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10 Jany 1803 Letter 3d 57 (3) XVII Hulks

any reprimands to fear; nor the other, journies: the one
bears a saddle upon his back, the other rides upon it[+]
here in In the Court of King's Bench, after disagreements more
serious than any that can naturally have here
the defendant talks with the prosecutor; after which
every thing is as it should be: and the Court, far from
opposing that sort of the arrangement oftentimes favours and even recommends
it. Is it natural that under Lord Pelham's
gentle sway, there should be more hastiness more implacability any want of that practicability
in the lower regions than which is for become practice in a Court
of penal justice? All this which duty is bidding bids eyes be
open: " a quarter at the least". Duty? Yes but
what is duty? a mere abstraction [a fictitious entity]
a phatasmagoric spectre having itself for a moment
in the Statute Book
rising up for a moment at the
touch of the sceptre, and then vanishing the next moment
making its escape back into the regions of imagination
the regions from which it was . Of what avail
is the growl of duty heard issuing in a day of ceremony for the first and last time
from before behind the throne — of what avail this
mandate warning to keep eyes open, what which where convenience in
whispers commanding them to be kept short?

But, for for this theory — what is all this but
theory? Yes, indeed my Lord, it was is from theory from I have
been speaking: from theory theory — I confess it — that all this came I confess it. But
theory, if it be good for any thing, begins and ends in
practice. Yes, my Lord, it is upon theory
that I began the paragraph: but such is the progress rate at
of instruction which these attemps under your Lordships , the paragraph
thus begun in theory was not finished, when confirmation
was already in among in upon it from upon it by experience.
It will come The place for it is near at hand.

[+] He rides: but happily for
such to ride, waiting hopefully
is not necessary: stepping
is much more
Between a
placement: rider and
ridden are so much
the more at their case.
Between From a sleeping
Inspector and a sleeping
partner, how
come how imperceptible
the transition, how
slight how immaterial
the difference

what
at the
have
nothing about the
matter

Under the inspectorship
of Mr Rose the Right
Honourable George Rose
the inspectorship inspection
which he exercised
over Mr Campbell
and his fellows
no such connection
ever took place: he
told me so himself
but so do
not grow every where.





Identifier: | JB/116/522/001
"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 116.

Date_1

1803-01-10

Marginal Summary Numbering

not numbered

Box

116

Main Headings

panopticon versus new south wales

Folio number

522

Info in main headings field

letter 3

Image

001

Titles

Category

text sheet

Number of Pages

1

Recto/Verso

recto

Page Numbering

d57 / e3

Penner

jeremy bentham

Watermarks

Marginals

jeremy bentham

Paper Producer

Corrections

Paper Produced in Year

Notes public

ID Number

38055

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