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8 June 1812
Panopt. Observat.

To lock up the vulgar prejudice, the offspring of envy and folly that had
already been exposed.

1. First then this article charge about undue price stands is in contradiction
with the former one about luxury.

If in what was was there meant to be designated by the
word luxury had there were anything of real evil in it, this exce the evil
would be this excessive price this dearness, find as far as
it sent the correction of it. If the remedy is imaginary, it
is because the disorder is so too.

2. In the case in question it is not in the nature of price,
how high so ever to receive with propriety the appellation of
undue: to have anything in it to which, with reference to the interest of the community in general the term evil could
with propriety be applied.

By the article of contract already quoted those criminals this criminal part of the community
were in respect of relation to that part of their mode condition of living which
is here in question placed already in a condition superior
to the great portion to that of the innocent and blameless part of it. Of
the disposition professed in this article of charge the effect
of it had any would be to add pro tanto to the advantage
already secured to criminality over innocence.

This cost inconvenience though on that point of vote such
was the denomination that could not be refused to it, was however
not so great as to put a negative upon the application
of the matter of good in the character of the matter
of reward in what quantity and proportion might in the upon experiment
on the ground of experience prove best adapted to the purpose production of an unquestionable
good, viz. valuable work at the hands of those persons
in whose instance the value of the work produced by them would
furnish a much less equivocal more unequivocal proof of rent reformation
substantial and intelligible reformation than any which hypocrisy
or imbecillity under the mask of religion or morality
could propose to substitute.

Identifier: | JB/118/339/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 118.
Date_1	1812-06-08	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	118	Main Headings	panopticon
Folio number	339	Info in main headings field	panopt. observat.
Image	001	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	e2
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	john dickinson & c<…> 1809
Marginals		Paper Producer	a. levy
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1809
Notes public		ID Number	39393
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