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Sir
Monday the 12th as I see / the day fixt
for Mr Fuller's motion for the abolition of Sinecures.
For the instruction satisfaction of Honourable Gentleman within doors
that Honourablegentleman favours of reasoning will supersede
altogetherthe use of every such forcible attempt as could be made
in the course of the present pages: but we the people
are without doors. What then instruct one another and
govern us amuse themselves with governing us, let
it be allowed to us to amuse th ourselves as well as we
can with thinking how it is likely they may instruct
one another and govern us.
can with endeavouring to devine by what arguments it
may please themhappen to them to instruct one another asand well as by
what laws it may please them to govern us.
When public money the money of the people<add>public</add> is given to individuals is given, some reason, some
pretence at least is always found for giving it. Even
where it is not directly taken given, but rather only suffered to
be taken, even then, if in either of his plans, any
such impertinent question should be asked put as — why
do you suffer this? be to take some reason some pretence at
least is commonly found at hand for suffering it.
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