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1823. March 2
Greece

The least you could do for him would be to take from the At the very commencement of his reign the least you could do for
people has been to bear it had been produced to take and
to take from the producers, and from acts his last a mass of property equal to that which
suffices for the subsistence of several thousands of them in the
same time. But no sooner was he if instead of thousands
they were as in England and France myriads, never would the allowance thus made
to him, for never has it be, for never has it any where been found
to be sufficient. No sooner were he installed, than he would begin to do as George the third did all his life, and as
George the fourth is doing now:⊞ ⊞ George the third third,
who, in the course of his
reign, forced the people
at some different
times to pay his debt:
George the fourth who
on the same career is
outstripping his father. He would begin
debts. The offices placed at his disposal would not be
numerous enough, nor rich enough. To make up for fill up the
deficiency, he would talk of honour and dignity, and
plunge the country into war: he would talk of trade and
commerce, and build nests of offices in lucrative offices
in distant dependencies: he would find colonies conquer that colonies for the sake
of wars: and wage wars for the sake of colonies.

⊞ ⊞ If, for its conferring
the supposed benefit
of the people, by
taking power out of
their hands and
lodging it in the hands
of men with opposite
interests unchangeably
opposite to theirs,
in no what is as
yet supposed to be
done is not yet
sufficient, to the
defalcation thus already
made from their
power, add If this division thus made of power between the people and not by taking from the people
another. For the necessary support of so necessary an ingredient in
good government as to Monarchy, establish an heriditary
aristocracy, establish a House of Lords. All those good But, not being
means may be any containing what be blessed with some exclusively dedicated to the service of God, by vows of celibacy, the
men thus made into great men will to the customary extent be
blessed with sons and daughters. The fathers will, all of them have dignity to
support: so will all those children have their own demand their Honorable and Right Honorable children
will all of them be remain honoured with the corresponding burthen.
Here then is a demand for more lucrative offices, as also in the and of
and as the indispensable sources of of new offices, more wars and more distant dependencies.

Nor is the You have their in wheth For theirs and others there must
then be added with tether of honour and ribbons.

Nor is this all. For these and so many other honourable
men factitious honor and dignity in al its immeasurable shapes
must be provided, or merit, in all its shapes with or without meritorious shapes
must go unrewarded. By the sole friend infallible judge of merit in all its
shapes, titles of honour must be scattered around, and with or
without question, so must stars and ribbons.

Identifier: | JB/106/347/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 106.
Date_1	1823-03-02	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	106	Main Headings	constitutional code
Folio number	347	Info in main headings field	greece
Image	001	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	c5 / e17 / f21
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks
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Notes public		ID Number	34935
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