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Rank as a representative of prosperity is, like wealth, to be
estimated by its own scale of influence as different titles constitute
different grades of social position position. But their bearing upon the
general question of a man's condition superior influence depends also upon moral &
intellectual qualities. As a rule of conduct extra regarding
prudence demands in almost every case the recognition of
those habits of deference which are ordinarily paid to rank.
Cases there are in which self-regarding prudence will league with
benevolence to prevent that prostration which is painful to the
prostrate & pernicious to him who exacts, or allows the humiliation.

Political power implies the means of action in
a wider sphere of influence. He who possesses it It enables a man to dispose of a larger
portion of good & evil than he otherswho possesses power power in any other
shape will confer on him. And prudence requires that conduct should
be directed with a view to that greater quantity of happiness & misery
of which political power disposes.

Identifier: | JB/015/464/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 15.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	015	Main Headings	deontology
Folio number	464	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	linking material	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f149
Penner	sir john bowring	Watermarks	c wilmott 1819
Marginals		Paper Producer	andreas louriottis
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1819
Notes public		ID Number	5680
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