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A View of the Hard labour Bill.

of extensive reformation" on this head "could not but prove
"a work of much nicety and embarassment in the
"hands even of those who possess a competent knowledge
"of the subject, with the additional advantage
"of Parliamentary habits and talents."

Let me not be condemned for dwelling upon
words: syllables fro such a pen will have their
weight. Let us rather intreat this active and discerning
statesman, to propagate, by words as well
as actions, that spirit of liberal enterprize which
reflects such lustre upon his own character; and
(since nothing more nor better need be required
of him) to bring his precepts to a conformity with
his example.

After all indeed, what I more than half
suspect, and find great pleasure in persuading myself
of, is that all this is at bottom no more
than a very innocent and perhaps necessary theoretical
expedient: and that in truth it proceeds,
not from any such prejudice as seems to be expressed,
but from the policy of keeping upon terms
with the like prejudice in other men. If the
conduct of a man be a fair index to his sentiments,
this interpretation will be as just as, according to
my notions, it is honourable — For what measure
can

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Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	119	Main Headings	panopticon
Folio number	004	Info in main headings field	preface a view of the hard-labour bill
Image	002	Titles	note
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f13* / f14 / f15 / f16
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	[[watermarks::r williams [britannia with shield emblem]]]
Marginals		Paper Producer	c. hamilton
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	39515
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