JB/107/264/001

Click Here To Edit 28 Jan 1808 Evid. Prosp. Vicc Peines 3

Throughout the whole body of the constitution the disease
of arbitrary power with the harmful symptoms that accompany
it are thus diffused and kept in fact. The Jurymen,
Judges,the superior, the inferior Magistrate, Ins Magistrates the King andwith his advisers
each of these public functionaries is arbitrary a despot within his sphere
no reason is required for whether he hangsdestroysor saves: caprice
or corrupt interest institution hasfind the<add>a clear ground to range in</add> find an intimated
range.

To the wrongThere In this case as in others the vice of the The practice of despotism
despot finds its encouragement and support in the train
of adulators.

To do wrong is impossible to him & to escape from
praise is equally impossible. Two opposite praisesvirtues
count the choiceJustice and : one or other he can not write of.
on each occasion it rests with himself to connect his
tasteconvenience or his, and adapt that which whatever be his purpose,
happens to be best adapted to his purpose.

In this state of things, everything is as it should be:
every thing is inwrapt in confusion: the life of man is made
the part either of chance, or of corrupt design
still worse than chance. Hypocrisy sits on every brow
and dislikepours forth from every life: every thing existsstands in the
most favourable state for thegiving dispelling and encouragementtriumph
of venal clergymenof mechanical sentimentality and venal clergymen.

To consideration they determined, would notcross and pile
would be a most advantageous substitute?

Identifier: | JB/107/264/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 107.
Date_1	1808-01-28	Marginal Summary Numbering	4-6
Box	107	Main Headings	law versus arbitrary power (a hatchet for dr paley's net)
Folio number	264	Info in main headings field	peines
Image	001	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	c3 / e63
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks
Marginals	pr1	Paper Producer
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	35255
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