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If the reasons to which expression has been given theory of morals which has been thus developed has in it any
value – that value will be found in the its simplicity, intelligibleness and
universal applicability. Here it But let it not be supposed that the reduction of because a standard has been recommended by which the multitudinous questions of right & wrong may be measured & decided that the discovery of that standard and of its
all-comprehensive fitness has been unattended with laborious meditation
and inquiry. The merit of deep thought consists not in compelling
the reader to descend into the profound well of truth, – there to draw
for himself of its healthful & refreshing waters – but in its having
enabled the writer to descend & to bring up for the use of others
the very invigorating draught. There is little due to the man who
sends another forth to in search for that which has been already found of undiscovered truth, – but he has
established some claim to the good opinion of his fellow men who
having gone forth in pursuit of the treasure brings it home & delivers it
over to the keeping of all who are willing to receive it at his hands.

Of the merits of a work of which Truth is the object we cannot have an
]adequate idea nor a perfect relish without an some acquaintance with the errors against which
it is levelled & which it is calculated to supersede displace. With respect to others the apparent merit of
such a work will be apt to be in an inverse proportion to the real. The better
it answers its purpose of making an abstruse subject plain, the more apt it
will be to appear to have nothing in it that is extraordinary.

An single observation that seems to contain nothing more than what every body
knew already may turn volumes of specious and formidable fallacy into
waste paper.

The same book may succeed ill with different sorts of people for opposite reasons:
with by by the ignorant who have no opinion about the matter it may be thought lightly of, as containing nothing that is extraordinary,
by the false learned, who have prejudices they cannot bear to have
questioned, it may be condemned as paradoxical for not squaring with their these prejudices. Ethics Vol. 5. p.4 and 5.

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Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	015	Main Headings	deontology
Folio number	126	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	linking material	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f172
Penner	sir john bowring	Watermarks	j green 1832
Marginals		Paper Producer	fc1
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1832
Notes public		ID Number	5342
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