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'' | "man of merit from France, has a very different effect upon<lb/> | ||
"me, and exhibits a problem regarding Government which<lb/> | |||
"requires all your <unclear>acuteness</unclear> to investigate. In the meantime,<lb/> | |||
"if I should venture at any time to attempt to stem this <unclear>torrent</unclear><lb/> | |||
"or to expose these doctrines, will you take the writing part<lb/> | |||
"upon you, if I take the speaking part? that is, though<lb/> | |||
"I don't speak better than I can write, I look upon it the<lb/> | |||
"service of most danger, as times go, & therefore it is fit that<lb/> | |||
"the talents least worth should be applied to it.<lb/> | |||
"As to Mons.<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> <unclear>Lte</unclear> <hi rend="superscript">du</hi> Chata<hi rend="superscript">e</hi>let, I apprehend it must be<lb/> | |||
"the same who was Ambassador here, in which ease you<lb/> | |||
"had better avoid the communication you mention - for<lb/> | |||
"he is a narrow, peevish, vain man, and not likely to<lb/> | |||
"take it properly. What you mention of him is the mutual<lb/> | |||
"<hi rend="underline">inconsequence</hi> of a French Character."<lb/> | |||
"I take it, what lies at the bottom of all our great<lb/> | |||
"proceedings is, that we conceive France to be at our<lb/> | |||
"mercy, which is as weak as it is cowardly; for what<lb/> | |||
"Nation did ever become more capable of Military exertion<lb/> | |||
"instead of less, after great Civil exertions! If we<lb/> | |||
"don't go to Lisbon, I hope you will come and hide yourself<lb/> | |||
"here, as soon as you have published, instead of<lb/> | |||
"that miserable Cottage which, the Ladies say, cannot be<lb/> | |||
"to answer any purpose, but that of some low intrigue.<lb/> | |||
"I am again at my two sheets, but if they contain as<lb/> | |||
"much as half of one of your pages, I shall be quite<lb/> | |||
"content."<lb/> | |||
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Lord Lansdowne wrote several times to <lb/> | |||
Bentham urging him to accompany him to Lisbon, whither<lb/> | |||
he and his family were bound in search of better health<lb/> | |||
for Lady L. but as her health improved by the visit to<lb/> | |||
Devonshire, the voyage to Portugal was abandoned.<lb/> | |||
Bentham thus writes to Lord Wycombe<lb/> | |||
<lb/> | |||
"My dear Lord<lb/> | |||
March <unclear>1<hi rend="superscript">st</hi></unclear> 1789 — <lb/> | |||
"I owe you many thanks for a pleasure<lb/> | |||
"that was not originally designed for me, - your Father, partly<lb/> | |||
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"man of merit from France, has a very different effect upon
"me, and exhibits a problem regarding Government which
"requires all your acuteness to investigate. In the meantime,
"if I should venture at any time to attempt to stem this torrent
"or to expose these doctrines, will you take the writing part
"upon you, if I take the speaking part? that is, though
"I don't speak better than I can write, I look upon it the
"service of most danger, as times go, & therefore it is fit that
"the talents least worth should be applied to it.
"As to Mons.r Lte du Chataelet, I apprehend it must be
"the same who was Ambassador here, in which ease you
"had better avoid the communication you mention - for
"he is a narrow, peevish, vain man, and not likely to
"take it properly. What you mention of him is the mutual
"inconsequence of a French Character."
"I take it, what lies at the bottom of all our great
"proceedings is, that we conceive France to be at our
"mercy, which is as weak as it is cowardly; for what
"Nation did ever become more capable of Military exertion
"instead of less, after great Civil exertions! If we
"don't go to Lisbon, I hope you will come and hide yourself
"here, as soon as you have published, instead of
"that miserable Cottage which, the Ladies say, cannot be
"to answer any purpose, but that of some low intrigue.
"I am again at my two sheets, but if they contain as
"much as half of one of your pages, I shall be quite
"content."
Lord Lansdowne wrote several times to
Bentham urging him to accompany him to Lisbon, whither
he and his family were bound in search of better health
for Lady L. but as her health improved by the visit to
Devonshire, the voyage to Portugal was abandoned.
Bentham thus writes to Lord Wycombe
"My dear Lord
March 1st 1789 —
"I owe you many thanks for a pleasure
"that was not originally designed for me, - your Father, partly
out
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copy of letter 643, vol. 4; also partly printed in bowring x, 196-197 |
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