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9 Novr 1810
Defence

☞ Abridge and familiarize this.

Yes: it might be answered, in my his character of
legislator what you say is thus far true all this and more I a person might do, if so it he were saw
his account in it. pleased me. But between these two characters there
exists to the purpose in question a very material difference.
In To the character of Judge belongs power indeed, and to
no small amount: but in the whole extent of it throughout its whole extent that
power is loaded with obligation. But to the power
if that belongs to the legislator there here is no such clog.
power, Money, power, reputation ease and occasionally
vengeance in whatever shape or shapes a mans personal advantage
presents itself to him in that shape on each occasion
he is free to pursue it. To pursue the good of the community
at large in any shape is indeed every man's business,
but for that very reason it is no man's business.
<p>In any part whatsoever of the field of legislation, be the mass of existing abuse
ever so great, a man deals by it as he pleases. If the
so it be that for sharers in it he sees none but adversaries,
neither himself nor any friend of his being of in
the number, it is perhaps that labour necessary then if the trouble be not too great, and to it happens to him to be in a humour for the task he
comes forward with a remedy and proposes a remedy to it. But if
either to himself or any of his friends it be more convenient the continuance
of it be more agreeable to see the continuance than the removal of it, then instead
of the removal he joins with energy in applies his whole weight to the protection of it
his breast fills itself with doubts his hand trembles: his knees titter and bend sink down he sinks down prostrate in
adoration before the wisdom of our ancestors he thinks beholds an idea vision the wisdom of his wise ancestors, he prostrates falls
down prostrate himself like a Chinese before the that golden image. He
clasps to his bosom the consecrated abuse, and repels brands
with the epithet of as sacrilegious every hand that he sees occupied in the
removal of it. If pursuing the phantom of public good, a man were to join himself
to the Baal-peor of reference
where would be his peerage?

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Identifier: | JB/547/064/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 547.
Date_1	1810-11-09	Marginal Summary Numbering	8
Box	547	Main Headings
Folio number	064	Info in main headings field	Defence
Image	001	Titles
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Penner	Jeremy Bentham	Watermarks
Marginals	Jeremy Bentham	Paper Producer
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