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<head><sic>Miscell.</sic></head> <p>>note>Execution<lb/> Causes of the<lb/>frequency of<lb/> crimes in England.</note></p> <p>Robberies & other crimes of indigence (Murder out<lb/>of the question), than in any other country in<lb/>Europe. The question is how comes this? the<lb/>answer is a mixture of false humanity, timidity<lb/> and indifference [in the ruling powers] From<lb/><del>the</del> an <del>tot</del> almost total neglect of a prejudice<lb/> against those expedients for enforcing penal <sic>ordnances</sic><lb/> and magnifying the effect of them <add>impression made by</add> which<lb/>common sense grounded on experience has dictated<lb/>to <add>most</add> other nations.</p> <!-- in red ink --> <p>These paint the mixture of timidity/disdain, pride & meanness, that prevails at present<lb/> among statesmen.</p> <p>Perhaps in some better age — — — —<lb/> bold to propose, prompt to reason, <add>reply, anxious to satisfy</add> patent of<lb/>contradiction capable of retracting, prone to persevere<lb/><add>where perseverance — —</add> — —with an affectionate confidence — —</p> <p><note> content to risk his<lb/> life and what his<lb/> more his reputation <add>popularity</add><lb/> for the satisfaction<lb/>of <del>adding to the</del> seeing<lb/><add>an <sic>encrease</sic> to</add> the public felicity<lb/> <del><gap/></del> &<lb/> the honour <add>glory</add> of being<lb/> himself the cause<lb/> of it.</note></p> <p>may stand forth and address himself to the <del>public</del> <lb/>people in some such terms as these — Friends and fellow-countrymen <add>-subjects</add></p> <p> Our Laws are bad: in every aprt<lb/> of them inadequate to their end: <add><unclear>teeming</unclear> with mischief and absurdity</add> in every part of<lb/>them far short of what they might be. <add>inadequate to their end</add> I <del>ap</del> may<lb/>appeal to your <del>reason</del> experience and ask you<lb/>whether you feel not the [imperfection] <add>impropriety/condition they are</add> of them by its<lb/>effects. I might appeal to your reason, <del>and ask</del> <add>bid</add> <lb/> <add><del>them</del> you</add> </p> <p><note>by the crime you are <lb/> witnesses to by the litigations<lb/> you are involved in</note></p> | |||
Miscell.
>note>Execution
Causes of the
frequency of
crimes in England.</note>
Robberies & other crimes of indigence (Murder out
of the question), than in any other country in
Europe. The question is how comes this? the
answer is a mixture of false humanity, timidity
and indifference [in the ruling powers] From
the an tot almost total neglect of a prejudice
against those expedients for enforcing penal ordnances
and magnifying the effect of them impression made by which
common sense grounded on experience has dictated
to most other nations.
These paint the mixture of timidity/disdain, pride & meanness, that prevails at present
among statesmen.
Perhaps in some better age — — — —
bold to propose, prompt to reason, reply, anxious to satisfy patent of
contradiction capable of retracting, prone to persevere
where perseverance — — — —with an affectionate confidence — —
content to risk his
life and what his
more his reputation popularity
for the satisfaction
of adding to the seeing
an encrease to the public felicity
&
the honour glory of being
himself the cause
of it.
may stand forth and address himself to the public
people in some such terms as these — Friends and fellow-countrymen -subjects
Our Laws are bad: in every aprt
of them inadequate to their end: teeming with mischief and absurdity in every part of
them far short of what they might be. inadequate to their end I ap may
appeal to your reason experience and ask you
whether you feel not the [imperfection] impropriety/condition they are of them by its
effects. I might appeal to your reason, and ask bid
them you
by the crime you are
witnesses to by the litigations
you are involved in
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jeremy bentham |
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