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1826 April 12
J.B. to Constitutional Code Peel on Bodies for dissection Letter 2

The health of millions must not be sacrificed to
urbanity. Forgive me Sir, for saying so but Your measures
are upon the face of them Sir though not no intimation of them is included in the confidence with to the time of which
I am not far from insensible, are upon the face of
them inadequate. They extend out beyond "this
"metropolis": but , Sir, has three metropolises:
and not more than a day or two had elapsed after my receipt
of your letter had elapsed, when out came in
the Morning Chronicle a statement which places the mischief
in a still stronger point of view than that in which it had
been placed by me.

What Your personal apprehension , (nor by me is it either
blame worthy or wonder worthy either to be blamed or wondered – but by originating bringing forward
the a measure such as that submitted to you, you
should – odium at the hands of those whose
disregard is for the which their feeling is for those the dead
their sympathy and beneficence are engrossed
by the dead. But of no such sentimentalists would the
feelings be affected by that same measure: those only <add>alone
would be subjected to the operation, in whose instance no such sentimental
such relation had shall have had existence. As to the burthen of in question
whatsoever may be the risk of it of it my proposal
had for its object the easing you of. it Fiat experimentum
in corpore vili is an adage belonging to the
subject: the application of it to myself is what I
offered you. The scalping knife might be as busy upon
me before or after death. as afterwa I should but laugh at it –
and the sensitiveness of the Minister must be acute indeed
if though the sides of the invisible old Hermit⊞ whose aversion to betrayer victim disregard of secresy is it is hoped sufficiently demonstrated he can really be apprehensive
the of the instruments' reaching his. The cup is
at the same time one I have no need of, and no relish for, and nothing
but the persuasion of necessity will make me swallow
it.

Identifier: | JB/011/191/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 11.
Date_1	1826-04-12	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	011	Main Headings	law amendment
Folio number	191	Info in main headings field	jb to peel on bodies for dissection
Image	001	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	d3 / e3
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	j whatman turkey mill 1824
Marginals		Paper Producer	jonathan blenman
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1824
Notes public		ID Number	3888
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