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1826 Oct..r 16..th Nov 1

Review of Humphreys

Observations in the actual state of the English laws of Real
Property. with the Outlines of the Code; by James Humphreys
Esqr of Lincolns Inn Barrister

This work Of a work such as this the
publication forms in epoch: in law certainly; I had almost
said in history. Have you In possession in expectancy; in
prospect - in project - have you any of the sort of property th
in the shape thus denominated? class in proportion to the value of it. is the interest you have
in this work; great signal and unprecedented obligation to the author of it. Lay
even this sort of property out of the question, still iffrom the only competent quarter
by those in whom his instan will all property depend
atwill every thing depends
be but duly seconded, strong will be the ground you will have for fili
yourself in the appearance of this star in the ho
of jurisprudence: for of all that is valuable to man nothing man nothing
is there to which, directly or morally its beneficial influence will not be found to
extend. It has indeed for its direct object and main object subject matter, that object then giving security to
species alone of property which to which English lawyers, and the above have to absurdly
and uncharacteristically
instead of unmoveably,
given the name of
real: but, property stiled out: and for every thing else be which
it is of the nature of law to afford security, -security, in a proportion
as yet unexampled, will, if his plan be carried intointo
execution, be the effect.

Not less strikingsignal is the moral than the intellectual
most manifested by it. A young briefless lawyer, taking in who upon taking
on a moving later of the road to road to advancement had been fortunate []In one else, in the shape of
business had nothing to lose
christendom, even if that were
all - distinction have borrow
so ever, wouldof coursehave its value
—
by every page written,
and every line spr, in an
an occupation not less
then meritorious; had thus been making a sacrifice of pecuniary interest on the al of public good.
enough to this untrodden track and bold enough to enter
upon it - this was the sort of sort character in which, in any one junction the author had
been portrayed. [+] What was any astrtence Judge of my purpose Imagine, any one, any astonishment
when the information rocked me my that, instead of a years
adventurous this work had for its author a man advanced in years.
a conveyance at the very head of his profession - a reformist, who by

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Date_1	1826-11-01	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	078	Main Headings	Review of Humphreys
Folio number	024	Info in main headings field	Review of Humphreys
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Category	Text sheet	Number of Pages	1
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Corrections	Jeremy Bentham	Paper Produced in Year
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