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To be copied "Hence arises a third kind of law, to regulate
this mutual intercourse, called the
"law of nations: which as none of these
"states, will acknowledge a superiority in
"the other cannot be dictated by either."
How philosophical, how just, how accurate How accurate, how consistent is the
is this account! learned Author! here is a law prescribed, but
not dictated; by a superior, where no superiority
is acknowledged; to an inferior: who is
perfectly equl equal, and independent. Into
such absurdities inconsequences is our author drawn,
by an inaccurate abuse of terms: by giving
the name of law to ideal principles, which
should only be given to the will of a superior, manifested

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Box	096	Main Headings	comment on the commentaries
Folio number	021	Info in main headings field
Image	002	Titles	section iv / the author's account of the law of nations
Category	collectanea	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	c57 / c58 / c59 / c60
Penner	168	Watermarks	[[watermarks::gr [quartered royal arms motif]]]
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Notes public	[[notes_public::"to be copied" [note not in bentham's hand]]]	ID Number	31025
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