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-mitt me to maintain, against him as well as all
gainsayers, that a man may not only take up burthens,
put push aside money, and yet be in his
sober senses. He has seen yourself, but, for example,
(with respect be it spoken) in addition to the
burthen of the Treasurership of the Navy, in addition
to the burthen of the Chairmanship of the
Board of Controul, take up the still heavier
burthen of the Secretary-ship of State. He has
seen you, at the same time that you were taking
up the latter burthen, refusing the Salary that
stood annexed to it. Yet, with submission to Mr
Nepean, who to be sure has better opportunities of
judging than I can boast of with submission,
I say, to Mr Nepean, I will notwithstanding be
bold enough to maintain, though at my humble
distance, that you, Sir, were then, and still are,
(for if you are not I don't know who is) in your
sober senses.

As to the disposal of the proposed indemnification-money,
to be sure it does not belong to me to
decide, but if the opinion of so obscure an individual
may venture to peep forth, it is my
humble apprehension that at a time like the present, some

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Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	118	Main Headings	panopticon
Folio number	076	Info in main headings field
Image	002	Titles
Category	correspondence	Number of Pages	2
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	d21 f17 / d22 f18
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks
Marginals		Paper Producer
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public	letter 988, vol. 5	ID Number	39130
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