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XVI Improvidence 25
A direct avowal
of the private motive
would have been
more manly, and
as safe

he is himself is propagating the Gospel directive, his wish is he begs of
that I would by keep just to keep out propagating in New South
Wales, and Gaols as with prisoners
that Parliament has forbidden be put to be put thus</p>

He begs of me accordingly therefore, that the £100,000 public money
that has been spent in the particular

A few things will be necessary, to be done odd jobs he begs me to do must indeed be done to rid him of this
nuisance, but if they were as difficult as they are easy
who could I refuse the so good a friend? is such a man to be The £12,000
that has been spent in the public money must be thrown away,
together with as much time as may be necessary for indemnifications. It will be impossible to tell me for how to go on keep on
nifications. Which he is He would put to go if with propagating
the Gospel as he says Greek text I must keep at can <add>in comfort if I did do and keep every where</add>
on propagating immorality in New South Wales, and crowding
Gaols with prisoners that Parliament has ordered forbidden to be
Forbidden? — well and what of that? THe commanders of and what then?
Parliament and
the commands of frauds and such frauds to be obeyed

It is enough for Parliament, if its commands be "examined
"and understood": Friends, and especially such frauds are not to be thus put off — their
commands must be obey'd.

That any rate (Your Lordship knows as many know at any time whether
there be any thing like truth in it) would at any rate have been
frank and open: but policy, the very profoundity of policing,
was the order of the day with his Grace.

A plot this! — a plot for gather prisons
built by strategem! — a plot for helping a thing</add.
thing <add>
</del> on by stopping it! — [+] abuse should any thing like a parallel
to it be found? — Let us try, my Lord.

[+] In this or any other
country — in the
regions even of imagination
wide as they are, is
there





Identifier: | JB/116/564/001
"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 116.

Date_1

Marginal Summary Numbering

25

Box

116

Main Headings

panopticon versus new south wales

Folio number

564

Info in main headings field

letter 3

Image

001

Titles

Category

correspondence

Number of Pages

1

Recto/Verso

recto

Page Numbering

f24

Penner

jeremy bentham

Watermarks

1800

Marginals

jeremy bentham

Paper Producer

Corrections

Paper Produced in Year

1800

Notes public

letter was never sent; see note 8 to letter 1747, vol. 7

ID Number

38097

Box Contents

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