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2 C
National Wealth
thing the person may at one time appear in the
character of an article of national wealth, at another
time in that of an article of public wealth
at one time in the character of an article of public
wealth, at another time in that of an article
of for public force. The same log, says Horace,
may at different times appear in the shape of
a post or a Priapus. The same man may appear
at different times in the character of a peasant
and a soldier. When he is once invested with in the character of
a soldier what the nation suffers by the losing him
is a diminution of public force: till then what the nation
would suffer by the loss of him would only
be a diminution of national wealth
The same implement which ministers at one
time to a man's the maintenance &c the enjoyments of an individual
may at another time minister as immediately to his security.
The same implement which ministers at one time
to the security of an individual may at another
time minister to the security of the state. The
same piece of iron which one year in the shape of
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Identifier: | JB/072/056/002 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 72.
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072 |
penal code |
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056 |
offences against the national wealth |
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002 |
offences against religion |
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text sheet |
4 |
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recto |
f1 / f2 / f3 / f4 |
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jeremy bentham |
[[watermarks::[gr with crown motif] pro patria [with motif]]] |
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"not done" |
23673 |
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