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1821 July 5. 1822 Aug. 10
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☞ Employ this in the Chapt. & Section on Examinations.

Delusion is either introductive positive, or say insertive, or exclusive.
1. Introductive Positive, by introduction of false & mischievous lights.
2. Exclusive, by exclusion put upon true & useful lights.

Exclusion is either direct or indirect.
1. Direction, viz for instance by prohibition enforced by punishment; as in
case of libel law.
2. Indirect: viz by invitation enforced by reward, applied to
produce the introduction of such lights as are either say positively mischievous
or useless and thence in a sort of negative way mischievous
by drawing of, ,men's that attention and those exertions which otherwise
would have been employed in the acquisition & introduction
of useful lights.

Of introductive delusion an example is afforded by the encouragement
given to despotism – supporting newspapers,
reviews and other periodicals.

Of the indirectly exclusive delusion an example is afforded
by the pains taken in both the Church of England Universities,
to apply the whole time and labour of all young me of distinguished
talents to the study of the most useless parts that can
be found in mathematics & the greek language. This is done
by attaching rewards in the shape of rich fellowships & scholarships,
to what is thus held out in the character of merit: of which
merit such as it is the degrees are established by & what is
really the most effectual method or rather the only effectual
method, viz. public examinations. In fact in Cambridge such
is the effect of this device that of the whole number of three
or four thousand students, all those possessed of the strongest
talents are made to bestow the whole of their disposable time
to the acquisition of these useless points of learning, it learning
it is to be called: and such is the energy thus produced, that by
it, many a healthy constitution has notoriously be injured not
to say destroyed by it.<p>

This is one of the means by which the whole of that

Seminary for Public men, has most effectually been abstracted from
the study of government
& religion through
any other books than
those which are put
into their hands for the
delusive purpose.</p>

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Date_1	1821-07-05	Marginal Summary Numbering	not numbered
Box	036	Main Headings	constitutional code
Folio number	052	Info in main headings field	constitut. code
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Category	copy/fair copy sheet	Number of Pages	1
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Penner	richard doane	Watermarks	c wilmott 1819
Marginals	jeremy bentham	Paper Producer	andreas louriottis
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1819
Notes public		ID Number	10976
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