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A View of the Hard-labour Bill.

thought to entertain such a disposition (which is all that
the passage is calculated to express) is a wish which
a man may at all times save himself the trouble
of expressing: the public being altogether in the habit
of giving any man whatsoever credit for it.

All new measures, that is all measures whatsoever
at the era of this proposal, expedient or inexpedient,
have thus much in common, that they are novel.

So reprobate any measure then, not because it is
inexpedient, but because it is novel, is to combat
it with an argument which applies not with any
greater force the worst measures, than against
the best

The Author agrees on a little further in the same
strain. He observes in the way of conception, that
"he has found it indeed possible to point out many
"Laws, which seem to reflect no lustre either on
"the humanity or the wisdom of our legislation,
"and in their effect are prejudicial to the whole conduct
"of our Police." — But he rejoices, and says that
"he has also found it easier to censure than to correct,
"and suspects that any extensive reformation of the
"statute-book would probe a work of much nicety
"and embarrassment in the hands even of those who possess

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Box	119	Main Headings	panopticon
Folio number	006	Info in main headings field	a view of the hard-labour bill preface
Image	004	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f9 / f10 / f11 / f12
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	[[watermarks::[gr with crown motif] propatria [britannia motif]]]
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Notes public		ID Number	39517
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