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1822 Jan.y 17. July 25.
Codification Offer
25
Supreme
Universal
(1 Members Draft
Development
§.5. Universal
Members unapt
I.1 or 1.+206
Aphorisms foundation
of all non-despotic government.
Course of sinister
interest in rulers situation.
1. Self-regard generally
predominant
1.1a 1(a.)+207
On this depends the existence
of the species:
The Interest and even
the most comprehensive
of sympathies are not excluded
by it.
1.2 2.+208
2 True of all, this must
be so of all rulers.
1.3 3.+209
3. Object of all acts of
rule greatest happiness
of rulers: on competition,
greatest happiness of
greatest number sacrificed.
1.4 4.+210
In every department,
every functionary endeavours
to effect encrease
of objects of general
desire in his
hands or power, and
private decrease: at
the expence of all except
in so far as checked.
II.1 5.211+
5. Thence if shackled
Monarch's endeavour
constant to throw off
his shackles: especially
if originally free.
II.2 7.212+
So Representatives — viz
1. at Peoples expence.
2 — at Monarchs: saving
necessary concession
for purchasing his help
for the above.
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Members unapt
II.3 6.213+
6. So to extract for his
own use all the money
he can without preponderant
difficulty and
uneasiness.
II.4 7.214+
So Representatives — viz
1. at people's expence
2. at Monarchs: saving
necessary concession
for purchasing help for
the above —
II.5 8.215+
— and to that end
will sacrifice.
1. Peoples power: viz
1. as against Monarch.
2. as against Representatives
by making them
as slightly dependent
as possible on people.
II.6 9.216+
3. So People's money:
to Monarch and selves,
though suffering from
the loss is more than equivalent
to enjoyment
from the gain.
III.1 10.217++
Between Monarch and
Representatives, close &
perpetual the partnership
interest: as neither
can get the people's money
without the other.
III.2 11.218++
The Offices being at Monarch's
disposal, perpetual
his endeavours
to encrease number and
value of d.o
III3 12. 219++
So Representatives that
from Monarch, they
may have them for self
and connections.
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Members unapt
III.4 13.220++
Obvious and principal
means of obtaining
a share, conforming
himself each one to Monarchs
known or enforced presumed
desire: proportioned
to each man's
contribution will naturally
be expected to
be the reward.
IV.1 14.221++
Instruments of felicity
objects of general desire
sweets of power.
To maximize his own
share of each, the perpetual
endeavour
will be — to aggreg maximize
the aggregate mass.
IV.2 15.222++
Sweets of power, what
1. Emolument of Office.
1. Needful.
2. Needless.
3. Useless.
4. Sinecure.
5. Overpay of each.
IV.3 16.223++
Value of each he possesses
1. As emolument &c directly
2. As time and exertion
inversely.
IV.4 17 224++
Value to patron, is
1. As d.o in possession.
2. Directly directly aptitude necessary
to possession,
inversely.
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+
§.1. Self-regard
1. 2. 3 4.
+
§2. — In Monarch and his
servants — objects of
5 6 7 8. 9
+
§.3. Representatives
Monarch.
10. 11. 12. 13
?
§.4. of Reward.
14. 15. 16. 17.
?
§.5. Sources of
Wars of Dependence.
18. 19.
not 0
§. 6. Means of
and
to the
of the liberty of discourse.
20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26.
27. 28. 29. 30
not 0
§.7. Endeavour to suppress
discourse
as to rulers
, is sufficient reason
for change in government.
— in Democracy
31. 32. 33.
not 0
§.8. Most Monarchy offer a
— ,
but no —
35. 36
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