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§ 16 Promulgation

If indeed men were as wise and as provident in
their the concerns of the public, as [it is common
for them to be] in their own, these two objects would
be as inseparable in the one case as in the other:
but this is one of the instances in which the wis folly and negligence of a private master
man in her private capacity are wisdom is wisdom and
providence when compared with the care and wisdom of the
same man in the capacity of a statesman. A preten
No mistress of a family so absurd as to
the footman load burthen [the memory of] one servant with ord business which
another is to perform: she does not load trouble the cook
with directions about the footman's carrying a message
the footman with directions about the cook's nursery-maid's dressing
the childer children: the nursery maid about the
coachman's cleaning the coach: nor the coachman
about the f cook's dressing the dinner: much less
does it ever enter into her head: much less does she
that the proper way of signifying to all these servants
their respective duties is to sit down in her closet
and write an immense book in which the specifications
of all those businesses are jumbled together, and
having so done, put it up on a shelf with other
books, upon the chance in confidence that [the housemaid when
she comes to dust the books [may lay her hands on
it.] may find it out and shew it to the rest.] somebody
or other may come to look for it. But were com it
even common for mistresses of families to be thus in-
-considerate

Identifier: | JB/087/186/002 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 87.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	087	Main Headings	indirect legislation
Folio number	186	Info in main headings field	indirect
Image	002	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	4
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Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	[[watermarks::gr [crown motif] [britannia with shield motif]]]
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