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1822 July 1.
Constitut Code Rationale
Supreme Operative
1. Monarch
2. Intellectual
24. or 1. +
To judge of the effect
of political situation
in this case on
intellect, note among
Monarchical functions the
proportion of insane to
sane: say 11. to 3. as per
Table (a.)
Sense to insane as large
as 12 millions to not half.
25. or 2 +
True, so great the
suffering in what wd appear
the ordinary case,
additional suffering
produced in this supposed
extraordinary case
might be thought not
worth adding to the
account.
26. or 3. +
But in this case, if
the evil be not much
greater, the absurdity
of submitting to it is
much more flagrant.
Under Monarchy,
probability constantly so
great of being governed
by a Madman!
27. or 4. +
Compare on this point
Monarchy with Democracy.
In U.S. what the
probability of a mad
President being elected?
28. or 5. +
Till the madness is
too flagrant to be
concealed, the same
superhuman excellence
in all its features,
wisdom in particular,
continues to be ascribed
to him by all
corruptionists and hypocrites
cuckoed and chorused by their dupes.
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+ 28. or 5 contind.
To Priests most religious
to Lawyers most
just, to diplomatists
most wise, to Courtiers
most gracious, to history
writers etc. most good.
29. or 6. +
Monarchs and subjects
are slave-holders and
slaves: corresponding
vices on both sides.
Insultor and insulted,
Corruptor and corrupted,
deludor and deluded,
bullies and cowards,
hypocrites and duped
bigots: such the population.
30. or 7. +
By future generations
rid of Monarchy and
Slave-holding with how
contemptuous a pity
will the present be
regarded.
31. or 8. +
Cause why when King
is insane, people are not
more afflicted than
while he is sane. To
King it falls not in
either case to determine,
in detail, the
arrangements by which
Government is carried
on.
32. or 9.
On all occasions his
endeavour is to give
accomplishment to the
aggregate of his desires.
Among the Servants
whom choice has placed
within his view,
he looks out for that one
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32. or 9. contind
one who seems likely
to contribute most
effectually to that end.
Of the Council of his
Desires, Ease is perpetual
President.
33 or 10. +
Points as to which
Monarch and Sub Monarch
are always agreed,
maximizing the sinister
sacrifice at expense
of their own subjects,
of a foreign State or,
as in case of war,
of both: to what
amount they care not.
34. or 11. +
Points as to which
they may differ.
To Monarch, constant
object, providing
gratification for personal
desires.
35. or 12. +
As to army, disagreement
none. To Monarch a toy,
to _____ and Monarch
it is the most efficient
of all instruments of
the sinister sacrifice.
36. or 13. +
Desires there are not
common to them in
equal degree.
Example 1. Monarch's
Palaces. To add fictitious
to natural unpleasantness
in one spot cost
Louis 14th a sum
comparable to government
expence during
the same period.
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