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'been at variance with ..— I therefore imagine it would be dangerous
"to let any person, however well inclined interfere, and if it should
"strike you in the same way, I will return your letter" - [My
Brother gaving him leave the letter was returned, which gave Mr Adam
a clear stage.
"The idea that struck me was, that by forming a plan entirely
"upon your principle" [except the instances in which it was ly heedlessly departed from without the shadow of an advantage] adapting it to our situation, our necessities,
and within the reach" [he should have said to the extent] "of the money we could afford to lay out, and by
talking of this plan, and of the great ingenuity of the inventor and the
inventor, in which I always disclaim all merit, except in so far
as relates to the abovementioned articles, the curiosity of the public would
be raised the execution of a design upon Mr Bentham's principles
insisted upon; and that design to be carried into execution by me."
How far these good magnanimous good resolutions were adhered to, your Lordship
can better tell than we.
Identifier: | JB/541/340/002 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 541.
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