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Difference between apparent punishment & real.

is to make it as great as possible. To make it
much greater than in general it is at present
seems not a very difficult task. For the imagination
Of the multitude is of ductile texture,
easily wrought upon by suitable impressions.

It is manifest that for a punishment to have
any effect upon a man, the time in which it is for present
to his notice must be the time when he is under
temptation to offend. It is not sufficient that
it have been once present to his notice; but it
must continue so: it is not more must not only
have been learnt; it must be remembered. Then
also is the only time for any increase in the apparent
magnitude of it to be of advantage.† † See Ch. of Analogy.

From what has been said in of the present chapter
the following lessons may be derived. 1st That a punishment
that is more easily learnt is better
cæteris paribus, than one that is less easily
learnt: 2dly That one that is more easily remembered
than one that is less easily remembered: 3dly
one that appears to of greater magnitude in comparison
of what it really is, than one that appears
of less magnitude: and 4thly, that it is the the time of
time at which a man is under his moment of
temptation that is the only time in which the two
of last mentioned qualities can operate to advantage.

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