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In regard to Agents Prize Agents, as well as
Agents and Trustees of all sorts and in all
, the one general end to which the a legislator
to propose to him with more or less probity and intelligence direct and, naturally will direct
endeavours is – so to order matters as that their
shall, in as many to as great an extent as
be conformable, to no small an extent as
unconformable and adverse, to their duty.
There is no care which stands more in need
exertions labours of an enlightened legislator.
In the natural course state of things, the interest of
Trustee or other Agent who has as such has
in his hands is in a high degree unconformable adverse
to his duty. It is natural that every man who
for his trouble labour should be paid in proportion to
trouble, and when his labour trouble consists in the receipt
of payment of money, it is natural that the
quantity of trouble for which he is paid should be run
in proportion to the quantity of money so got in and
.
But wherever a man who has trust money or
money belonging to a his principle on his hands is left
at liberty be it for ever so short a time, to lodge it
in other hands at his choice, he has an interest
a pecuniary interest acting upon him in opposition to
. For at all times in some degree, and in
For
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