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37
Indirect
Corpus delicti
I have mentioned to which of these books bodies sets
of instructions persons of certain descriptions should
be obliged to buy, or should be furnished with, at
the expense of government. For those which people
were should be left free to furnish themselves with or not,
the recommendation of authority would probably
procure an extensive circulation. Sovereigns have
hitherto been but little in act use to stand forth
in the character of instructors. [I see not however]
It is a milder however and surely not less
honorable part function to enlighten one part of mankind
by their wisdom, as are to coerce another part make another part feel the
[weight] burthen of their power. by their power. The paying a due attention keeping an attentive eye to
this branch of policy [ is [one and] not the least of the improvements
that may be under of which legislation is susceptible.
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