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23 Decr 1802 Letter 3

XVII Hulk
Hulk
King
King

Would it be of any use to Parliament to be ignorant of the
hand by which its authority has been in &c

Is it required of a man that he should remain without
speech or for fear of injury dislodging the arrow by which his
has been pierced.

Can there be a particle of hope so long as the
by which that letter was dictated nor to without
remorse?

These things are called jobs: were there ever a
transaction to which the appellative was with more manifest
properly applied?

The Inspector of Hulks has depends for his existence
in that character on the non-existence of the Penitentiary
establishment. more : The Gentleman who His official friend
recommended him to Your Lordship has thus gained a natural
ally - has intrusted himself deep.

Who was recommended? Was it Sir Mildman? Was it
Mr Neild? Was it any body who had established the be any could be
discovered to have taken any the smallest particle of which in the
of public in any who had distinguished himself
on any occasion by zeal in that particular branch public
service - by any degree of acquaintance with it - that had given
the smallest of intelligence any judge the smallest of his
zeal modesty in this . In Mr Neild Your Lordship might
have found a Gentleman who had devoted his life and fortune
to that eccentric and heroic line of public service: who had travelled the Kingdom
over and over again in search of objects of beneficence this brightest
and purest branch of clarity: who ever the of this plan has at
his own performed a journey of 700 miles on the
: in a word a .

I could have pointed
Your Lordship of to another person who would have accepted the have gained nothing
office though he might cost you more - not upon the actual but for a salary not to

the very gentleman
from whom active but Your Lordship
Your Lordship had
received information of
the very abuse.
Had Your Lordship
to either of these
Gentlemen to beg his acceptance
of it, the condescension
would have been
a tonne of real glory,
a subject of much pride.




Identifier: | JB/116/511/001
"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 116.

Date_1

1802-12-23

Marginal Summary Numbering

6

Box

116

Main Headings

panopticon versus new south wales

Folio number

511

Info in main headings field

letter 3

Image

001

Titles

Category

text sheet

Number of Pages

1

Recto/Verso

recto

Page Numbering

e7

Penner

jeremy bentham

Watermarks

Marginals

jeremy bentham

Paper Producer

Corrections

Paper Produced in Year

Notes public

ID Number

38044

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