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And again: — "L'homme, come être physique est ainsi
'que les autres corps, gouvernè par des loix invariàbles. be the
, in the same manner as the hand "comme être intelligent il viole sans cesse les loix que
of a watch, is forced to describe a given space "Dieu a etablies."
in a given time, in consequence of the degree All this sounded very pretty: & our Author was determined
of moving force, communicated by the— to make it his own. But as ill luck, or worse oversight
maker. St. Francis Anthony preaching to the would have it when he laid his finger on these fine
fishes, would be, to the full as inconsistent, passages, he had forgotten Montesquieus definition
as respectable, as a legislator prescribing, or of Law: & so did not perceive, that though required
a professor explaining, laws to such a — the same term they were all the while talking of
being as this. very different things

# # See Addenda What must be the feelings of a Young, and We have seen our Author's definition of Law. But
inquisitive mind, at seeing such a confusion Laws according to Montesquieu are - "les rapports
of Ideas? at hearing our author "qui derivent de la nature des choses." — how in
gravely descant on the action of inactive matterthese same "rapports" there is ideas of superiority and
inferiority of consciousness of promulgation; &c are not

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Identifier: | JB/096/004/002 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 96.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	096	Main Headings	comment on the commentaries
Folio number	004	Info in main headings field
Image	002	Titles
Category	collectanea	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	c7 / c8 / c9 / c10
Penner	168	Watermarks	[[watermarks::gr [quartered royal arms motif]]]
Marginals		Paper Producer
Corrections	jeremy bentham	Paper Produced in Year
Notes public	[[notes_public::"to be copied" [note not in bentham's hand]]]	ID Number	31008
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