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Various are the situations in which an individual
may be placed as connected with public opinion. At its
tribunal – a man may be either Judge – pleader, – or party.
He may have to award & to dispense pains & pleasures to others – to advocate
at the hands of others the dispensation of reward or punishment
– or have to receive from the decrees of others the penalty or
recompense of acts submitted to the scrutiny of the social or
the popular sanction. In all these cases let him be on
his guard against a common failing, – the ascription to
others of certain motives, – inducements, – or intentions, – or
the setting up a claim of motive, inducement, or intention
for himself. In the character of a judge nothing can
more assist an honest & a useful decision than the laying
bare all actions as they really are – the tracing consequences as
they present themselves by in by overt conduct – & avoiding carefully
on the one hand all attempts to dive into the unfathomable
regions of motives which cannot be known, – & on the other
steering clear of that petty, pharisaical vanity which is
so fond of exhibiting itself, to the great detriment of the
exhibitor. As an advocate – happily removed from that most
perilous position in which usage has placed a whole numerous
profession – who are doomed at the bidding of a sufficient fee indiscriminately to
defend right or wrong – truth or falsehood – as an advocate
in favor of who is bound, if he can, to obtain a correct verdict at the hands of the popular
opinion sanction – no attempt to misdirect, – or lead astray from
the consequences of the action in question, can be sanctioned
by the moral principle. And as a party to be judged
by the Tribunal of public opinion – nothing can be more
safely recommended than to bear constantly in mind the
terms conditions on which the affection of others is held – namely
the interchange of mutual services – the sacrifice on fit
occasions of the present to the future. As a general rule let useless
reproaches in thought be avoided – they may lead to useless reproaches
in words, – or useless reprobation in action. In all these

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Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	015	Main Headings	deontology
Folio number	420	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	linking material	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f104
Penner	sir john bowring	Watermarks	j & m mills 1828
Marginals		Paper Producer	john fraunceis gwyn
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1828
Notes public		ID Number	5636
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