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Experimenting
Ins. Conduct of Experiments

man in office who is one who promotes his own interest at
the expence of the public either without ad promoting the interest
of the public at all, or without promoting it more
than he is obliged to do. For if he does promote it more
than he is obliged to do, he is then ipso facto a reformer a projector, a
schemer, a reformer projector.

19 48

The common-place objection against any new establishment
— against Jobs that may be attended with expence is that
it may be made a Job off. This is a very good
reason for suggesting expedients to prevent the above
of the establishment but none at all for discarding
it

23

What is it that a man means when he says that
such or such and establishment will be made a job of?
It is that the persons on whom the trust in question
is reposed, will reap the profits that are annexed
to the it, without doing the duty. AndAnd will
they? certainly there will always be a danger of it
if proper methods are not taken to make their interest trade to quadrate with their duty.
Let this point Is this point of policy neglected?
the fault his not in the project itself, but in of the
means employ'd for carrying it into execution. It is may
On a very good ground for amending itthe project, but
it never can be a ground for throwing it out. If it
were, it would be a ground for pulling down the most
antient and necessaryindispensable establishments. Wherever power
is given, without proper guards it may be abused.
But was this ever urged as a reason why no powers
should be given? That would be neither more nor less than to
contend that there ought to be no such thing as government.

The End.


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Identifier: | JB/169/008/002
"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 169.

Date_1

Marginal Summary Numbering

1-3, 47-48

Box

169

Main Headings

Folio number

008

Info in main headings field

conduct of experiments

Image

002

Titles

Category

text sheet

Number of Pages

2

Recto/Verso

recto

Page Numbering

f9 / f10

Penner

jeremy bentham

Watermarks

[[watermarks::gr [crown motif]]]

Marginals

jeremy bentham

Paper Producer

Corrections

jeremy bentham

Paper Produced in Year

Notes public

ID Number

56828

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