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had been accepted, he had thereupon the candour
to admitt, that certainly whatever were the terms
contained in it, I could not be considered as bound
by those terms, were the old spot to be taken from
me: and that if it were, I should as certainly be
at liberty to propose new terms, such as might be
sufficient to indemnify me for the difference. My
answer was, that with regard to vicinity to the
seat of public inspection, I did not conceive it
proper for me to barter away, for any emolument to
myself, an advantage of such importance to the
public service: that with regard to the vicinity to
the market, I was altogether incapable of finding
data whereon to fix the quantum of indemnification
I was to require: and that moreover, in my conception, any such demand
would be useless, since Administration
never would comply with it: they ought not, therefore
said I, there would not.

Mr Long. They ought not? that surely is
a matter for them to judge of: if they should think
otherwise, what concern is that of your's?

Mr Bentham. — Certainly it is for them to judge
of: and were I already apprized of their judgement,
and that it was to that effect, inference would be at

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Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	118	Main Headings	panopticon
Folio number	068	Info in main headings field
Image	002	Titles
Category	correspondence	Number of Pages	2
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	d5 / d6
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks
Marginals		Paper Producer
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public	letter 988, vol. 5	ID Number	39122
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