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10 Jany. 1812
Evidence
that as far as possible without the repulsiveness, the work might
as far as possible assumes for the first time, by means of in
relation as between means and ends the form of an art, and
7. To these the above viz – in the character of an instrument
actually and habitually though not uniformly employed
as in established practice as under the notion of its
affording of itself a security for correctness and against deceptions incorrectness
and incompleatness, would require to be added the ceremony of an Oath.
But in the character of an instrument fit to be thus
employed its pretensions will be seen to present to be open to themselves
as matter of dispute, the supposed groundlessness
of its pretensions will be brought to view exposed: absurd
– unutility to every good purpose – efficiency
to many evil purposes – these such are the qualities which
it has been found necessary to charge upon it impute to it
there will be occasion to impute to it, and it is believed
to fix upon it. But of this presently,
comprehensiveness as well as the precision – of a .
All along it has been Of they endeavour
be on such occasions one object has all along been, on each occasion to provide and traverse the whole
field be the subject of evidence: and in so far as it may that particular whatsoever failure instances of failure may can be observed
anywhere have happened to him to have failed, and therein
to have been misled by partial incompleat views, want
of ability not of industry has will have been the cause,
consistently with veracity he could not say, that the scale
of his judgment had turned on either side, found nor consequently
with probity, give the effect of a vote to either side, found in a
appropriate form the means of preserving an unscathed
purity those virtues the extirpation of which has with
such conspicuous industry, and with proportionate success
and profit, been laboured at by English Judges. Non liquitijust
grounds of decision being wanting to me, I will not
decide. No perjury here – no torture! Destitute of such necessary
instruments, how could Justice do her work?
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