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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




Identifier: | JB/107/342/002
"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 107.

Date_1

Marginal Summary Numbering

Box

107

Main Headings

law versus arbitrary power (a hatchet for dr paley's net)

Folio number

342

Info in main headings field

Image

002

Titles

Category

copy/fair copy sheet

Number of Pages

2

Recto/Verso

recto

Page Numbering

Penner

Watermarks

[[watermarks::[simplified hanoverian royal arms] 1821]]

Marginals

Paper Producer

Corrections

Paper Produced in Year

1821

Notes public

ID Number

35333

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