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Letter II.
On Mr Humphreys's Code. Defects observed. Practical conclusion unchanged.
Queen's Square Place Aug. 30 1826.

Sir,
I had not intended to have been a second
time thus troublesome.obtrusive. But a sense of necessity compels
me.

For pronouncing a work worth notice, much
less reading is necessary, than for pronouncing it not
worth notice. When my former letter went, I had not
read what I have read since.

A considerable quantity of matter is already
committed to writing, in which are brought to view some
of what seemed to me the redundancies, imperfections and
deficiencies of the plan, together with a few proposed alterations
and additions of my own, which had presented themselves
to me in the character of improvements . I
intend to give publicity to them, in some way or other as soon as may be. by means
either of some periodical, on a separate pamphlet.

Supposing all mentions of good points suppressed,
and bad points held up to view and made the most of, a
part of the whole number of bad points I have brought to
view would suffice to warrant the conclusion of its not
being worth notice. If it has happened to you, sir, to hear any



Identifier: | JB/011/206/001
"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 11.

Date_1

1826-08-30

Marginal Summary Numbering

Box

011

Main Headings

law amendment

Folio number

206

Info in main headings field

letter ii on mr humphreys's code defects observed practical conclusion unchanged

Image

001

Titles

Category

correspondence

Number of Pages

2

Recto/Verso

recto

Page Numbering

Penner

john flowerdew colls

Watermarks

w weatherley 1825

Marginals

Paper Producer

fr2

Corrections

jeremy bentham

Paper Produced in Year

1825

Notes public

ID Number

3903

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