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out of the way, procuring others that would
take that trouble; a business which might
probably a require every now & then some little advances
of money which in consideration of my
Brother's having such an interest in the
business I should not grudge to make

5. his spending with you what time would be necessary
upon the spot in order to form
the plan and begin if possible the
execution of every part of it: for instance
the creation of the mill or mills, the erection
of the distillery-house, an the clearing
of the river to make it navigable.

You can not but be sensible, that to form
a just estimate of the value of my Brother's
contribution one must take into the account
not only merely the quantum of the time & labour to
be bestowed by him on this particular
subject, but the time and labour and
expence (amounting to many hundreds &
I may soon say some thousands) and above
all the extraordinary good fortune which
have been expended in bringing him
into the situation necessary to make him
capable of bestowing in the way in
question any part of his time and labour
upon the particular subject in
question. That, independently of friendship
and

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and social satisfaction you it would be
for your advantage to make it worth
the while to a person circumstanced as
he is to serve as a bond of union between
yourself the Landlord, the Government
there and this capital, is what
I cannot entertain a doubt of your
being sensible of. But as to the quantum
of the share you should allow
him, I mention what I have done
rather because one must say something
and because it seems to be that which
he had himself more particularly in
view, than that I am at all wedded
to any such precise demand, or that
I have made up my mind as to the
reasonableness of it. My anxious wish
on this as on every occasion on which
we have any concerns together; that
you would lay open your sentiments
freely and without reserve: and from
the experience we have had of each other
I make little doubt of your believing
me when I say that were I to enter
into any agreement with you, and were
I at any time after to fancy I perceived
in

Identifier: | JB/540/085/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 540.
Date_1	1784-07-15	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	540	Main Headings
Folio number	085	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
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Penner	Jeremy Bentham	Watermarks
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