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Indirect Legislation Religion

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instrument termed a monition. The efficacy of this
extraordinary efficacy of which in countries of this count instrument
in countries where the sensibility to of the people
to the religious sanction is strong and general, and
their religious biases at the disposal of the priesthood
would in other countries be looked upon by many constitute in the eyes of many
as the as an objection to it. Adding indiscriminately
a great body of strength to any laws to which it is
applied [it is capable of doing as much mischief
under a bad government as it is good under a good one].
it would [be apt to be naturally enough] the an object of jealousy
under a popular government a on account of the
tendency it has to render the political sanction
independent of the moral. The precautions which
might be taken to obviate that inconvenience do
not belong to the present Subject. See B. II. Tit. [Evidence].

Example making
smuggling
disreputable
As to the cases in which the force of the religious
sanction might be employd with advantage to correct
as abovementioned, the errors of the moral, that of smuggling may
serve as an example. This is a practice which has
never hitherto been any where so unpopular as even
in under the wisest governments it is pernicious. See Ch. 12. [Consequences] 17.
To point
the artillery of the religious sanction against this mischief
might is to be a constant instruction to those who are intrusted
with the management command of this part of
the public force. In the Christian Religion the pre
-cept

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Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering	9-10
Box	087	Main Headings	indirect legislation
Folio number	023	Info in main headings field	indirect legislation
Image	004	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
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