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One of three things must happen: either his
inward opinion continues adverse to his open
declaration, and the man becomes unhappy:
or he brings them to some colour of reconciliation,
and the soundness of his intellect &
dignity of his character are the sacrifices which
cement it: or he resolves to forget his declaration
as fast as possible, & think nothing
about the matter.

I believe I shall have the testimony of most men's observation in my favor, when I suppose this state of the mind is the one of the most
common of them all: but is it absolutely necessary to
travel take this road in order to arrive at it, and leave
his sincerity behind him for the Toll.

Add to this, that however well disposed he
may be to an oblivion on his own part, situations
will ever and anon occur to which force
him to remember.


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ready upon occasion to make an apology for his own tranquility
by defending the necessity and proclaiming pro
the lightness of those fetters, under which his
more scrupulous brethren groan in vain <add>heavily<add>bitterly</add> </add>
He must be ready to stifle in the youth under
his care all propensity to those disquisitions which lead to the discovery persuasion that he does not<add>the Tutor</add>
well to be so tranquil: thence to consecrate the imp'tance rigor
of mind which gives birth to those propensities
in which those propensities have their
that active vigor of mind without which a Legislative
is but a dead weight on the Machine he
governs.




Identifier: | JB/096/270/001
"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 96.

Date_1

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Box

096

Main Headings

legislation

Folio number

270

Info in main headings field

subscription

Image

001

Titles

Category

text sheet

Number of Pages

2

Recto/Verso

recto

Page Numbering

Penner

jeremy bentham

Watermarks

[[watermarks::propatria [britannia motif]]]

Marginals

Paper Producer

Corrections

Paper Produced in Year

Notes public

ID Number

31274

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