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intrusive counsellor. Pure selfishness is abundantly sufficient
for the production of the character. And without good grounds
for believing that credit is to be given to benevolence, – it may
with great probability be presumed that some quality
far removed from benevolence gave birth to the intervention.

It is clearly then demanded by morality
that had advice giving as a habit should be abstained from
as it is that where and if the demand for it be obvious & undoubted – if the
case be clear & urgent – that it [Seq F.279. should be accompanied
with such statements, & reasons as will, in so far as may be
plead its excuse & justification to the person advised, &
cause to him as little suffering as may be necessary to
give the advice its intended effect. Without strong evidence both of
the necessity for its application – & the probability of
its success, – virtue does requires abstention from the suppression of the
advice & the abstention of the adviser.

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Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	015	Main Headings	deontology
Folio number	564	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	linking material	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f250
Penner	sir john bowring	Watermarks
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Notes public		ID Number	5780
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