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C
Offences against the National Wealth
What the blood is to the chyme, the milk & other
other substances fluid or solid which enter into
the composition of the human frame, such is the
national wealth to the and other articles several distinguishable parts
which enter into the composition compose the texture of the political
fabric. [In particular] what the muscular fibres
are to the natural body, such is the military
system to the body politic. As the system of
muscular fibres is the organ of strength in the
one, so is the military system in the other
Offences against Religion Religion is originally an object by itself: it is
not a part actually belonging to the political
body machine but an a distinct and adscititious piece of machinery,
mechanism applied and as it were stuck on to
assist facilitate and enforce strengthen the texture and
facilitate the operations work of the other.
Religion professes to have in view be subservient to two
distinct purposes, a spiritual and a temporal
one. That which is called the it's spiritual
purpose is the ensuring happiness to men and guarding
insuring them from misery in a world life to come. This
purpose purports to be much the more valuable of
the two: but with this we have nothing to do here: will this To Offences against
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Identifier: | JB/072/056/004 "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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004 |
offences against religion |
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text sheet |
4 |
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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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