. In our readiness to speak more expressly with a grave face: if gravity must
be the cast of it. instead of ! what a succedenaeum !
In what way can such a substitution be spoken of?
Shall it be in the way of parable. A fish demanded prayed for
and a serpent given — will this be like it? lest
it : for a serpent though if sent from by a fishmonger
as an equivalent for an eel might be apt to ease
forth a demurer, is at any rate composed of ular matter
and if those enough of supplied in the same quality would keep body and soul together
for any length of time: witness every apothecary, by as where
snake viper broth as pilled viper is to be had, Here this
is a parable that will not altogether scan: let us try another
Instead of an giving order to the Cook in these words — Give her a
couple of road fowls for dinner the nonsense of the offense
were to take up the Cook's account books for the last 50
years, and as far as the scrawl can be
afford the mean customer to ascertain the number of fowls that last
been sent to tolls in the course of that time. this would
be the exact counterpart to Historography vice Codification:
and by this production of contract law the belly
would be full, with exactly as much effect as by the production
of the head of the Historographical Salvit the conduct
of men in society could be directed.
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arthur moore; richard doane |
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