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In self-love there is a foundation for universal benevolence –
there is none for universal malice. And this is in itself evidence of
the union between the interest of the individual & the general interest that of mankind

In the universal desire to obtain the good opinion of others
there is also security for this same union. No man is deaf to
expressions of approbation & esteem. They are to all sources of satisfaction.
For suppose smiles & friendly expressions praises were accompanied with the rod
& that on the contrary frowns & vituperations reproaches brought with them valuable
gifts – who would not shun the smile & desire the frown? The appetite
for censure would supersede that for praise – smiles frowns would diffuse the
alacrity that now accompanies smiles – & smiles be the harbinger of
gloom. The desire of exp praise is in fact interwoven among our
earliest sensibilities so early that no man recollects a period when
it did not exist in his mind – nor does it require the piercing eye
& attentive searching of the philosopher to point out call into view a a principle
which is as so interblended with the very ground work of our nature. Prior Existing in every man's
thus early, – strengthened by repeated, by habitual exercise
this desire of approbation becomes indissolubly & intimately united with our physical wants –
it is as so associated with that it can hardly be detached from the idea of a personal pleasure itself. Praise may
indeed appear to be desired for itself – but the desire is so connected with the
self-regarding principle that to separate them is impossible

The process by which benevolence is generated is a
beautiful one – and by which virtue is associated with felicity. A
A child receives praises & marks of affection when it ceases crying at
command – or takes physic, or lays down a forbidden object which it
had seized. Its earliest sacrifices are made to the moral the happiness-generating principle, –
& it finds its recompense. The love of its parents – its brothers & sisters – its nurse or attendants grows out of its physical sensibilities – these
sensibilities are awakened to felicity by the action of that love.

Nor is there much value in the objection that this
process is too complicated & intricate, too long & difficult for childish intellects.

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Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	015	Main Headings	deontology
Folio number	352	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	linking material	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f28
Penner	sir john bowring	Watermarks	1831
Marginals		Paper Producer
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1831
Notes public		ID Number	5568
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