JB/087/020/001

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Indirect Legislation

Religion

1

The culture of
this Sanction also
respects 1. its
force. 2. its direction

The second other general expedient for assisting the
political sanction in keeping the inclinations of men
within the pale line of utility consists in the culture of
the religious sanction. This culture consists in two In this culture the two points are
to be attended to are two particulars : in augmenting the force of the sanction
in question; and in directing the application of giving a proper direction to that
force. Now it

Now it is evident and that antecedently to the determination
of any question what is the proper
direction

2

The augmentation
of its force is [so
far only] of use
only in as far
as it acts in a
right direction.

Now let any direction, be it what it will, be
the proper one [direction for that force to be made to
act in] it is evident that it is only in proportion upon the supposition
as that direction is a proper one that the augmentation
of the force of this sanction in point of force is a thing
to be desired. If in any point the direction which
it happens to assume is an improper one, on every
such occasion it is evident that the weaker it is
the better: the strength of it to for instead of being a
a benefit is an inconvenience a mischief. Accordingly Though the strength force
of it consider'd in itself is the circumstance that
would naturally be the first to strike upon engage
the

Identifier: | JB/087/020/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 87.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering	1-6
Box	087	Main Headings	indirect legislation
Folio number	020	Info in main headings field	indirect legislation
Image	001	Titles	note
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f1 / f2 / f3 / f4
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	[[watermarks::r williams [britannia with shield motif]]]
Marginals	jeremy bentham	Paper Producer	c. hamilton
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	27545
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