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dered as bound by those teams, were the old spot to be
taken from me: and that if I 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 vanity to
the marked I was altogether incapable of finding
data wherever 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, they 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 yours?

Mr Bentham — Certainly it is for them to
judge of: and were I already appeared of their
judgment and that it was to that effect, inference
would be at an end. But till I was apprized of
such their judgment the consideration of what in
my humble conception they ought to do, is the
only means I have of judging what they will
do: and as to the proposition that if they ought
not

Identifier: | JB/118/100/002 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 118.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	118	Main Headings	panopticon
Folio number	100	Info in main headings field
Image	002	Titles
Category	correspondence	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	d5 / d6 / d7 / d8
Penner		Watermarks
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Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public	copy of letter 988, vol. 5	ID Number	39154
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