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1794 Sept. 26

To Dundas

To Dundas

As to the imputation of want of temper (and
dispositions in that respect I presume) how well
soever merited by the author I hope it will not
be the means of the plan's being deprived of the
benefit of your patronage. It is for the place of
Jailor for Sir that I am a candidate, and not
the place of a professor of urbanity or even of
good manners. Good Temper is most certainly an essential
quality of a jailor — but towards whom?
Towards those that are under him not towards those
that are above him. Was I ever deficient in this
respect towards persons of that description bearing
any such relation to me? — that with submission
would be the proper is the object for your inquiry — No
servant no dependent of any kind ever heard a harsh
word from me.
Do not You will do an injustice
if you believe that I would ever make so free with a
person standing in such a rela situation with respect
to me as you see I have I would do, as I have
done, Sir, with you — Why? — for this simple
reason that addressed to such a person asperity any thing of
harshness would fall heavy on him: addressed to you, it
could fall heavy only on myself.

Send your servants
Sir, to ask my servants
inquire of
mine.

Identifier: | JB/541/594/002 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 541.
Date_1	1794-09-25	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	541	Main Headings
Folio number	594	Info in main headings field
Image	002	Titles
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Penner	Jeremy Bentham	Watermarks
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