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2. Not only 10, but it adds in a still greater degree 2. Expectation of impunity.
perhaps to the apparent appearance of that danger, of impunity. at least in some
than to the reality. Taking the species upon an In a large number any large division of individuals
taken at random, there will always be a considerable
average, not more disposed to believe in attribute
number at least, if not the majority, who will be disposed to attribute
a greater measure of the probability ceteris paribus to such events
as they wish for than to their opposites: (a) and this
is more particularly apt to be the case with
regard to men who are of that of the sort of persons who are in boldness <add>question: persons</add>
whose boldness, or rather rashness of temperament must be more than ordinary
temperament as to take into deliberation the
in order to dispose them so much as to face for a moment the
idea of engaging in any of those any such acts as against which the
law, [+] is seen to have denounced its vengeance. It is only [+] not to mention any of the other sanctions.
for want of proximity and thereby of certainty that the punishment, if
the form of it be greater in magnitude than
the form of the offense, can ever fail of answering
it's intention: were the punishment to follow
instantly upon the offence, a man would no
set fire to his neighbours house than he would
thrust his own hand into a furnace.(b)

Note

(a) A simple and convincing proof of this may be seen in
(a) The success of lotteries. for example depends upon
no other principles

(b) To p. 11 No 2.

Identifier: | JB/051/315/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 51.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering	16, 1, 17-18
Box	051	Main Headings	evidence; procedure code
Folio number	315	Info in main headings field	[[info_in_main_headings_field::of the [purposes] of procedure]]
Image	001	Titles	note
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f13 / f14 / f15 / f16
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	[[watermarks::r williams [britannia with shield motif]]]
Marginals	jeremy bentham	Paper Producer	c. hamilton
Corrections	jeremy bentham	Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	16480
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