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governed by in matters of this sort
were fit to be observed. Opinion used
as authority on the question, would a law
to such or such an Effect be upon the
whole a beneficial one? instead of inquiring
out the probable good and ill
effects to be looked for in the event of
its establishment is circumstantial evidence
substituted to direct evidence; circumstantial
evidence always of the weakest
kind substituted to whatever
direct and specific evidence the particular
nature of the case happens to
afford.
The Lawyer whose authority is on
a question of this sort regarded as decisive
is a witness whose opinion if
delivered in favour of a proposed
law is considered as conclusive evidence
of the goodness of the proposed
law; if in condemnation of it as conclusive
evidence of the badness of the
proposed law. Thus
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law versus arbitrary power (a hatchet for dr paley's net) |
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[[watermarks::[simplified hanoverian royal arms] 1821]] |
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