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13 April 1815
Chrest. Tab. II Inserenda

A Cypher – to this in the not to
any one else Mathematicians like Lawyers, to take advantage of any
ignorance or appearance of ignorance

In what circumstances shall we look for the cause
of so apparently extraordinary a phænomenon – such flagrant
impropriety inappositeness and thence such so thick a veil of factitious obscurity in the language of science? of inappositeness, impropriety, falsity, in that science
and above of all others, which reckons infallibility in the
number of its pretensions of which infallibility is
commonly regarded as the unquestionable and exclusively possessed exclusive
attribute? –In this circumstance.

In the case of this science as in the case of so many
other branches of art and science the knowledge which
the artist or man of science possesses in relation to the
subject is derived from the several particulars belonging of detail which belong
to the subject – from the acquaintance which continual practice
has given him with these several particulars.
The ideas which from these several particulars it has
happened to him to derive and store his mind with,
are perhaps without exception clear ones. On the
several occasions on which these particulars have been brought
to view and spoken of – so spoken of in language which
as had clear ideas in the mind of him them by whom it has
been employed has all along had clear ideas for its
accompaniment – the language attached to the subject
by usage has of course been all along employed.
In the mind of the artist or man of science by whom
this current language is employed it actually is conjoined
with clear ideas clear ideas are all along
attached. The conclusion which very naturally however
erroneously he forms all in his own mind,
forms at all along, forms it of course, and in such a manner, as
he would move his
legs in running walking, almost
without thinking of it

Identifier: | JB/018/125/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 18.
Date_1	1815-04-13	Marginal Summary Numbering	not numbered
Box	018	Main Headings	chrestomathia
Folio number	125	Info in main headings field	chrest. tab. ii inserenda
Image	001	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	c2 or c1 / d20 / e8
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks
Marginals	jeremy bentham	Paper Producer
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public	[[notes_public::"omitt?" [note in bentham's hand]]]	ID Number	6534
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