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1822 May 17
Economy

Ch. Securities for Mor. Aptit. Power minimized

1.
Security 2 Minimizing
power, in all grades,
especially the highest.
In certain quantities
and shapes, power is
essential to the situation:
the only instrument
the functionary
has to work with.
1. In each rank & class
of office in what quantity
and shape it
may be withholden
or curtailed without
detriment to the end:
and by what means.

2.
Power is do. of disposing
of 1. things: 2. services
of persons.
Problem – maximization
of value of things
and services employed
to public's use; minimization
of do. of do.
employed to functionaries
or other men's use,
with detriment to public
do.

3.
See now.
1. Situation in which
power, and what, must
be conceded, and in
the highest grade
maximized or not.
2. In do. what may
and should be withholden.

4.
1. Power which ought
not to be withholden
or curtailed people's
supreme constitutive
power.


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Ch. Securities for Mor. Aptit. Power minimized

5.
2. People's Delegates and
Agents supreme operative
power.
Defalcation here that
made by their powers being
rendered subordinate
to people's: viz. in the 2d.
of the two modes of
subordination applying
to situations by being
rendered dislocable by
them.
But for this mode, the
subordination of the operative,
the power of the
Constitutive would be
but nominal: trustee
and unfaithful do. the
same thing. Servant indismissible
is Master.
Better have a dismissible
servant chosen by an
adversary than an indismissible
do. chosen
by yourself.

6.
2. Dislocation, at what
time shall it be effectible?
Time stated, or left to
the
A Duration stated and
minimized.

7.
Evils from duration not
stated.
1. In some Constituents
continual negligence
thence in Agents independence,
and self-seeking
with relation to them.


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Ch. Securities for Mor. Aptit. Power minimized

7 contind.
2. In others, uninterrupted
vigilance – thence
detrimental to means of subsistence.
3. Addenda Effective
power engrossed by the
constantly vigilant few.
4. At no time would
the attention of all be
directed to the subject.
5. By a proposed dislocating
functionary every
proposal for his dislocation
would be regarded
as an act of personal
hostility, and thus excite
anger. By the indirect
mode of dislocation,
all such enmity is
avoided.


Identifier: | JB/038/036/001
"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 38.

Date_1

1822-05-17

Marginal Summary Numbering

1-7

Box

038

Main Headings

economy as to office

Folio number

036

Info in main headings field

economy

Image

001

Titles

securities for moral aptitude / power minimized

Category

marginal summary sheet

Number of Pages

1

Recto/Verso

recto

Page Numbering

f6

Penner

john flowerdew colls

Watermarks

Marginals

Paper Producer

Corrections

Paper Produced in Year

Notes public

ID Number

11673

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