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5 Punishment

Fourthly it is an evil resulting to a person
from the direct intention of another, on account of
some act that has been done. An evil resulting
to a person although it be from the direct intention
of another, if it be not on account of some act
that has been done is not a punishment. If out
of wantonness, for the sake of sport, or out of ill will
grounded on resulting from an antipathy you entertain against a mans person
without having any particular act of his to ground it
upon, you do him a mischief, such an the evil produced
in this case is what nobody would understand
to come under the name of punishment.
An An act may be said
to be done by you on account of the act of another
person, when the belief or persuasion of his
having done the act in question forms a link
in the chain of motivesSee Ch. Of Motives which determined you to do
yours.(a) NOTE.
(a) Instead of saying on account of, I might have said
in one word for. The preposition for though it would not have
been so emphatic as that the phrase "on account of," would
have served to express the same signification. The exposition
given in the text might on that account
seem superfluous: since the preposition for is as familiar
as any expression that could be substituted in, its

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Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	159	Main Headings	punishment
Folio number	026	Info in main headings field	punishment
Image	001	Titles	note
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	d5 f5 / d6 f6 / d7 f7 / d8 f8
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	[[watermarks::s. lay [britannia with shield emblem]]]
Marginals		Paper Producer	alexander mavrokordatos
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	53849
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