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Simple modes of Punishment

It may be said indeed, and I suppose with indisputable
truth, that the produce of these islands, forms not only
a great part of the enjoyments of individuals here,
but also a great part of the public force of the
community. It may be thought that deprived of
this source of power we should be so much weakened rendered so weak
as not to be able to prevent members
from falling under [the dominions of] some moral & less happy
government: for instance that of France. This I do
not believe: but if I did, it would hardly induce
me to change my wish. For it does not seem to
me that the difference between the happiness of
8 millions of people under a free government such as ours, and
that of the same number of people undera an absolute government
like that of France is so great as to outweigh
the misery endured by 180,000 persons
in a state which they could not be kept in but
by such punishment.

This, I hope it will be allow'd, is not declamation rhetoric
but calculation: a calculation may loose I must enough [I am
ready to confess] as the best calculation can not fail to (and the on such a subject the best calculation that
can be made cannot be otherwise than a loose one)I am ready be on such a subject: and my sincere wish is, that
by those who are best enabled to judge of it, it may
be found erroneous.

Identifier: | JB/159/230/003 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 159.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	159	Main Headings	punishment
Folio number	230	Info in main headings field	simple modes of corporal punishment capital
Image	003	Titles	gibbeting
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	[[watermarks::l v g propatria [britannia motif]]]
Marginals		Paper Producer	caroline vernon
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	54053
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