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of course, and I have not much fear that the accounts when
published will not be true, because, having power to do every thing
that is for his advantage, there is nothing which it is his interest
to conceal; and the interest which the punishment for perjury
gives him not to conceal is manifest: more especially as I make him
examinable and cross-examinable viva voce upon oath at any time.
It is for clearing away, as much as possible, every motive
of pecuniary interest, that could prompt him to throw any kind of
cloak or reserve upon any of his expedients for increasing his
profits, that I would ensure them to him for life. xMy Brother will have
it, that 14 years is enough, because that is the time the law thinks
enough for any invention. But I say, the cases are not parallel;
though I will not plague you with the discussion, till I have some
better reason than I can have at present for supposing it could be
worth the while. In the mean time, here we are at issue; and you as
our natural judge, may decide between us.x
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From the information thus got from my Contractor him I derive
this advantage. In the case of his ill success, I see the causes of it:
and not only I, but every body else that pleases, may see the causes of it:
and, amongst the rest, then who, in case of their taking the management
out of his hands, would have an interest in being acquainted
with such causes, in order to obviate or avoid them. More than that, if
his ill success is owing to incapacity, and that incapacity such as if
continued might raise my expence above the calculation, I can make him stop him
in time: a measure to which he can have as little objection as myself:
for it is one advantage of this plan that whatever mischief happens
must have more than eat out all his profits before it reaches me.
In the case of his good success I see the causes of that too and every
body sees them as before; and amongst others, all persons, who could
propose to themselves to get into a situation similar to his, and who in
such case would naturally promise themselves, in the event of their
getting into his situation, a success equal to his, or rather superior: greater: for such
is the presumption and vanity natural to man.
Without such publication, who should I have to deal with
besides him? certainly in comparison but a very few, not many more
than I may have had at first: the terms of course disadvantageous at first: for disadvantageous terms at first, while
all is yet in darkness, they certainly must be.
After such publication, who should I have then? I should have
every body: every body who, by fortune, experience, judgment, disposition
inclination, should conceive himself able, and find himself inclined willing to
engage in such a business: and each person, seeing what advantage
had been made, and how, would be willing to make his offer in proportion:
What situation more favourable for making the best terms?
These best terms then, I should make at his death even for his
establishment; but long before that, had I others upon the carpet, I should
make similar good terms for all those others. I make his advantage mine.
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