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Indirect Legislation § 10
Conclusion
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Conclusion
Dignity of the
policy here explained
Thus far I have proceeded in my endeavour
to lay ransack the storehouses treasures
and lay open the mysteries of [legislative]
policy. And of what policy?
[I mean always of that sort of policy
which operates in the way of legislation and
is grounded on the principle of utility:] [not the
art of tricking over-reaching and cajoling] not the art policy of dealing
with A & B individuals [Doe & Roe], but the art of giving a form
and colour
[giving a bias setting a lead moulding into form]
to the [manners] conduct and characters of nations: not the
art of policy artifice of the moment, but the policy of ages:
not the art of tr over-reaching and cajoling [men], individuals but
the art of making [them] happy: not the art of pursuing
the petty personal interests little selfish personal exclusive interests of the sovereign,
but the art of promoting the grand and
comprehensive wide-extending interests of those for whom he is
in trust: [in a word] in fine [not the policy which can which shuns
the light, but that which courts it:] not the policy shuns the light, but that which courts it.
which if not unless concealed must will be ineffectual; but
of that which is the more effectual, the more
thoroughly universally it is known understood: attended to and understood.
not the policy which
shuns the light, but that which courts it: in a word not
the
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