JB/087/170/003

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Corpus delicti
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Bad as the world is said to be I must confess
I would trust the whole of it together
[which can not have an interest in supporting
fraud or calumny] with rather more confidence than
I would an au single a single auditor of an office, a single parish vestry,
a single committee of Justices of the peace, [a single
court of Exchequer tied down by antient forms which have in which
justice comes in <add>as the object now and then by accident [as the object]</add>
something else than justice for their object] as or
even a single committee of a British house of
commons. Some may want integrity, some may
want judgment knowledge, some others quickn knowledge
quickness, others judgment: all may want time. All these qualities requisites may commonly be found in
tolerable perfection in that multifarious & aggregate body called
the world: which drawing disinterestness disinterestedness probity from its
immensity, may without inconvenience by be
judge and witness at the same time. In this
heterogeneous immense & and discordant mass the worst qualities answer the
purpose of the best: envy, hatred, malice, and all
uncharitableness will do the work of public spirit: See Principles of legisl.
Introd. Ch. [Motives]
they will even do it better, [do more good,] because they are more
active; and so long as they keep clear of perjury
and forgery, against which there are established remedies, they can't do harm.

Identifier: | JB/087/170/003 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 87.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering	10
Box	087	Main Headings	indirect legislation
Folio number	170	Info in main headings field	indirect
Image	003	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f49 / f50 / f51 / f52
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	[[watermarks::gr [crown motif] [britannia with shield motif]]]
Marginals	jeremy bentham	Paper Producer
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	27695
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