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Experimenting Conduct of Experiments

From p. 8. No 1

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Their attendances
Fees for, andattending
and Fees obligation to attend.

1. Let the Commissioners of the Navy (a certain number of
them) be obliged to attend, without fee: The Lords of
the Admiralty be permitted17 to attend, without fee:
Lecturers be permitted to attend, with a small fee.
for instance 5s or 1/2 a Guinea a time.

[+] Let the Secretary

be bound to constant
attendance: and let his
emoluments consist of a
paid Salary, with poundage
as herein after mentioned.|

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SS7. 17 Objections obviated

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Objections toagainst the
expectation proposed
establishment

The expence of such an institution would be certain:
and the benefit problematical. It would be liable to
abuses: for what institution is not liable to abuses?

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Prejudices against
Projectors

The Projector is the natural enemy of the man in
office. Ask the man in the office, the Projector is always
either a knave or a madman. |

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[+] They will continue to
have such motive, so
long as vanity and envy
are passions predominant
[+] in human nature.
Projectors themselves
have the same motives for
disliking one another
& in a superior
degree.
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The bulk of men have their motives for disliking & being jealous of disliking projectors
[+] <add>every</add>[+] Projectors Men in office have an additional motiveone
to wit, indolence. The public spirit and laudable pride
which can surmount the influence of these motives, are the lot of
but a few.^

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To the bulk of men it belongs to give currency to
names, and to determine the ideas to be annexed to
them. The bulk of men have accord Accordingly the
namer of projector and the name of Schemer which
is synonymous, are both marked by a note of reprobation.
The inventor so long as he keeps his invention
to himself is looked upon without aversion. But if
he makes his invention known and proposes it for imitation,
that is if he makes it of any use, he then becomes a
schemer a projector. He then [becomes an obnoxious person]becomes an obnoxious man.
his name is enter'd on the black list is set down or the list of obnoxious men. He becomes a standing but
for men of wit without candour or public spirit to let fly at.

21.

After all what is the just accountfair definition to be given of a
Projecter. AThe Projecter is aan one who seeks to promote his
own interest through the medium of that of the public by some extraordinary exertion of the inventive faculty. The mere

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Identifier: | JB/169/008/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 169.
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